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[–] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 132 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I would do this to incentivize shoppers to take as many as possible. Like at a charity shop that needs to make room for a sizable donation or just to churn the shelves a little.

The sign is still pretty amusing tho.

[–] Technoworcester@feddit.uk 49 points 1 month ago

This was outside a charity shop. πŸ‘

[–] Steve@startrek.website 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

100 old karens with nothing to do must have argued that they are entitled to one book for .50

[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

100 old Karens agree: "We'd like to speak to the manager."

A class action Karen

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[–] blipcast@lemmy.world 107 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This is one of those times where seeing it all written out feels redundant, but you know if those examples weren't there people would be asking if one book cost Β£0.5.

[–] Rolder@reddthat.com 37 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Guarantee it wasn’t written out first until they had people argue about it

[–] Zirconium@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

That would be me

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 59 points 1 month ago

I’m sure they had to do this because they had too many people asking β€œhow much for 3 books”.

That or just because funny.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 50 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Used books are hard to move. This is one reason why most libraries don't take donations. These sales are for clearing shelves more than for making profit.

[–] Frostbeard@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Not hard to move. Almost impossible to move. In my shelf apart from some old leather bound books from my grandfather (Churchils world history, complete Hamsund) and CE and hard cover 40k books I have nothing but paper trash

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

People need to internalize this. Generally speaking, nobody who has a choice wants our old crap.

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[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

A library I used to use would put old books for sale outside. If someone came in to pay for them, great, but if they happened to mysteriously disappear, that was fine too.

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[–] ynthrepic@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Donate 2.5 pounds and select up to 5 books.

Your welcome.

[–] Mustakrakish@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Is "your" bolded because its a trap for people to point out you used the wrong version?

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[–] Contemporarium@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

My welcome what?

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

You would be surprised how many people need a writeup like the one in the post.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I found out why they want to get rid of them fast. They're actually ice sculptures disguised as books!

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

that just means that those are really cool books

it's marketing

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[–] renzhexiangjiao@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 month ago

Don't say it that way because people will take 5 and trash 4 of them just because. Labelling it this way, people will actually take 2 if they only want 2.

[–] burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

yeah ill take one order of 2 books, and uhh another order of three books

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] brb@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Ah, my joke was that I am too stubborn with my pricing. You WILL have the discount, and you WILL like it. But maybe I'm too old and tired and convey it with a glare.

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[–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

SCIENCE BITCH

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[–] rigatti@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] gezginorman@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Carrot@lemmy.today 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] ralakus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] robolemmy@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Six books are Β£5.00

Edit: oops

[–] Sc00ter@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago

Wouldny 6 books be Β£5.00?

[–] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

f(x) = 2.50 for x in {1,2,…,5}

[–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They should have put that on the sign. Functional notation is universally understood, after all.

not.

[–] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Maybe a plot then.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've transitioned to digital books. I still have a few physical books on my shelf that are special to me, but digital books are just too damn convenient. (And, yes, unless apocalypse, and unless battery dies, I know.)

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

(And, yes, unless apocalypse, and unless battery dies, I know.)

Simple batteries can be made from readily available materials post apocalypse such as potatoes or citrus fruits like lemons. You'd need a fair amount of them for any appreciable time. After the fall of civilization, such required foods would be considered offerings to the gods to grant the knowledge stored on your Kindle long after its Lithium battery bit the dust. This would be until humans are able to make lead acid gravity cells, which again, isn't that difficult. They aren't very portable, but if you are just needing to run the device you don't need it to be.

[–] OmegaMouse@pawb.social 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Technoworcester@feddit.uk 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Got myself a life changing book.

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[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

"1 to 5 books - Β£2.50"

[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A new branch of Mathematics has been discovered.

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

I see you're familiar with just gimme two fiddy and take some books theorem

[–] ALilOff@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I can’t vouch for the truth of this as I just saw online posts about it too.

But I saw in Iraq, there’s a book market that just leaves most of their books outside because β€œThe Reader doesn’t steal, and the thief doesn’t read”

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[–] Bwaz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Seems pretty clear.

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