Re: Borders up for sale?

On Mar 20, 11:44=A0am, Andrew Plotkin <erkyr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Anyone heard gossip about this?
>
>
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=3D20601087&sid=3DaRJXTxNs7zaI&refe=
....>
>
> "Borders Group Inc., the second-largest U.S. bookstore chain, put
> itself up for sale and halted its dividend after running short of cash
> and losing market share to Amazon.com Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc."
>
> I don't go into Borders a lot any more, but only because B&N (in its
> Harvard Coop guise) is closer. I imagine B&N is feeling the pressure
> too. I don't know if it's to the same degree.
>
> (Pandemonium remains my first stop. Not because it's an independent,
> but because it's cool and carries neat stuff.)
>

Whereas I always prefer Borders as it:
1) Carries a better SF collection
2) Has better (read more obscure) DVD selections than Best Buy
3) Has RIDICULOUSLY good member****p discounts (40% off any DVD box
set, or any book over $25?  That's better than amazon!)