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[johnw]

Brick and mortar stores have a big advantage in product discovery. It's easy to find what you want on Amazon, but if you want a good book and don't have...

[johnw]

Don't know how things work in your country, but in the US the estate tax is paid by very few people:

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/...

[johnw]

Two big changes in shoplifting. One is that Craigslist gives them a place to sell the stuff. The other is using social media to organize raids with a...

[johnw]

I've sold a trade paperback for $1,000. I once had a $600 set stolen from me, so I changed my security arrangements. But yeah, somebody's going to steal...

[johnw]

So, you know how weak your argument was....

[johnw]

None of the Target stores on your list are closing. Instead, they are closing unprofitable stores that have less of a shoplifting problem.

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[johnw]

And yet, as I previously stated, shoplifting is a problem for our Capitol Hill store. The truth is, there is a cash market for used books.

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[johnw]

I gave my opinion, and I stand by it.

You actually agree that the stores closing are not the ones with the biggest shoplifting problem, but...

[johnw]

So, you're saying the problem was sales, not shoplifting? That's what I said, and you claimed it was 'quite a jump.'...

[johnw]

Pop quiz?...

[johnw]

It can burn diesel. And it isn't fighting the war it was designed for, it won't be facing columns of tanks. It will be facing mines, drones, and arti...

[johnw]

If you think it's a jump, you clearly didn't read the rest of my post. Try again.

Nick already pointed out that their biggest shoplifting...

[johnw]

It's actually a problem at our Capitol Hill store, but not in Ballard....

[johnw]

You could argue that Putin desperately wanted a longer border with Nato, and it wasn't approaching fast enough, so he decided Russia would come to Nato....

[johnw]

My bookstore is two blocks away from the Ballard Target that is closing. I don't have a shoplifting problem. I could understand this narrative if they...

[johnw]

Maybe you should have kids in the school to ask for a book ban?

[johnw]

well, who among us doesn't have 5,000 hundred dollar bills that have slipped behind the cushions on the couch?...

[johnw]

Hope it all goes well!

[johnw]

'...progressive hellscape...'

Oh, that's where I am!

[johnw]

Three?...