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This is one of the many reasons I do not miss working for a bookstore. A large percentage (but not the majority) of our customers were either grifters or thieve

• rwmj 4y ago
  It seems like a surprising thing to steal. Don't shoplifters normally go for items which are easy to fence?
  • garciansmith 4y ago
    They sell them to other bookstores. Or try to, anyhow, and that is not necessarily a good idea, since (especially in the used and rare bookstore world) owners often know each other. I worked at a used bookstore and a friend of the owner who had their own store was robbed: a few days later, the thieves showed up with boxes of books taken from that store. Thankfully the owner of my store realized it right away and the thief was caught.
    • barbariangrunge 4y ago
      What other used bookstores? There is only two of those in the surrounding 300km where I live and they’re both struggling