Borders blanchardstown all books half price

Paddy Samurai

Borders bookshop is closing down in blanchardstown .All books are being sold off at half price,got a few today.
I would have thought that in a recession book shops would do well when people have so much more free time to read.
Obviously they were too expensive?.

ytareh

Queue last week was simply OBSCENE (30-60 minutes ) You would have to be desperate or spend at least 50 euro for it to be worth while

TedB

The recession is great. If Chapters bookshop ever does a closing down sale on Parnell st., I'll be bringing over a hundred quid and a shopping trolley with me.

claire h

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

Obviously they were too expensive?.

I think the place was probably run very badly. The staff hadn't a clue about how to handle crowds or to manage a sale in any kind of efficient way, either that or they were taking out their being-fired-grumpiness on customers and making sure the place doesn't run out of stuff to sell before they close and have them out of a job even earlier. They were changing opening and closing times randomly, lying to people about how long the queues would be, keeping some tills closed, putting the half-price discount through on items separately rather than at the end (i.e. slower), all kinds of rubbish. I saw people waiting in slow-moving queues with a couple of books, certainly not worth it unless you're buying loads.

I'm guessing their average profits weren't high enough to keep the bosses in England happy. But they'll still be making some small profit on those books they're selling at half-price - big chain stores would buy books at a substantial discount, less than 50% of the cover price per book.

Incidentally tons of the Chapters stuff is very reasonably priced, I know they've always been great with the bargains and reductions but was in there yesterday and now even more so. Mmm, books.

sxt

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

Borders bookshop is closing down in blanchardstown .All books are being sold off at half price,got a few today.
I would have thought that in a recession book shops would do well when people have so much more free time to read.
Obviously they were too expensive?.

Apparently they were the most profitable borders store along with the store in Oxford street in London,but they got a good price on the lease..

http://www.thebookseller.com/news/91715-page.html

sxt

claire h wrote: »

I think the place was probably run very badly. The staff hadn't a clue about how to handle crowds or to manage a sale in any kind of efficient way, either that or they were taking out their being-fired-grumpiness on customers and making sure the place doesn't run out of stuff to sell before they close and have them out of a job even earlier. They were changing opening and closing times randomly, lying to people about how long the queues would be, keeping some tills closed, putting the half-price discount through on items separately rather than at the end (i.e. slower), all kinds of rubbish. I saw people waiting in slow-moving queues with a couple of books, certainly not worth it unless you're buying loads.

I disagree,The staff were always very friendly, helpful and knowledgeable all the times I was there.

I don't think anyone working there could have predicted the chaos that would ensue with the closing down sale

Durga

Any idea how much longer it's open for? I got a few things out there but they by no means carry a comprehensive range such as Waterstones or Hodges Figgis. I rang one time to enquire if they had Long Day's Journey into Night. The guy never heard of it and took him about half an hour to come back with a response...and no, they didn't have it.