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.
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This was outside a charity shop. π
100 old karens with nothing to do must have argued that they are entitled to one book for .50
100 old Karens agree: "We'd like to speak to the manager."
A class action Karen
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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.
Guarantee it wasnβt written out first until they had people argue about it
That would be me
Iβm sure they had to do this because they had too many people asking βhow much for 3 booksβ.
That or just because funny.
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.
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
People need to internalize this. Generally speaking, nobody who has a choice wants our old crap.
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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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Donate 2.5 pounds and select up to 5 books.
Your welcome.
Is "your" bolded because its a trap for people to point out you used the wrong version?
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My welcome what?
You would be surprised how many people need a writeup like the one in the post.
I found out why they want to get rid of them fast. They're actually ice sculptures disguised as books!
buy one get 4 free
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.
yeah ill take one order of 2 books, and uhh another order of three books
That'll be Β£2.50
Β£5.00 actually
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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SCIENCE BITCH
Β£2.50
A book is 2.50.
Two books are 2.50.
Three books are 2.50.
Four books are 2.50.
Five books are 2.50
Six books are Β£5.00
Edit: oops
Wouldny 6 books be Β£5.00?
f(x) = 2.50 for x in {1,2,β¦,5}
They should have put that on the sign. Functional notation is universally understood, after all.
not.
Maybe a plot then.
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.)
(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.
"1 to 5 books - Β£2.50"
A new branch of Mathematics has been discovered.
I see you're familiar with just gimme two fiddy and take some books theorem
I canβt vouch for the truth of this as I just saw online posts about it too.
But I saw in Iraq, thereβs a book market that just leaves most of their books outside because βThe Reader doesnβt steal, and the thief doesnβt readβ
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Seems pretty clear.
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