How We Discount Used Books

Sometimes really good used books, through no fault of their own, hang around our store for a long time before someone buys them.  Lately we've been trying extra hard to help them on their way, and hopefully into your sweaty little mitts, by automatically discounting them after they've been here for a certain period of time.  Here's the way it works:

Have a look at the sticker on the back of the book.  That date in the lower right corner is the date on which we catalogued it.  The discounting works as follows:

2010 - present:  sticker price

2009:                    10% off the sticker price

2008:                    20% off

2007:                    30% off

2006 and earlier:  40% off

That's 10-40% off whatever price is on the sticker!

This only applies to used books, and it doesn't apply to any of the books in the rare and collectible cases at the front of the store.  In total, about half our used book inventory (24,000 books!) is currently discounted this way.

PLEASE NOTE:  These discounts-by-date only apply to purchases made in the store and, again, they only apply to used books.