Subj : people has gotten used not to pay
To   : Arelor
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Jul 18 2021 17:16:00

Hello Arelor!

** On Sunday 18.07.21 - 15:49, Arelor wrote to August Abolins:

 A> Don't get too excited. The main reason he is no longer my
 A> favourite book store owner is that he has never bought a
 A> bar of soap from me, after nearly two decades of having me
 A> as a customer. MAIN customer at that.

Yes.. I recall that issue.

I may not be able to buy soap from you (as we know,  
international shipping would be horrendous) ..but I *am* an  
ebook customer.  ;)


 A> The mangas you have linked don't ring the bell. The
 A> advantage of mangas is that series last forever and are
 A> very regular, so if you get a customer hooked to one you
 A> are guaranteed to see him every month in your store.

Well.. maybe it's just the beginning of a growing concern here  
in Canada.  Dunno.  But I've definitely had more requests for  
Manga books lately than before the pandemic.

I'm going to try a few titles/series from the list.  As a  
retailer, I can always return the unsold copies for a credit.


 A> Or at least, that used to be the case. When people got used
 A> to download the mangas from the Internet the whole thing
 A> dried up very quickly, which was a heavy blow for no-soap-
 A> dude because mangas were 75% of his sales.

That's a lot of Manga.


 A> Then they started selling Magic cards in mainstream
 A> retailers and that took about 30% of his remaining sales.

I don't know what Magic cards are.  Do you have a link that  
describes the product?

What's the no-soap-dude doing now?

I do however seem to be selling a lot of oracle and tarot cards  
lately.
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  ../|ug

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