I Am So Addicted! More Books! I Need More Books!!!

[RetroLounge]

Going to need a bigger apartment :rofl:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=010&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=200037135356&rd=1&rd=1

Step 1) We admitted we were powerless over books--that our lives had become unmanageable.

Can you say Intervention? :rofl:

RL

[miss_american_pie]

1. You did tell us to slap you

Remember?

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

3. Uhm, no, I cannot remember ever saying that...

I was under the influence of literature...

:D

RL

[miss_american_pie]

4. LOL

I hear that can happen. :D

[radwriter0555]

24. the books are for sale BECAUSE NO ONE IS BUYING THEM. That MEANS

YOU will not be able to sell them either.

No offense... it's just a very, very poor business decision to take on so much inventory when the others haven't been sold.

Just a word of caution!

[RetroLounge]

28. Thanks for the advice.

but the books are for sale because after 30 YEARS in business, he's retiring. I think in 30 years, he might have sold a few books.

250,000 books, and not a good one in the bunch? Ok... That's a LOT of Barbara Cartland...

Funny, I heard the same thing before I bought the last batch of 30,000, and they seem to be selling ok.

But I guess poor business decisions are my forte...

Thanks for the caution...

RL

p.s. I did NOT bid on them or buy them... Buying 250,000 books and then having to pay to pack and ship them across the country, that is a poor business decision.

[radwriter0555]

45. well.. I love ya and I love your enthusiasm and passion, but as a

business person as well.. my concern is that he has an inventory of a quarter million unsold books. And no one there is buying them or the store.

I make it a habit to pay close attention to trends and sadly, book worm girl that I used to be, we don't read like we used to... Humans are changing. The internet has changed the entire face of print media. We're watching newspapers -- NEWPAPERS -- die quite rapidly.

I understand the passion for books and reading, I truly, truly do, but... as a business, it's the last one I'd consider investing in. I've known people all my life who's dream it's been to open a book store, and not one of them ever, ever... ever made a real living at it. I'll bet you a million DU bucks that he got those quarter million books buying up the inventories of other booksellers going out of business.

I'm just saying, be careful, sell what you have now, or else your pile will also end up on ebay for someone to get cautionary about.

I love books. Books were my hiding place, my salvation and my solace growing up. I'd read 2 books a day from the local library... I'm not bookist, I promise! I just don't want you to get in trouble and lose your shirt!!!!

[RetroLounge]

48. Thanks. I appreciate your concern.

I have NO INTENTION of buying 250,000 books.

And with the ones I have, worst case, I have a great personal Library...

:hi:

RL

[reyd reid reed]

29. Maybe, but...but...

they're BOOKS. And there's just something about books that's so...

*sigh*

They're BOOKS. And it looks like some of 'em are COOL books.

[RetroLounge]

32. ...

:hi:

You are bidding on an unbelievable collection of approximately 250,000 used books. The seller has operated this bookstore in downtown Greensboro Greensboro, NC for more than thirty years.

And there's just something about books that's so...

HOT!

:D

RL

[reyd reid reed]

33. Books go beyond

mere 'hot'. Those pictures....

*sigh*

I've only seen a few others that can compare.

:evilgrin:





Heh...I'd love to get my hands on those books. I wouldn't dare bid on them, though -- I'd never be able to part with them.

[RetroLounge]

35. Yeah, I'd need a much bigger place to live

like a large loft space.

Nothing but a bed and books...

Sounds about right.

:D

RL

[reyd reid reed]

36. If you think about it,

what else would you really need?

[RetroLounge]

39. You...

:evilgrin:

RL

[reyd reid reed]

57. Oh, I think

I'd fit in there VERY nicely.

:evilgrin:

[RetroLounge]

60. Mmmmmmm

A perfect fit...

:9

RL

[struggle4progress]

37. So your advice is not to buy book that are for sale, but only books ..

.. that have already been sold? But these are USED books, which they've already been BOUGHT once. So they've been around the block: somebody did want to possess them before, but then rejected them, and perhaps that has happened multiple times.

Damn. Now I've confused myself ...

[reyd reid reed]

38. And it's not necessarily 'rejection'...

As hard as it is for me to imagine, personally, there are people -- lots of them -- who will read a book, enjoy it, hold it close for a little while and then let it go for one reason or another.

I prefer to think of used books as pre-loved.

[RetroLounge]

40. "I prefer to think of used books as pre-loved."

I could fall into that category too...

:rofl:

"Are you divorced?"

"No, I'm Pre-Loved..."

:9

RL

[struggle4progress]

42. "OK, I confess! My name is s4p, and I'm addicted to books."

I got lotsa used books meself. But I is still havin trouble with the logic of "don't buy it if it's sale cuz if anybody wanted it they wudda buyed it already" ...

[reyd reid reed]

54. I know

That logic escapes me, too. If every book that anyone wanted to buy had already been bought, there wouldn't be any books out there to buy and...

Okay. I'm gonna start thinking in circles here and then I'm gonna get a headache.


:crazy:

[supernova]

2. If that's so, then I need serious help too

But I'm not reselling mine. :rofl: :rofl:

[RetroLounge]

11. We can go to Book Buyers Anonymous together...

:rofl:

RL

[Bossy Monkey]

5. There's a bookstore two miles from here selling everything for a dollar

I got a hardback first edition Edna Buchanan from 2005 from them yesterday. For a dollar. I don't know if they don't know what they're doing or if they know exactly what they're doing and levels of literacy and interest in books has just declined that far. They also have bag sales every few weeks where you can get all you can fit in a sack for some nominal figure. I'm guessing $5 but it may still be just a dollar. The bookstore is between two large flea markets and clearly spun off from a stall at one of them. I'm guessing they're a large family with many members available to go cruise estate sales; otherwise, I don't know where they'd get their inventory since they don't show any evidence of buying or trading. Weird stuff; I keep having to restrain myself from going all RetroLounge and just saying, "How much for everything?"

[RetroLounge]

8. I keep having to restrain myself from going all RetroLounge

:rofl:

Go for it...

RL

[tigereye]

6. I always joke to my husband that we could open a bookstore

but not on the same level as your massive supply of books.

How is the business going? I need to look through your list, maybe get some stuff for X-mas.

[RetroLounge]

9. PM me any requests

I've only listed a small percentage so far...

:hi:

RL

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

7. Are you the top bidder? -nt

[RetroLounge]

10. Oh, Hell No!

Where would I put 250,000 MORE books?

(Yes, I am watching and may bid later on :D )

RL

[Left Is Write]

12. I'm sure you could buy a book about intervention.

:P

[RetroLounge]

13. It's probably here somewhere in a box

:D :9

:hi:

RL

[reyd reid reed]

14. Heh...don't look at me

I'm just as addicted. I need a twelve-step program.

[RetroLounge]

15. Let go find a used bookstore

and relapse together!

:rofl:

RL

[reyd reid reed]

16. You, me and that many books in the same building...

And Some kind of lapse would be inevitable...

:loveya:

[RetroLounge]

19. We can begin in the fantasy section

Then move on to poetry.

:loveya:

RL

[reyd reid reed]

22. *sigh*

A stack of books, a pen, some ink and thou...

:loveya:

[RetroLounge]

23. I am your blank page...

fill me with poetry...

:evilgrin:

RL

[reyd reid reed]

25. Oh.

Keep talking pretty like that and I'll fill you with more than poetry...

:evilgrin:

:loveya:

[RetroLounge]

26. and vice versa...

:loveya:

RL

[reyd reid reed]

30. Ooooh...

be still my heart...

:loveya:

[RetroLounge]

31. There isn't a single part of you that will be still...

if I am there...

Think all-a-quiver, and that you shall be.

:loveya:

RL

[reyd reid reed]

34. ...

[Oeditpus Rex]

17. Hey, RL

Do you have a physical location or is the store just online?

I've been tryin' to send a neighbor of yours to ya. She loves books. :7

[RetroLounge]

18. For now, just online...

:hi:

RL

[haf216]

20. I can't help you much,

I have the same addiction ( probably on a smaller scale). Thankfully the used book store is all the way across town. But I don't have to be a work till noon, maybe just a quick look......

[RetroLounge]

27. maybe just a quick look......

it's always the quick looks that lead to long luxurious reads...

:hi:

RL

[YankeyMCC]

21. Looks like my house n/t

[Rhiannon12866]

41. Did you ever hear of the Collyer brothers?

My mother is always reminding me about them...:rofl:

They didn't just collect books, but the result could be the same...:scared:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collyer_brothers

[swimboy]

43. Talk to this guy

Hey, pal! :hi:

[RetroLounge]

49. Crack Kills

:rofl:

RL

[DiverDave]

44. God, all those books and so little time...sigh

I'm looking for a book I read as a kid "Eddie and Gardenia" would you have a copy?

No, I'm not regressing, it's for my boys (8 and 6)

[graywarrior]

46. Come to Gorham NH. The library sells their books everyday

for 25 cents up to $5.00 and they have way too many books.

[RetroLounge]

53. Can you deliver?

:hi:

RL

[graywarrior]

55. Wish I could help you.

[Deja Q]

47. Must... resist... temptation... to copycat!

:spray:

[RetroLounge]

50. Since when can you resist anything?

:rofl:

RL

[TheCentepedeShoes]

51. I KNEW I shouldn't have looked !

I think I could get a cot, a small refrigerator, a microwave and just move in there. I'm a serious bookaholic. Wonder how much space I would need if I still had every book I ever owned.

[RetroLounge]

52. Yeah, a futon, a fridge and a toaster oven...

and those books!

:hi:

RL

[Mutley]

56. Wow, that's a Lot cheaper than I thought it'd be.

Excellent! I say bid if you haven't already. :D

[RetroLounge]

59. Can i store them at your place?

:shrug:

:hi:

RL

[Mutley]

63. Uhhh...

*looks around*

I don't think there's room

:D

:hi:

[Ryan from Canada]

58. Used books are addictive

My wife and I go used book shopping almost every week - a good way to spend time together, actually.

[u4ic]

61. Welcome to DU, Ryan!

I was born in Oakville! :hi:

[u4ic]

62. I am fascinated by

the "Excuse My Dust" title. :D



I found this about the book: http://www.amazon.com/Excuse-my-dust-Bellamy-Partridge/dp/B00005VUCA

[thefool_wa]

64. How about I feed your addiction

read my book at the link in my sig-line. Its rough but you will love it.

I know it is online and doesn't have the cool look, feel, or smell of a good old fasioned page turner, but it is good none the less :)

(shameless self promotion, just one more service I provide)

[SeattleGirl]

65. I'm addicted to books, too.

I'd feel nekkid if I werent' surrounded by books!

[thefool_wa]

67. My wife is the same way

Only, usually, she is nekkid surrounded by books.

Just one more thing I love about her.

[In_The_Wind]

66. It's twelvesteppin' time, again!

[fudge stripe cookays]

68. How's the venture going?

Good bidness? :D

fsc