I would think, just like any other place that houses (or sells from) a collection! I know that ever since I started helping buy and price the majority of our incoming stock, a few years ago, it’s made it much easier for me to offer recommendations, or even just find what people come in looking for.

Spoiler alert: He can’t! Smart move on your part.

Stating that all businesses pay less for what they sell than what they charge — the part of secondhand selling you seem to take issue with — isn’t lacking in comprehension or an ability to read, nor is it a false equivalence, but thanks for going from 0 to colossal asshole in hardly any time at all! I love how you…

Bye, asshole!

Thanks for being the fifth or sixth pedant to point out the use of an expression I’ve definitely heard before. Again, it was stuck in a sentence with actual, literal suggestions (hence my quoting the entire sentence in the first place?), so... No, not a struggle, I’m just calling out lazy, irresponsible writing where…

That’s a bummer! There seem to be one or two left in LA that still (maybe as they’re on the smaller side than, say, the Central one downtown?) let the librarians do more hands-on selection work (they also seem to be the ones having sales most often), but I can see how things might have moved in that direction.

Thanks, you’re only the third (fifth? who cares) pedant to point out to me that “throw it to the curb” is often not meant literally. Other times, guess what? It is! (What do you think everyone who tossed their dried up Christmas trees was told to do with them? Wow, sometimes words mean different things, depending on…

I’m sure plenty do! As I’ve said elsewhere, just like every secondhand bookshop has different buying rules (and some aren’t always accepting stock, either), every library has a different policy. Some in town where I live don’t buy at all, some do because they have weekly sales they’re always restocking, others change…

Thanks for the additional info! I was aware, but like you, I just wanted to offer more options and info to people reading here, and I’m glad you are, too. :)

But what about when I want to describe my total income??

Yes yes you do. Your business can not function at a zero sum level.

(Not that crazy about the produce. Every store has an Achilles’ heel.)

You work in a business who’s model requires you to value someones possessions less than their actual worth when buying them.

This is why I didn’t go into criminology, even though I really loved the science. In reality, none of it is allowed to be neutral (though it absolutely should be), and I couldn’t have lived with myself.

Good god, if people are going to be this defensive about being lazy and shitty about context, forget I said anything.

I’ll never get snide with people about e-readers (as I responded elsewhere, they have their use, especially for those who travel a lot!), but yeah, I think about this a lot.

I’ve already said it elsewhere, but my point was: if you don’t mean for “throw it to the curb” to be taken literally, then maybe don’t include it in a sentence with “buy a Kindle, regret nothing,” which likely was meant to be taken seriously? It’s lazy. Then again, so is this whole article. Because if it weren’t,…

Ugh, flood damage! We’ve had a couple instances of that in my shop (very old building and pipes + terrible next door neighbors), and it really sucks. I’m sorry you had that happen!

Again, not the only suggestion I gave! And it varies, library to library; plenty of them have book sales monthly (or weekly)!

I... gave other options than libraries?