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the_oracleI have good news and bad news.
Good news: I found a new source of paperback crack.
Bad news: It... didn't really have much in the way of SV [though what it did have was in pretty damn fine condition] and I think it probably ran my favorite shop out of business, because the place I usually go with the piles upon piles of SVT books and BSC books and the two shelves of SV books that I like to look at but no longer need any of *those* numbers?
Closed. Dead. Gone. No forwarding address. I could've cried. I did cry, a little. This was on top of the first store I went to not having a single SV book of ANY kind. Usually I can count on a few Jr. High books [because I never know which numbers I need, they taunt me], a good chunk of SVT books that again, I couldn't tell you whether I still needed them or not, and a couple of SVU books that I never need, plus Lila's Little Sister from the Unicorn Club. This time? NOTHING. I spent a good ten minutes admiring the fact that they'd actually straightened the section and then freaking out because there were no freakin' SV books. Hell, they barely had any BSC books and there are always BSC books.
So. Back to the good news. I've got at least one more bookstore to hit, maybe two if I can find the phone numbers for the others, and while I was at the new [to me] store, I found a couple for a couple of people. So... yay? I'll go with yay.
Good news: I found a new source of paperback crack.
Bad news: It... didn't really have much in the way of SV [though what it did have was in pretty damn fine condition] and I think it probably ran my favorite shop out of business, because the place I usually go with the piles upon piles of SVT books and BSC books and the two shelves of SV books that I like to look at but no longer need any of *those* numbers?
Closed. Dead. Gone. No forwarding address. I could've cried. I did cry, a little. This was on top of the first store I went to not having a single SV book of ANY kind. Usually I can count on a few Jr. High books [because I never know which numbers I need, they taunt me], a good chunk of SVT books that again, I couldn't tell you whether I still needed them or not, and a couple of SVU books that I never need, plus Lila's Little Sister from the Unicorn Club. This time? NOTHING. I spent a good ten minutes admiring the fact that they'd actually straightened the section and then freaking out because there were no freakin' SV books. Hell, they barely had any BSC books and there are always BSC books.
So. Back to the good news. I've got at least one more bookstore to hit, maybe two if I can find the phone numbers for the others, and while I was at the new [to me] store, I found a couple for a couple of people. So... yay? I'll go with yay.
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Date: 2009-07-09 10:52 am (UTC)they did the same thing to the thrift & charity shop - I usually frequent every month, or so - just last week.
i was real sad about it to be honest, as I got the majority of my books from that place and they went for as little as £0.15, and the majority of them were from real good to mint condition.
sucks =o!
But still...good luck w/ your bookstore venture!
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Date: 2009-07-09 02:31 pm (UTC)Mine, it appears, just moved and then decided they were too good for the older SV books. Which, I guess, also took out SVU. *has no idea why this makes sense*
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Date: 2009-07-16 10:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-07-20 10:08 am (UTC)