| Wow, I wish I were going to this sale! The most I've ever managed to spend at a library sale is about $275. But I never worry about how much I'm spending -- I know the more books I buy, the more money I'll be making in the future. I hardly ever research prices at a sale, I'm too busy grabbing books. My strategy is to buy in volume -- anything that looks like a winner, I snatch it, as long as I'm getting it for a few dollars or less. The only time I use my cellphone to check prices at a sale is when there's a special collection of high-end books on sale for $4 and farms for sale over. Then I'll look up the prices to avoid taking big losses on my mistakes. I've snagged some monster books this way that I wouldn't have taken the chance without being able to see its price on Amazon Marketplace. I can't always find something in the "special" section of a library sale, so I save this for last -- after I've combed the sale for all the regular hardbacks and farms for sale trade paperbacks I can find. |
