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Dwit commented about Used Books for Sale in Bangkok Thailand, On Wednesday September 30th, 2009 05:14:46 AM
Dasa does indeed have a good selection but at grossly inflated prices. What seems to have happened is that Dasa, like the other more expensive Bangkok used book sellers has latched on to the "remaindered books" idea and superimposed it on the used-book trade. "Remaindered books", for the uninitiated, are brand new books that are sold at half the original price. In Bangkok (also in most Chiang Mai used book outlets) some extremly tattered books are sold at half the original price. Unless, of course they were published years ago and are still in demand. In which case much higher prices are asked. It's very much a seller's market. Long gone are the days when you would emerge from a second-hand bookshop carrying loads of books whose chief interest was their cheapness.
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Dwit commented about Used Books for Sale in Bangkok Thailand, On Wednesday September 30th, 2009 05:06:01 AM
Shortly after arriving in Bangkok and suffering from a bad attack of crossword-deprivation I eventaually found a poky, dusty little place on Sukhumvit Rd. which had a crossword book for sale. Wonderful!, I thought ( and I could not have been more right!). Covered by the usual cellophane the book might clearly contain crosswords that had already been completed so, while waiting to pay ,I removed the cellophane and quickly flicked through the pages. The crosswords were pristine but what was that? I was almost sure I had spotted a British five-pound note acting as a bookmark. So, having replaced the cellophane and paid for the book I exited the shop and checked the book again. I was right. The book did, indeed, contain a British banknote. But not the five pounds I had imagined seeing. It was a fifty pounds sterling note!. And it now nestles in my bank account. Thank you, used booksellers of Bangkok!
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