This week is the Major Used Book Store's Week of Coupon Sales. It is my equivalent of Halloween - for 7 days.
It is an escalating addiction: 2 days of 20% off the highest price item, then 2 days at 30%, then 2 days at 40% and a last gut wrenching day of 50% off.
Oh, I have worked it out to a science, of course. I start scanning as soon as I get notified of the sale. There are five locations in my relative area, and I go one by one, looking through the sections that I always peruse for this once in a three month opportunity to build my library.
Once I have decided the what and where, then it is the when - after all, I only have one 50% coupon and that has to be used sparingly. If I buy this book at 40%, does it come in at or below the book at 50%? And so it goes.
You may find it a bit foolish that I put this much effort into book purchases. It probably is. None the less, for one week every so often I get to to live in the world of possibilities, of maybes and what ifs. And what a wonderful place it can be.
Now, if you will excuse me, I have something I have to go read...
Saving money is never foolish.
ReplyDeleteIt is the thrill of the hunt. Enjoy! :^)
It is the thrill of the hunt, Linda. I have not set foot in the last remaining Big Box Book Store (BBBS) for two years and never look at airport stores when I travel. And The Large Online Bookseller (TLOB) is only on Christmas and my birthday, when I get gift cards. Other than that, it is the Local Large Used Book Store that I shop at - and yes, I have occasionally experienced the thrill of the unexpected find. What a treat - something you never get when the world is (literally) at your fingertips.
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