Well, this is sad. But not entirely unexpected, I guess.

http://gawker.com/5821213/

Reddish book chain Borders went bankrupt earlier this year, and it looks like the "anything but books" revitalization plan hasn't panned out. We could be living in the last few days of Borders' existence, ever.

The WSJ says that a buyout offer for Borders fell through last night, because, although it might have kept the company running, creditors thought it was too low. They had a significantly better offer from a liquidator. And no saviors seem to be looming on the horizon.

The development raises the prospect that Borders will soon close all its remaining 399 stores and go out of business. No other suitors have so far emerged for Borders ahead of a Sunday bidding deadline.

Sad. We should do something, guys. Does anyone want to chip in $253 million?

Well. Sad.

i read the title and thought this was some sort of political/globalization discussion.

I like to trick people into reading threads.

Efan said:

I like to trick people into reading threads.

I knew what it was!

ufoclub said:

Efan said:

I like to trick people into reading threads.

I knew what it was!

I did too! Borders is nice to walk around in, but their prices are too expensive.

sextonseven said:

ufoclub said:

I knew what it was!

I did too! Borders is nice to walk around in, but their prices are too expensive.

You guys have always gotten me. I appreciate that.

Efan said:

sextonseven said:

I did too! Borders is nice to walk around in, but their prices are too expensive.

You guys have always gotten me. I appreciate that.

You're cool. You drink red wine with your pizza.

sextonseven said:

ZombieKitten said:

sextonseven said:

You're cool. You drink red wine with your pizza.

Why did I even click on this thread

ZombieKitten said:

sextonseven said:

You're cool. You drink red wine with your pizza.

Why did I even click on this thread

Is this vitriol because of the mention of red wine and pizza? Two great tastes that taste great together?

Efan said:

ZombieKitten said:

Efan said:

Is this vitriol because of the mention of red wine and pizza? Two great tastes that taste great together?

More gag than vitriol

Over which part? The wine or the pizza?

Efan said:

Well, this is sad. But not entirely unexpected, I guess.

http://gawker.com/5821213/

Reddish book chain Borders went bankrupt earlier this year, and it looks like the "anything but books" revitalization plan hasn't panned out. We could be living in the last few days of Borders' existence, ever.

The WSJ says that a buyout offer for Borders fell through last night, because, although it might have kept the company running, creditors thought it was too low. They had a significantly better offer from a liquidator. And no saviors seem to be looming on the horizon.

The development raises the prospect that Borders will soon close all its remaining 399 stores and go out of business. No other suitors have so far emerged for Borders ahead of a Sunday bidding deadline.

Sad. We should do something, guys. Does anyone want to chip in $253 million?

Well. Sad.

Crap! I knew the chain was in trouble and closed a bunch of stores, but the store where I live is still open, and I have a $10 gift card I got for my birthday I haven't spent yet. Barnes & Noble isn't doing very well with it's physical store locations either, but their woes have been offset with the success of their Nook e-reader.

Efan said:

728huey said:

Efan said:

Well, this is sad. But not entirely unexpected, I guess.

http://gawker.com/5821213/

Crap! I knew the chain was in trouble and closed a bunch of stores, but the store where I live is still open, and I have a $10 gift card I got for my birthday I haven't spent yet. Barnes & Noble isn't doing very well with it's physical store locations either, but their woes have been offset with the success of their Nook e-reader.

I'd get there today and use that gift card!

ZombieKitten said:

Efan said:

Over which part? The wine or the pizza?

Red wine. I've tried to like it for decades, but like coffee, it offends my tastebuds

Those are two of my favorite things on this entire earth! And pizza would be a third thing. I am shocked and stymied by this news.

oh well

Efan said:

Oh nooo! One less place for me to go to read magazines I can't bring myself to buy

XxAxX said:

oh well

Oh good That's what I thought too

thekidsgirl said:

Oh nooo! One less place for me to go to read magazines I can't bring myself to buy

me too!!! I go to the library for my fix

my gf always said she did not like Borders, and lately I am hearing that they did not hire the right people to buy their books, where B&N had book people who knew the right product to stock

but both stores are ridiculously huge. They would have to sell a lot of books to keep that up.

I hated working there and hated my coworkers. I was a bit happy when I walked in the mall about 4 months after getting laid off and saw it was gone

I've always preferred Barnes and Noble and independent book stores

NDRU said:

my gf always said she did not like Borders, and lately I am hearing that they did not hire the right people to buy their books, where B&N had book people who knew the right product to stock

but both stores are ridiculously huge. They would have to sell a lot of books to keep that up.

was it B&N we went to? I've never seen a bookstore so huge in all my life

ZombieKitten said:

NDRU said:

my gf always said she did not like Borders, and lately I am hearing that they did not hire the right people to buy their books, where B&N had book people who knew the right product to stock

but both stores are ridiculously huge. They would have to sell a lot of books to keep that up.

was it B&N we went to? I've never seen a bookstore so huge in all my life

yes! but I think that one closed down

They have one in Santa Monica that is three stories tall

NDRU said:

ZombieKitten said:

was it B&N we went to? I've never seen a bookstore so huge in all my life

yes! but I think that one closed down

They have one in Santa Monica that is three stories tall

the borders we have at the mall nearby is 2 stories, but it's not even as big as that B&N

GOOD!! never hired me ,assholes!

Plus i HATE thoose snooty assholes acting like there doing something important on there computers but in reality there are on facebook and twitter

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Their clearance sale was awesome, 70% off most books. Only time I ever bought anything from them.

that's what happens when you sell normal (medium sized, no pics) books for +22$, even +28...

that said, I feel very sorry for the workers...

are you talking regular paperback novels Joe?

If I got a new release, best seller kind of novel on paperback here, I could expect to pay around US$30 for it. Which is why I get all my books from UK now, for half that price, because on eBay most bookstores don't charge for shipping.