I don't often have cause to post here, but twice in the past two weeks, we've had people who brought in their books for sale, telling us that they would pick up the books we didn't want. That much is more-or-less usual, though we prefer giving the rejects to charity rather than hanging on to them until someone picks them up.
But these folks, when we told them how much we'd pay for (some of) their books, say "never mind, we'll take all our books back!". Now, we know we don't pay much, we're up front about that. That's because not only is it harder to sell books (we're competing with Amazon, which can sell books at tag-sale prices), but we are flooded with incoming books (thanks, Marie Kobal ), including a goodly number who just donate their books without asking for payment. (Or dump them on our doorstep, but that's another letter.)
But to ask us to return all your books after we've already sorted and selected from them is a great big Fuck You to us, not to mention definitely not on the same page as normal people who sell us books. (And legally iffy, but that's can of worms we don't intent to open.) This is why we've considered dropping the pick-up option altogether.
But these folks, when we told them how much we'd pay for (some of) their books, say "never mind, we'll take all our books back!". Now, we know we don't pay much, we're up front about that. That's because not only is it harder to sell books (we're competing with Amazon, which can sell books at tag-sale prices), but we are flooded with incoming books (thanks, Marie Kobal ), including a goodly number who just donate their books without asking for payment. (Or dump them on our doorstep, but that's another letter.)
But to ask us to return all your books after we've already sorted and selected from them is a great big Fuck You to us, not to mention definitely not on the same page as normal people who sell us books. (And legally iffy, but that's can of worms we don't intent to open.) This is why we've considered dropping the pick-up option altogether.
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