The greatest store in the world: HALF-PRICE BOOKS

PopTodd · **Posted:** Mon Jul 20, 2009 8:55 am

HALF-PRICE BOOKS

Seriously the most-fun retailer that I have ever experienced. I can spend hours in there.
Books (of course)
CDs
DVDs
Vinyl albums
Video games
Gaming systems
and other shit that I'm probably forgetting about

And the name of the store is no lie.
Example (from a previous thread):

PopTodd Wrote:

south pacific Wrote:

I think there's a 25th anniversary deluxe version of this.
Now that I wanna buy.
edit: found it
Band On The Run: 25th Anniversary Edition CD DISC 1:

1. Band on the Run
2. Jet
3. Bluebird
4. Mrs. Vanderbilt
5. Let Me Roll It
6. Mamunia
7. No Words
8. Helen Wheels
9. Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)
10. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five

Band On The Run: 25th Anniversary Edition Songs DISC 2:

1. Dialogue Intro / Band On The Run - (Nicely Toasted mix, with Paul McCartney)
2. Band On The Run / Dialogue Link I - (original)
3. Band on the Run - (with Paul McCartney)
4. Dialogue Link II / Mamunia / Denny Laine (Dialogue) / Maunia / Linda McCartney (Dialogue) / Paul...
5. Bluebird (live version - Australia 1975)
6. Bluebird / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 4) - (original)
7. Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 5) / No Words / Geoff Emerick (Dialogue) - (original)
8. No Words / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 6) / Tony Visconti (Dialogue) / Band On The Run / Tony V...
9. Jet (Original From Picasso's Last Words) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 7) / Jet (Original From ...
10. Jet (Berlin soundcheck - 3rd Sept. 1993)
11. Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 8) / Clive Arrowsmith (Dialogue)
12. Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five (Original) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 9) / James Coburn (Di...
13. Mrs. Vanderbilt (Original) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 11) / Kenny Lynch (Dialogue)
14. Let Me Roll It / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 12) (Cardington Rehearsal - 5th February 1993)
15. Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 13) / Mrs. Vanderbilt / Michael Parkinson (Dialogue) / Linda McCart...
16. Helen Wheels (Crazed) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue link 14) / Christopher Lee (Dialogue)
17. Band On The Run / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 15) / Clement Freud (Dialogue)
18. Picasso's Last Words (Original) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 16) / Dustin Hoffman (Dialogue)
19. Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me) - (acoustic version)
20. Band On The Run / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 17)
21. Band on the Run

That's what I picked up -- for $5 (at Half-Price Books)!

Brand-new stuff at 1/2 regular retail price, and a bunch of used stuff, too.

Just felt like singing their praises.

Thee Incident · **Posted:** Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:08 am

I'm a fan.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Mon Aug 03, 2009 10:56 am

Went there yesterday, with no intention of buying anything. Just went to kill some time.
Left with a book for Sharon, a comic book for Ethan, a CD for Cary, and Season 1 of SCTV on DVD for the family.

Bless that store to hell.

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 03, 2009 1:03 pm

I don't like to go in there because I come out with stuff.

That store is pretty awesome. If you get on their email list, they send around coupons every now and then for large % off deals.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:39 pm

Purchased today from Half-Price Books:

various artists - The Historic Roots of Ska
Ricky Skaggs - The High Notes (bluegrass versions of his greatest hits)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willie and the Poor Boys
Shellac - 1000 Hurts

Total bill:
$16.49

Kit · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:47 pm **Posts:** 3052

It's a great store. I visit it at least once a week. Sometimes I'm completely shocked at what I find in their bargain bins.

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Tue Sep 01, 2009 5:32 pm

They are having a 20% off sale this weekend, which they claim starts Thursday.

(They almost never have any James Rollins books in stock. Only once have they had any and I scooped up the 2 I needed. I bought the other 2 I needed from half.com)

posthumus · **Joined:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:17 am **Posts:** 589

i go for the social studies section i.e. drugs

Lrr · **Posted:** Fri Sep 04, 2009 9:41 am

I likes 'em.

Are they owned by a larger corporation, or independent?

FT · **Posted:** Fri Sep 04, 2009 10:15 pm

have they been playing that listless faux reggae jingle on the radio in your area?

"there's a big sale at half-price books
a really big sale at half-price books"

duckyboy · **Posted:** Fri Sep 04, 2009 10:34 pm

they sure have a lot of these stores in texass

FT · **Posted:** Fri Sep 04, 2009 10:36 pm

duckyboy Wrote:

they sure have a lot of these stores in texass

that's because we are so half-ass

PopTodd · **Posted:** Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:02 am

Kit Wrote:

It's a great store. I visit it at least once a week. Sometimes I'm completely shocked at what I find in their bargain bins.

Just picked up:
Palace Music - Viva Last Blues
in perfect condition.

$2 in the clearance bin!

So happy to replace the vinyl that I lost in the great Christmas flood of 2010.

shiv · **Posted:** Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:45 pm

I'm shocked you didn't mention the name of the store again Todd.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:49 pm

shiv Wrote:

I'm shocked you didn't mention the name of the store again Todd.

My contract expired.

Lrr · **Posted:** Wed Apr 18, 2012 6:44 pm

Do you know how the chain works? Are the locations franchised, or is it corporate? Just kinda curious...

Ramenamen · **Posted:** Wed Apr 18, 2012 7:30 pm

Half Price is one of the things I really miss about Austin. Nothing up here compares.

deragoku · **Joined:** Tue Apr 24, 2012 3:32 am **Posts:** 3

I visited it at least once a week. Sometimes, I am completely stunned, I have found in their bargain box.

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