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There's also Paperback Swap (not just for paperbacks but for hardbacks and audio books, as well). Of course, you do have to be able to take delayed gratification, but it's a really good deal for those who are addicted to books but want to be relatively frugal. Or form a book swap group and meet once a month (or week!) to swap books.
Theft? because I returned a book in excellent condition within the time frame to receive a refund.
Did you read the entire book?
It would be like buying a soda, consuming the contents, and then asking for a refund because...maybe you didn't like the way it's tasted. Stores will give the refund, but if you didn't like the taste, why did you consume the entire product?
By your logic, I should be able to get computer software, download it to the computer, then return the CD to the store for a refund. After all, I don't need the CD any longer if it's loaded on the computer.
It would be like buying a soda, consuming the contents, and then asking for a refund because...maybe you didn't like the way it's tasted. Stores will give the refund, but if you didn't like the taste, why did you consume the entire product?
By your logic, I should be able to get computer software, download it to the computer, then return the CD to the store for a refund. After all, I don't need the CD any longer if it's loaded on the computer.
I like to read a good book when I see one. For as long as I can remember I have been buying books, reading them and returning them. I have done this maybe 25-30 times over my lifetime. I usually go to two different B&N's in my area to do this. I do this because I just don't see a reason to own a book when I am only going to read it once. I have very rarely kept a book I was planning on returning only because it was a really good book and I planned to give it to someone.
My ex-girlfriend started laughing hysterically when I told here this. She thought it was my right to return it. A previous girlfriend got upset when I told her about my book buying behavior. She called me a scammer and told me not to do it ever again. She told me to just go to the library and check out the book if I want to return it. The thing is that the library has a limited number of new releases and most of the time their is a 2-3 week wait list (sometimes longer) to get the book.
Am I too frugal?
I appreciate you being honest, but yes I think you are being too frugal? I shop a lot at a used book store in my town. It's the only book store besides walmart and the bible book store. I feel bad about buying at the used book store because I feel I'm taking away money frome the author, especially if I like the book. If I don't like the book, oh well, I'm out of luck. It's like going to the produce section, some times the pears are good and sometimes they are not.
I also pick up books at yard sales and thrift stores, sometimes I see a book I want at Krogers and get to pay retail.
Those of us who are cheap and have money in the bank would be laughing at those of you losing sleep over maxxed out credit cards---if only it were not so sad and pathetic.
If somebody else makes non-negotiable rules unilaterally, it is not theft to conform with their rules. The store has an opportunity to examine the merchandise, and if they determine that it is in salable condition as new, and accepts it on that basis, in conformity with their own return policy, nothing has been done that is wrong.
I read "The Road", "Thirteen Moons", "Kite Runners" and several other books sitting in the easy chairs at Borders for an hour a day.
Hence the line between what is legal and what is ethical.
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