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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 07:23 PM
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When does it become just too many damn books?
I got a call last night from a local church which had their first annual used book sale the past 2 weekends. They needed their space back ASAp and wanted to get rid of the books. She told me thay had about 5-600 books left over, and we worked out a good deal for all of them. When I got there today to look at them, there were actually closer to 3000. Yes, that's right. I bought 3000 more books.

I think I need help... :silly:

or a bigger store.

So, anyone have a solution? Books Anonymous? Self Help?

:rofl: Guess how many I will keep for myself :rofl:

RL
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 07:27 PM
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1. Sorry sweetie
I think when it comes to books, you're hopeless. :hug:



:P
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 07:36 PM
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6. Just one more thing I am hopeless about...
:hug:

RL
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 07:40 PM
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12. ...
:hug:


:loveya:


:)
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 08:36 PM
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30. ...
:loveya:

RL
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lost-in-nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 07:31 PM
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2. You never have to many books....
there is no way to explain how a book can effect you....
Maybe you should look for some doubles and put them in storage???


Good Luck
books never go out of style......

hey you could use that in your advertising!!!!???

:)
lost
ps I just LOVE the smell of old books....
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 07:39 PM
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9. "books never go out of style"
i like that!

:hi:

RL
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Writer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 07:32 PM
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3. "Back stock" to replace what you're selling now.
:D
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 07:39 PM
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10. Could be...
:hi:

:9

RL
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Writer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 08:00 PM
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17. ...
:9... later.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 08:04 PM
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19. You know it...
:9:9:9

RL
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 07:34 PM
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4. Just be happy you don't have a shoe fetish.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 07:36 PM
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True Dat!
I lived with that issue (not mine) for 12 years...

:hi:

RL
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 07:36 PM
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5. Never?
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 07:40 PM
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11. You may be right...
:hi:

RL
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 07:37 PM
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7. Ain't no such thing...
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 07:43 PM
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14. Right answer...
:hi:

RL
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 07:39 PM
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8. You could move in with me, I've got some free space!
:D

(Thanks for your site URL in your sig line!)
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 07:42 PM
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13. Unless you have about 5000 sq feet...
I might be a little cramped. Hope you don't mind cuddling with a few thousand good books...

RL
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lost-in-nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 07:46 PM
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15. Hey RL
Could you post your website in Hypno toads thread
about Borders or Amazon???
He was asking



lost
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 08:04 PM
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18. Posted it in his thread!
:hi:

RL
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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 07:54 PM
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16. When stacked books become your chairs and tables.
When your mattress is on a 'frame' of books.
When you reach that point, that my friend is to many books!
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 08:05 PM
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20. Hmmm, getting close...
:D

RL
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spinbaby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 08:07 PM
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21. When you start stacking them on your stove...
...THAT'S when you have too many books.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 08:19 PM
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25. Really? Oh. Uhm. Hang on...
Okay, all better now...

:rofl:

RL
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 08:08 PM
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22. I assume the church didn't have a copy of "Doc"?
:P
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 08:19 PM
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26. You never know...
They had some "odd" stuff for a church.

RL
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 08:20 PM
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27. Ok, keep an eye out then
:D

:loveya:
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 08:11 PM
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23. So, when's your first big store sale?
RetroLounge ----------->>
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 08:20 PM
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28. Well, every online sale gets a coupon now
for money off the next sale...

When I open the doors, I'll have a sale, too.

RL
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hickman Donating Member (904 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 08:13 PM
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24. I've got a couple of hundred I need to get rid of.
Any suggestions? I don't know how to do ebay.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-12-07 08:21 PM
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29. Hmmm, with that few, not sure.
Half.com might be a good choice. I started there.

RL
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philosophie_en_rose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 08:37 AM
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31. Amazon.com will store and ship your books for you.
http://www.amazonservices.com/fulfillment/

They charge a storage fee (a few cents per month for a certain amount of space) and small handling fee (fifty cents to a dollar when the item ships). The customer deals with Amazon as to shipping and returns.

Not sure if that will work for you, but it might be useful for things you know will sell quickly.
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 08:53 AM
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32. no such thing as too many books ---
sorry, dude you get no sympathy from me but, you can have a hug :hug:

you are rich my friend:pals:

you have a wealth of knowledge:bounce:

and you know it:think:

you just wanted to start a thread;)
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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 08:56 AM
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33. Our Church (UU) Collects for Prisons
That or the homeless would be the least served populations, I expect.
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 09:08 AM
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34. The way 17,000 barrels of Wild Turkey disappeared?
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 12:15 PM
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48. ...
:cry:

RL
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 09:12 AM
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35. Try 'LibraryConsignment-dot-com'?
Might make some serious bucks.
www.libraryconsignment.com
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 09:30 AM
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36. Which is better, half.com or amazon?
I have a lot of books to unload also.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 10:03 AM
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37. Neither.
Use Alibris. They will list your books there, and also on Amazon and B&N.

RL
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Connonym Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 10:09 AM
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38. fyi Amazon particularly sucks in one regard
or possibly I just haven't figured out how to do it -- but can't do an exact title or author search on a specific seller's page, they make you go through alphabetically. Oftentimes when I'm ordering more than one used book on Amazon I'd like to combine shipping but it's not worth the huge effort to do the search on the same seller storefront.
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Lyric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 10:11 AM
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39. With all the books we have, we ought to start a bookstore ourselves
I just traded in a trunkful of them for store credit at the local used bookshop, and there are STILL six bookcases full, plus two storage tubs, plus a big cardboard box. They're overflowing the living room and the bedroom.

My name is Brandy, and I'm a literary addict. *raises hand*
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 10:29 AM
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40. "Hi Brandy"
:hi:

RL
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 10:45 AM
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41. "When does it become just too many damn books?"
When one of the floor-to-ceiling stacked piles falls over on you and crushes you to death.

I figure that's the way I'm going to go.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 11:18 AM
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42. Those aren't books, that's a support column!
:rofl:

RL
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 11:31 AM
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43. once when i was living in new york -- i got asked out on a date by this cute nerdy guy.
i got to his east side apartment -- i thought i was moving up in the world -- and he had so many books they were stacked in front of his windows -- you could not see out.

they lined his hallways -- the place had this musty papery smell that i can vividly recall to this day.

there was no space that wasn't covered by books.

now i don't know if that was too many -- but it left an indelible impression on me.

i then proceeded to leave an indelible impression on him.
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Evoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 11:42 AM
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44. Well, you know....
I have a pretty big bookshelf too, ya know. Pretty darn big. Bigger than most guys. Full of paperbacks and science books. ;)
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 12:04 PM
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46. But...size doesn't matter.
Unless you're dating one of those Michener-queens.
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 03:14 PM
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49. a BIG bookshelf -- with science books?!?!
you have my attention -- :evilgrin:
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City67 Donating Member (73 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 12:03 PM
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45. Friends of the Library
I hit the "Friends of the Library" book sales at all the local public libraries for used books. I have maybe 2000 so far. But I go in spells. Sometimes I will go to different libraries every weekend for a couple months then not at all for a few months. Its like a treasure hunt, you never know what you will find. I got a reviewers copy of a fantasy novel that is worth about $500. Right now I have 4 large bookcases full and still need at least one more for the pile of books against one wall in my living room, lol.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 12:15 PM
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47. Hmmm, you sound like my kind of book buyer!
Drop into the web site and browse...

www.xenithbooksellers.com

RL
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Adsos Letter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 03:30 PM
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50. ...never...
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 03:33 PM
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51. I hear ya.
I have stacks of books on my bedroom floor. God knows when I'll finish them. And I keep buying more AND I just checked 4 out from the library.


"Hi. My name is Terry. I'm a bookoholic". :-)
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-14-07 10:47 PM
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52. Me and my honey have got the equivalent of 23 bookcases
full of books and records and CDs and DVDs.

We have most subjects covered and NO bodice rippers or other crapola fiction.
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ForrestGump Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-14-07 10:49 PM
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53. Wow

You should think about selling some of them.


Maybe you should open a bookstore.


:P
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