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  1. I was exited to see a glorious collection of #vinyl at my local #HalfPriceBooks, but I don't have a phonograph, and wouldn't know where to get an acceptably good one for a good price.

    I literally haven't touched an #LP since the mid-90s at the most recent. XD

  2. #ThreeGoodThings #3GoodThings

    1. Visited Half Price Books. Bought a few things. 🙂

    2. Spent time with the wife's 94-year-old aunt, who is still whip smart and a delight to talk with.

    3. Watched an episode of our new binge watch mystery series, "My Life Is Murder" starring Lucy Lawless. Crikey!

    #Books #Mystery #HalfPriceBooks

  3. Picked up a book to read on my day off (chilling at an independent coffee shop near DFW so I can pick up a family member as soon as they clear whatever fresh hell U.S. Customs has turned into)...

    I bought it a few months ago and got about a third of the way through it. It's kind of an off-the-cuff autobio, not bad.

    I look at my "bookmark," and of course, it's the #HalfPriceBooks receipt from when I bought it 😄

    I look at the date on the receipt, and I'm a little confused, because it's a couple months after when I recall buying it.

    Then I notice the year: 2024

    Daaaaaang, I bought this book last year?!? Where does the time even go?

    #TemporalDysphoria #ADHD

  4. I do not recommend going to Half Price Books and spending $100 on used CDs...HIGHLY ENOUGH.

    #HalfPriceBooks

  5. Mars Needs Mechanics a game I did pick up from half price books - it sounded interesting - doubt I'll every actually play it - but it has nice retro style cover art - and will make a good addition to my growing collection of board games.

    #MarsNeedsMechanics #halfpricebooks #hpb #boardGame #game #NeverMoreGames #Games

  6. Ace Detective game
    This game sounded interested when I saw it at Half price books - but I found it on eBay for about half of what HPB wanted for it - plus it came with bonus Magic The Gathering Cards, and card protectors - that were just inside the box.

    Weird thing is I had Dejavu when I opened the box - like I had done this before and found Magic cards - I'm sure I've done this before, but I only have one copy of the game..... So.

    #CardGame #AceDetective #Magic #HPB #HalfPriceBooks #eBay

  7. Half price books finds - The Fantasy Trip (missing one of the books), and Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven - Found this the day after I found out about this series - so looking forward to reading it.
    The Fantasy Trip just looked interesting to me, and seem like a good price even thou it is missing one of the books.

    #HalfPriceBooks #LarryNiven #KnownSpace #TheFantasyTrip #TFT #HPB #RPG

  8. Found at a half price books -
    Star Fleet A Call to Arms (RPG?) for $12.00 seemed like a good deal.
    And D&D Spelljammer Adventures in Space (Box set) appears like this is new and was $35 which I don't think is quite half off but was still a good deal. So of course I grabbed both.

    #StarFleet #StarTrek #RPG #SpellJammer #Mongoose #StarFleetUniverse #HPB #HalfPriceBooks

  9. Are you a reader?
    A writer?
    Both?

    The workers at Half Price Books are organizing for a living wage, and you can send a note of support for the workers to the company here: p2a.co/ua5jyxr

    @bookstodon

    #union #labor #books #HalfPriceBooks #bookstodon

  10. @marthawells

    When I was in middle school I used walk from my grandmother's house to the original #HalfPriceBooks location on Lovers Lane in Dallas. Many years later the retired co-founder Ken Gjemre was my neighbor. I'm probably kidding myself but I'd like to think he would be on the side of the union.

  11. @trixter @pluralistic

    This is sad. I was a big customer of #HalfPriceBooks from the 80s and 90s until I moved away from their area of business. A wonderful place to shop for a book loving constantly broke kid.

    One thing I've learned is that if you want happy customers you have to begin with a happy work force.

  12. The booksellers at #HalfPriceBooks achieved union recognition in Jan 2022, but their employer won't give them a contract. That's a scummy way for a "family business" to treat hardworking booksellers, who are seeking a living wage - and are being offered a real-terms pay *cut* instead. Booksellers can't live on love of literature - they need to pay rent, buy groceries and support their families. Half Price, give HPB Workers Unite the contract they deserve!

    ufcw.org/actions/campaign/half

  13. Looks like I won't be shopping at @halfpricebooks #Minnesota for the moment.

    QT Half Price Books Union Workers (MN)
    @HPBUnionMN
    2023 July 14

    Day two of our unfair labor practice strike! Come out to the picket lines and join us at the union Half Price Books locations!

    St. Louis Park: 10:00am-11:00am
    St. Paul: 11:30am-12:30pm
    Roseville: 2:00pm-3:00pm
    Northtown: 3:30-4:30pm

    #Union #HalfPriceBooks #Strike #UFCW

  14. Everything on my To Be Read pile after the holidays and the postholidays #halfpricebooks sale.

    Its possible I may have a problem.

    The problem being I need more time to read!