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Old 01-19-2013, 07:10 PM
 
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Does anyone know when and where?
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Old 01-20-2013, 08:20 AM
 
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I heard it will be in the building being constructed on the corner of Cecil Ashborn & 431.
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Old 06-21-2013, 06:39 AM
 
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Does anyone know when and where?
It opened last weekend. It is hard to find a time when not crowded. I went last night at 8:00 and had to park at the convenience store next door. Drive thru had 12 cars so I went inside... I should have waited in drive thru.
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Old 06-21-2013, 03:16 PM
 
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Now Hampton Cove needs a Starbucks and Barnes & Noble. The population base supports businesses on that side of the mountain.
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Old 06-21-2013, 03:24 PM
 
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Now Hampton Cove needs a Starbucks and Barnes & Noble. The population base supports businesses on that side of the mountain.
There is a B&N in Jones Valley...no way in hell a city the size of Huntsville could support 2 B&N stores so close to each other (and a 3rd store 10 miles away at Bridge Street). Bookstores in large metro stores are barely surviving as it is...
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Old 06-22-2013, 05:38 AM
 
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Book stores are on their way to demise. They are either going to have to find a new direction to draw in customers or they will dwindle. It is so easy to simply go online to Amazon and buy an ebook and start reading immediately without leaving the house or buy the book for $6 that would cost you $15 in the book store. The only time I ever go in a book store now is when I want to look through a book and decide whether or not to order it online. If they could find a way to capture business from me while I am in their "previewing" books, they might would have something. I guess that is what the in house coffee shops are for but I don't drink coffee and if I did there is no way in hell I would pay $6.00 for a cup of it. Replace the coffee shop with a bar and you would have something. lol
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Old 06-22-2013, 09:13 AM
 
Location: Huntsville, AL
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The only time I ever go in a book store now is when I want to look through a book and decide whether or not to order it online.
I honestly think this is tantamount to stealing. Please, reconsider this practice. If you utilize the advantages of a brick-and-mortar business, it should be with the intention of at least potentially giving that brick-and-mortar business your patronage. I'm a big believer in capitalism and all that, but to walk into a business to handle and examine a product with the complete intention of buying it from a vendor who can provide a lower price but not the opportunity to handle and examine the product is just not ethical, IMO. I'm not maligning your character - I think a lot of people do this kind of thing and do not consider the consequences, because it's a rather new dynamic in doing business.
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Old 06-22-2013, 12:33 PM
 
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I honestly think this is tantamount to stealing. Please, reconsider this practice. If you utilize the advantages of a brick-and-mortar business, it should be with the intention of at least potentially giving that brick-and-mortar business your patronage. I'm a big believer in capitalism and all that, but to walk into a business to handle and examine a product with the complete intention of buying it from a vendor who can provide a lower price but not the opportunity to handle and examine the product is just not ethical, IMO. I'm not maligning your character - I think a lot of people do this kind of thing and do not consider the consequences, because it's a rather new dynamic in doing business.
I completely disagree with you. This is the new age form of comparison shopping. It is absolutely no different than you going to two competing stores and looking at items, handling them and going to the next store looking for a better price other than the fact I can't go to Amazon and handle the item. You have probably done that with books by looking at one at Barnes and Noble and then going to Books A Million. To be honest, I actually haven't stepped foot in a book store in at least 3 or 4 years now because you can now look at samples of the contents of most books online for free before deciding whether or not to purchase. Heck, I know college students that have gotten their citations for research papers from online sample content for free, cited it and never bought or physically had the book.

I don't know if you realize it or not but almost everyone does this now or at least a significant percentage under the age of 50 and almost everyone under the age of 30. We all have the bar code scanner apps on our smartphones that scan the barcode and automatically pull up the best prices online. I have purchased items online in a matter of seconds while standing in a store with the item in my hand. I admit it and I am not ashamed of it. The retailers noticed this trend a few years ago and now have employees that use the apps on their products for price comparison. Home depot even installed free wifi in their stores for you to use to do comparison shopping while in their store. They have embraced the technology and encourage its use. Guess what, their prices are usually in line and I end up making the purchase there. That is an example of a retailer adjusting to changing market conditions and as I mentioned, the book stores are going to have to find a way to adjust or they will be out of business.

What I consider stealing and unethical is those that go to the bookstores and stand or sit there and read an entire magazine or read a couple of chapters in a book each time they visit and then put it back on the shelf like they are in a library.

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Old 06-22-2013, 12:47 PM
 
Location: BNA -> HSV
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I completely disagree with you. This is the new age form of comparison shopping. It is absolutely no different than you going to two competing stores and looking at items, handling them and going to the next store looking for a better price. You have probably done that with books by looking at one at Barnes and Noble and then going to Books A Million.
Yup, comparision shopping is nothing new or unethical. You will also notice a lot more B&M stores matching online prices. Best Buy and Target B&M will match Amazon prices without question...
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Old 06-22-2013, 01:59 PM
 
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I love B&N as well as Books-a-Million but I do fear for their futures. If and when they go, we will have lost something valuable.
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