Is Bankruptcy On The Horizon For Book Retailer???

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More bad news for Borders!

Posted: Sep 2, 2010 at 8:58 am / Email this »

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21 comments to “Is Bankruptcy On The Horizon For Book Retailer???”

PreyToYou says – reply to this

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I hope they don't go under. They are the only chain bookstore I will go to make purchases. I refuse to go into Barnes and Noble.
Scahootowl says – reply to this

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What's a Retairler?
Angus8 says – reply to this

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Spell check buddy.
Chicklette says – reply to this

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NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I love Borders. That would totally suck. Where would I go to purchase books and/or music during my lunchbreak?!!
michaelraneri says – reply to this

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Spell check!!!
swiftrevolutions says – reply to this

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Nice spelling.
I_Love_Nica says – reply to this

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Bankruptcy is rampant in America — both corporate and individual — as a result of the Bank Bailouts. Banks are getting fat off of low rates that they can borrow money while the citizens ("subjects") of the USA are afraid to spend money where borrowing from banks is involved. When the banks were bailed out, the banks attacked the citizens of the country that bailed them out by decreasing their lending rate and demanding large payments due to amounts borrowed previous to the lowering of their maximum amount allowed. America is suffering due to Legalized Loansharking.
JRodFilms says – reply to this

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can you speil?
reallykean10 says – reply to this

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I worked for Borders for 17 years at the Customer Contact Center and they just told their employees that have been there 20 years that they are moving the center to the Phillipines. I am so glad I don't work there any longer but my heart aches for my old coworkers. They are a great group and I hope they all find new jobs.
aaabbb says – reply to this

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They have already ceased trading here in the UK
Voice_de_Reason says – reply to this

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Retairler- is that kind of like T-airlor Swift or T-airlor Momsen? Being from down south here i see nothin' wrong with that…
lolita_dlores says – reply to this

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their stuff is also a bit too pricey i mean, a book can cost between the $30, etc. Im pretty sure if they lower their prices they might get more $$ than having the books just sit there in the shelfs
MarioMonjack says – reply to this

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they are overpriced and have no place in the retail market. i hope they go out of business
PreyToYou says – reply to this

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FYI-Bookstores do NOT make their prices. They are all stamped with the retail price on the cover. They do not make special prices from store to store or company to company. You see the same price in Borders as you do in Walmart. However Walmart chooses to mark a percentage off of the retail price. But, there IS a huge markup on books. You'd be surprised at how little these retailers pay for books.
jazz99 says – reply to this

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I worked for Borders and they are monsters against their employees. Awful place.
SMILE! You're on Candid Camera! says – reply to this

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Noesssss! =[

I love Borders! I hope they will be okay!!!!
geekrockchic says – reply to this

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I worked for Borders for 7 years and was treated like total garbage for the better part of the last 3 years. I was bullied, threatened, and forced to work under a tyrant. No raises in the last three years …that was the icing on the cake. Perhaps, karmically if they had treated their employees better, they wouldn't be in this mess.
azulle says – reply to this

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i love borders! well… i love books. i hope that not all people are switching over to electronics books. i love holding a book and running my fingers through the pages.
Senorita Latina says – reply to this

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No!! I love Borders! Its one of my fav. places to hang out. I hope they're able to stay in business!
Hunkasaurus says – reply to this

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Independent booksellers have it even harder than Borders. When I worked for a small mom and pop bookstore we could buy books cheaper at Wall Mart than at the distributor. Think about that. We could buy from Wall Mart and mark it up at our little store and get a better profit than what our distributor would offer. Indies have it worse. Time for a revolution in arts including lit.
boiledchimp says – reply to this

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I love Borders because of their great 40% off (any item) coupons. They have one available now through the 6th of Sept. You can Google it. Barnes & Noble never gives deals like this.