Borders Books May File For Bankruptcy: Update: Total Closing

[rhett7660]

20% off Books and Video, 40% off Blu-ray (but BR's retail are out of this world).

The retail person said that sales will last a while as they will be open until the end of September since this time, they have to empty out all the warehouses (not just shuffle product around like last time).

I wish they had some stores still around me. Those stores closed the first time around! Dang it. Looks like the website is also doing some discounts.

 

[fireshot91]

I got a book (Adventures of Huckleberry Finn) for $4. And then I picked up a copy of 1984 for ~$9.

Not too bad. I thought that 1984 was a tad bit expensive. You can normally get it for around there on Amazon, no?

 

[Lord Blackadder]

The prices during the closing sale at my Borders location (Anchorage, AK) never offered that great of value except with the magazines that all went 50% off. Most of the rest of the books rarely excceeded 30% off and that pretty much put them at Amazon prices, and still well above the local used book store.

Ultimately big-box book stores are squeezed between the used book stores and Amazon, both of which offer lower prices.

I try to avoid Amazon, it's like the Wal-Mart of e-commerce, but sometimes the price difference is too much to ignore. 40% cheaper prices with free shipping? Hard to pass up. Still, I buy from brick-and-mortar stores whenever I can because I don't want them to go away.

I have to add that months after our Borders closed, the local Barnes & Noble is doing a very brisk business, noticeably higher than before. There are now only two book stores in the city - B&N and a large used book store.