There's an old second-hand bookshop near where I live that I tend to visit regularly, almost always spending a tenner or two. Sadly the owner seems to have given control of it to his son who has shifted things about in a major way, which has resulted in my abandoning it.
The books that I normally browse through, general unsorted sci-fi and fantasy from the 60's and 70's, have all been shifted to the top shelves, about eight feet above ground with no stools or stepladders to reach them on. Due to this I've decided not to return (not that a ten pounds or so a month will make that much difference to them).
At the same time, in a move of sheer genius, he's started selling blatantly pirated DVDs of the latest films in the store, taking orders from people for them (three of them in the ten minutes of my last browse), and even putting a table covered with them on the pavement of the main road. I suspect that the shop won't be around for much longer if he carries on with these masterplans. :P
The books that I normally browse through, general unsorted sci-fi and fantasy from the 60's and 70's, have all been shifted to the top shelves, about eight feet above ground with no stools or stepladders to reach them on. Due to this I've decided not to return (not that a ten pounds or so a month will make that much difference to them).
At the same time, in a move of sheer genius, he's started selling blatantly pirated DVDs of the latest films in the store, taking orders from people for them (three of them in the ten minutes of my last browse), and even putting a table covered with them on the pavement of the main road. I suspect that the shop won't be around for much longer if he carries on with these masterplans. :P
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