🤸🏼♀️🤸🏼♀️🤸🏼♀️ I just found this signed first edition in a $2 clearance bin at B&N!! I love #JSF!! And I loved this book.
On a sad note, though, the layoffs hit my store hard. There were hardly any employees. A manger had to price check this book for me, and there was no designated cashier, just the man working in the music department who jumped on as needed.
Knightingale B&N is doomed. 7y
alisiakae 😢😢 Our nearest B&N store always seems to be busy (with people actually buying stuff!). But most of the others I go to always seem so empty. 7y
britt_brooke @Knightingale For sure. I‘m not surprised at all. I haven‘t enjoyed shopping there in years, but my sons love to go there. 7y
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britt_brooke @4thhouseontheleft Ours usually has a decent amount of shoppers, but I don‘t know how much they are actually buying. I never buy myself books there (with today‘s exception), but my sons like going there. 7y
TheWordJar I‘m always so excited to see how busy our B&N usually is. I haven‘t been by since the layoffs, but it worries me, as I live in a town with only one other small independent bookstore. 🙁 7y
alisiakae @britt_brooke ours usually has a line at the check out. I think they are an anomaly, sadly. It happens to be at a very popular and busy outdoor shopping area that is very walkable and has lots of restaurants nearby. 7y
Leftcoastzen Yay! Super find! 7y
britt_brooke @4thhouseontheleft Ours usually has s line, too (but I did go at an “off” time today). Yours sounds just like our location. They‘ve been suffering for years. Those are really big stores to sustain without enough sales. 7y
britt_brooke @TheWordJar My tiny local store shut down last week. 😭 But, I‘m close to Nashville so I still have options when B&N goes under. Not everyone is that lucky. 7y
emilygatlin The weird thing about B&N layoffs to me is that I've never seen employees lollygaging around. They're ALWAYS doing something. I think about how much more work the remaining staff has to do now. 7y
britt_brooke @Leftcoastzen I may have audibly said “holy shit” when I saw it. 🙊 7y
britt_brooke @emilygatlin These folks today were busting their asses. They didn‘t look happy. I hate it for them. 7y
Schlinkles As someone who worked for Borders, I can tell you that what‘s going on with B&N is eerily familiar. It likely won‘t end well. 7y
britt_brooke @Schlinkles I miss Borders! 😫 I think you‘re right. It‘s only a matter of time before they start closing stores. 7y
dariazeoli I am worried. I like to spend hours at the B&N reading. I‘d buy more if they matched their website prices. Instead they refuse and fire their staff with no notice. I‘m sorry it‘s coming to this. 7y
britt_brooke @dariazeoli They won‘t match their own online prices? 7y
dariazeoli @britt_brooke No. if you order a book online for pickup at a store, you pay the store‘s price. It‘s silly. 7y
britt_brooke @dariazeoli Wow, that‘s nuts. 😬 7y
Dogearedcopy I love our local B&N: It actually has a knowledgeable and helpful staff BUT I hate it when the regional managers (or whatever they are) come in and try to show the locals how it‘s done. Everything that comes out of their mouths is scripted upsell. I just want to buy my book, d@mm1t! 7y
Dogearedcopy Oh, yeah and not price matching their online sales even when they order the book to come in from the same warehouse that their online sales are shipped from! 7y
britt_brooke @Dogearedcopy That corporate stuff is so frustrating (with most businesses). They try to treat everything so cookie-cutter. It‘s silly. And the not price matching their online stuff is blowing my damn mind. That‘s insane and truly stupid. That‘s a form of bad customer service. 7y
minkyb It is quite sad. I was in B & N yesterday. The nearest one is about a 20 minute drive. I remember when it opened, there was such energy for so long. I have watched it go downhill and it breaks my heart for the employees and the community. 7y
minkyb Excellent find! 7y
britt_brooke @minkyb It‘s sad to know that we can no longer sustain a big box book store. 7y
emilyhaldi Great find!!! 7y
britt_brooke @emilyhaldi 💚💚💚 7y
mrp27 Great find! 7y
Reviewsbylola Nice!! 7y
