Chapter XIII – Retailing

For the assignment this week I visited the Barnes & Noble Book store on Warren St. I often visit the store during hour long brakes between lessons, but I seldom buy anything, the main reason is the price, the books that I’m interested in aren’t really worth 20 or 30 bucks that they’re asking for, and so what I do is scout for interesting books and then buy them on eBay. For example during my last visit I considered buying “The Boys of Pointe du Hoc: Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion” by Douglas Brinkley, it cost about $20 at the store, but I was able to buy the same book in “Brand new” condition for just $5 with Free shipping on eBay.com.

Barnes & Noble is my favorite store, it has a good atmosphere about it, there’s always relaxing music playing and the employees are nice and helpful, but every time I go there I feel guilty, because the majority of time I spend there, I just read car magazines, which I never buy. And the rest of my visits I spend browsing thru books which I’ll buy on eBay. The last book I bought there was “The Lost Symbol” by Dan Brown on September 15 and I’ve been freeloading ever since.