Oh, don't you love it.

[conuly]

This twit of a girl posted asking if people had ever switched prices on books in order to steal from a used book store.

And one person replied that she had never thought of that, but it's not really stealing since you're giving them some money, and anyway, it's not like used books give any profit to the author.

And then had the nerve to get huffy when informed that, actually, it is stealing, because (as she put it) "I HAVE NEVER DONE THAT!!!!111". So what? You're still stupid if you don't recognize that it's stealing, and you still need those stupid ideas drummed out of your head now that they've been placed there.

Comments

[missfahrenheit.livejournal.com]

I've never seen a second-hand bookshop that uses stickers- they usually pencil the price in on the front page.

I'm lucky, since I live right near Baggins (http://www.bagginsbooks.co.uk/). It is both paradise and proof of L-Space. They confiscate any possible book-hiding bags on the way in and keep them behind the counter for you, just so people are less likely to take stuff.

[concordantnexus.livejournal.com]

Most of the used, second-hand and rare book stores in Canada write the prices in pencil inside the front cover. The bag confiscation thing is quite common too.