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Ataahua
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Dec 2 2012, 9:36pm
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Have you ever had a store refuse to take your money?
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The lastest Dresden Files book is out and I thought that instead of buying it online, I'd give my custom to a local bricks-and-mortar bookshop. However the store refused to take my order - saying they don't do book orders anymore as so much book-buying is done on the internet.
I just can't figure out why they would refuse a guaranteed sale.
Has anyone else had a similarly bemusing experience from a retail outlet?
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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alienorchid
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Dec 3 2012, 1:02am
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what I was buying or what store, but I've definitely been turned away and told to order something online before. I think it was from the store's website.
Also, new Dresden Files! How could I not know about it?! I must re-read the last one.. right after I finish reading this giant stack of books I've borrowed for the summer holidays :/
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silneldor
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Dec 3 2012, 1:57am
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When i was knee high to a short dog i walked into the local penny candy store (where a penny actually bought a 2fer) and emptied my pocket of a nickel and some odd pennies (mixed with some gummy green stuff and melted M&M's)and reached up and put all on the glass top.
It was only to have this new guy tell me to go away and wash it all. I remember the nice smear i made dragging it all back into my hand that showed through the side and top glass sides. It reminded me of what my pet turtle left behind. Well, i just went out and washed my money in a dirty but the only puddle by the curb.
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ForestPark
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Dec 3 2012, 4:06am
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sometimes sources have minimum order requirements, say $500 or so. Even if not a small store buying one copy might not be able to make enough profit to make it worthwhile. I don't know where you live even the big chains that drove out small book stores are all crashing.
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Ataahua
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Dec 3 2012, 5:01am
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I've ordered books through this store numerous times over the last 20 years, which is why today's denial surprised me.
I've ordered the book now through The Book Depository.
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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Elberbeth
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Dec 3 2012, 2:27pm
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How do they stack up against Amazon? I've been having a lot of trouble with Amazon (and I've used them for years) and BD comes up as an alternative.
"There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark."
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JWPlatt
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Dec 3 2012, 4:46pm
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If profits are slim or their time costs money, it might not be worth the guaranteed sale. Individual book orders may be such an antiquated process that even publishers might not support it well because it's not worth their time either, especially if they're all busy supporting automated, online sales. Individual or manual attention is expensive. That's not to say the bookseller couldn't reach over to their computer and order it through Amazon for you as a considerate service to a customer, but would you pay a little more - maybe 15% or 20% - to them for the effort? Would you be taken aback if they requested it?
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Ataahua
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Dec 3 2012, 6:14pm
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to The Book Depository is that it takes two weeks to deliver to New Zealand. However the book always arrives, shipping is free and the price of the books is very reasonable (and downright cheap if you're getting one that's been out for a year or more - which was handy when I was ordering the 12 Dresden Files books that had been published up to that point!).
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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hobbithobbit
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Dec 4 2012, 7:16pm
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Sort of related....don't you hate it when some stores don't take your American Express just because it charges a little more than the other major credit cards. I mean, how much more is it going to be to affect a smaller scale local store?
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