Comments on: Steal these books! http://www.dystel.com/blog/2011/07/steal-these-books/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: Stephanie http://www.dystel.com/blog/2011/07/steal-these-books/comment-page-1/#comment-23988 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:16:49 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=6266#comment-23988 I found the original post on PW, and yours, fascinating. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised; I worked retail and know how much effort and planning thieves put into not having to pay for stuff. At the bookstore I worked for (a Christian retailer) there were one or two commonly stolen CDs we couldn’t keep on the shelf. Since they sold so many Bibles, I don’t know if they were often stolen or not. We did see a lot of return scams though, like a totally beat-up bible attempting to replace for a brand new one, no receipt etc. I think people thought because it was a bible we should have just “been nice” and given them a new copy out of religious obligation; as if the publishing costs mean nothing.

There are a LOT of weird people out there. Bless any of you in retail for dealing with them. When I worked for a big-box retailer, all the full-timers were on a waiting list to work the night shift doing inventory and unpacking crates. Why? No customers.

]]> By: Giora http://www.dystel.com/blog/2011/07/steal-these-books/comment-page-1/#comment-23981 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:12:31 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=6266#comment-23981 Thanks for the blog, Lauren. Interesting topic. I’m familiar with shoplifting, but was unaware that booklifting is also common. And yes, living at NYU campus for four years, with the many diverse groups of people around Washington Square Park, I can picture scary people coming to the bookstore that you described. Hopefully, you don’t have these tense moments anymore in your life now .. and have a wonderful weekend.

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