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John Cheasa commented about Used Books for Sale in Bangkok Thailand, On Friday May 1st, 2009 07:05:18 PM

Older, mass market paperbacks in the U.S. are $1.00 because there are millions of Americans buying them, selling them and discarding them all over the place. Thailand has THAI people and so most used books have to be imported (many of the shops in Thailand import books by the thousands) or bought from tourists and English speaking residents and they are far more rare. We are not in America. We are in the middle of South East Asia my friend.
As to the sandpaper, it is used to make the books cleaner and nicer looking. What is wrong with that?
The plastic is to keep the books from being destroyed by millions of browsers, before they can be sold, and all shops will let you remove it and check the book out before buying. They are not trying to trick anyone.
My mate has a used book store in Pattaya, so I have heard all of this before.

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