Wednesday, 01 April 2009

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  What was the best bargain you ever found? Where did you find it?

  This will make me sound like a complete nerd! 
  
  There was a book I wanted really badly, about Native American horsemanship, called Horse, Follow Closely, the most famous book on the subject.  Only problem was, by the time I was looking for it, it was out of print(naturally it's now back in print).  And with an original publisher's price of $30, you can imagine how expensive all the copies I could find were!  There's a bookstore locally called Atlantic Book Warehouse, and they have a section of books marked with colored dots, which tell you how much off of the publisher's price the book is(up to 90%).  They're usually old library books, or returned or very shelf-worn books, and many are out of print.  Most of them are worthy of being so cheap, they're off-the-wall, outdated, etc.  But I always look through the section, since there are great deals hiding.  One day I was browsing this section(which isn't sorted in any way, shape, or form), and a title caught my eye.  Horse, Follow Closely.  It didn't have the dust jacket, which wasn't a big deal, but I guess that's why it ended up there.  Then I checked the color of the dot on it.  It was 90% off the publisher's price, so I got it for just under $3, the absolute best bargain I've ever gotten! 
  

  
     

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