Board 8 > Borders is going out of business.

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http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2011/07/borders-bookstore-chain-to-shut-down/

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Good. Borders is a fascist corporation

Obviously Obama's fault!

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Good. Borders is a fascist corporation

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Sorry, wanted to get it out of my system.

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Dohoho.

Borders went out of business over a year ago. In this area, anyhow.

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All the ones in my area liquidated right after the bankruptcy, surprised it took this long for this to be official.

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You guys are just now finding this out? The local Borders here closed like 3 months ago.

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Our local Borders is still open and going strong. I think they plan on being the first store to secede from a corporation and declare their independence.

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Yeah, pretty much every Borders closed in this neck of the woods months ago.

Upside, I can raid the last remaining holdout for cheap novels now

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I went into mine about two weeks ago and they had no signs of closing or anything. However, their store seemed a bit empty compared to how I remember it. Can't wait for some closing sales.

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Our Borders has been doing good business, as near as I can tell. There are always people in there. I hope that once ours closes, B&N comes in and takes over the space.

yeah my local one also closed a few months ago

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So is this pretty much because of e-books, or what?

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E-books, failure to expand their Internet business early enough, and the fact that B&N and Amazon have such a large market share that Borders couldn't keep up.

So that's how all the Mexicans are getting in...

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GenesisTwilight posted...
You guys are just now finding this out? The local Borders here closed like 3 months ago.

Some have closed, but it didn't become official nation wide until yesterday.

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There are not even any boarders around here to my knowledge. Forgot they existed.

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I've heard about this for a while now but the Borders here is still going strong, though they do seem to have a particularly large amount of clearance titles lately. Whatever, support local booksellers. They can often get you the exact same books you'd get at a Barnes & Noble for cheaper and with a personal touch that's leagues ahead of what the chains will give you.

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My god this has been a day for entertainment news.

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Borders down at Tyrone Mall is the hangout spot for my friends and I. Guess we'll have to find another.

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Not surprising, I figured this would happen after the local one closed. I'll live with Barnes and Nobles, though.

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That's too bad. I always thought they had a better selection than Barnes and Noble.

And it's not like there are any other booksellers nearby.

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Kind of figured as much when the Borders in right off of Michigan Ave. in Chicago closed half a year ago.

I'm a bit surprised honestly, they always seemed to do fairly well. Though admittedly, it has been a while since I've gone into one.

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From: FreakinLincoln | #018
Whatever, support local booksellers. They can often get you the exact same books you'd get at a Barnes & Noble for cheaper and with a personal touch that's leagues ahead of what the chains will give you.

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It's about time. The ones near me are all liquidated anyway.

Oh and the liquidation sales were terrible, imo.

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Good. These brick and mortar stores are useless. Know how many times I've gone into a borders and they actually had what I was looking for? Zero. How many times has amazon had what I want? Every time. Same with circuit city, etc...I hope Best Buy and Gamestop are next. Amazon's always cheaper...

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Sounds like books are bordering on the brink of extinction.

...I did not just go there.

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FreakinLincoln posted...
Whatever, support local booksellers. They can often get you the exact same books you'd get at a Barnes & Noble for cheaper and with a personal touch that's leagues ahead of what the chains will give you.

Truth right here. B&N still pretty good, though.

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Epyo the Great posted...
Good. These brick and mortar stores are useless. Know how many times I've gone into a borders and they actually had what I was looking for? Zero. How many times has amazon had what I want? Every time. Same with circuit city, etc...I hope Best Buy and Gamestop are next. Amazon's always cheaper...

They have had what I wanted plenty of times, and they don't give a monopoly to a company where I have to wait for my product and pay extra.

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Whatever, support local booksellers. They can often get you the exact same books you'd get at a Barnes & Noble for cheaper and with a personal touch that's leagues ahead of what the chains will give you.

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The Barnes & Noble in my area sucks.

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From: OctilIery | #029
They have had what I wanted plenty of times, and they don't give a monopoly to a company where I have to wait for my product and pay extra.

I consistently find what I want on Amazon for less than I would at other retailers, and I don't have to drive downtown, wait in line, or deal with that other stuff to buy it.

Plus no sales tax, free shipping, etc.

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and I don't have to drive downtown,

Because driving somewhere to get something is the worst thing ever </sarcasm>

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Videogame stores brick and mortar can close.

Keep best buy open. Sometimes I need to grab **** in a pinch. Stuff breaks sometimes.

Also, I enjoy browsing occasionally, and for stuff like TVs and furniture I like to get a good luck at them before I buy them.

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aww. i liked borders

oh well

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I have tons of books preordered on amazon for the rest of the year

so much more convient, except for dealing with paying use tax every few months for everything manually.

I so wish amazon would just charge sales tax instead of passing the tax responsibility off on their customers to make their prices look even cheaper. they are still the cheapest even after paying the use tax/sales tax!