Last Wednesday as I was working in the Hanover store trying (and trying and trying) to get the books shelved by category, I overheard this conversation between two girls who were about 12 years old. They were cruising the book department looking at the vast selection of teen reads
First Girl: "WoW! I just paid $10 for that book at Borders!"
Second Girl" "See. I told you they had great books here at great prices" (imagine a bit of a valley girl inflection)
Our price? An amazing $2.98!
These young ladies were standing in front of the rack displaying about 30 titles of what's known as "Chick Lit" - Gossip Girl, The Clique, A List - these series appeal to young women from 12 to 20.
If I didn't know these were customers, I would think Bill McGowan scripted this for a commercial!
The books are great and always changing. Come on in to a Building 19 store and browse - what you save will more than offset the gas expended!
PS The Last Days of Mash mentioned in an earlier blog are no longer in the store.
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Please tell me it ain't so... There is a rumor around town that our beloved Building 19 (Pawtucket) is closing down soon to make room for...a bunch of people in blue smocks.....please tell us it ain't so. I used to shop in Swansea and now drive to Pawtucket.
Hi Jerry,
I am a very disappointed customer of Bldg 19. Every time I go to the one on Newport Ave.in Pawtucket, RI, I never find the item on sale - always told sold out. I got your flyer Sunday afternoon, went early Monday and was told that the Oldies CD's sold out on Sunday. When I went looking for a gazebo (frame with canvas and netting) they were sold out and again for men's tops, sold out of size I needed. Just can't win with your store. I end up driving up there for nothing every time. Guaranteed a dealer bought them out which isn't fair. So much for your sales - sorry.
Eleanor M. Monteiro
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