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|    August Abolins to JOE MACKEY    |
|    Holiday discounts    |
|    22 Jul 21 08:45:00    |
      MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet f2ad4c48       REPLY: 1:135/392 ad602fc0       PID: OpenXP/5.0.50 (Win32)       CHRS: ASCII 1       TZUTC: -0400       Hello JOE MACKEY!              ** On Thursday 22.07.21 - 06:58, JOE MACKEY wrote to DARYL STOUT:               JM> Daryl wrote --               >> Happens every year. The best time to shop for decorations        >> is the day after (when most gifts get exchanged). Prices        >> are greater than 70% off.               JM> And not just Christmas stuff, but every holiday. I like        JM> to hit the stores the day after Halloween, Easter, etc        JM> and stock up on the discounted candy. Speaking of        JM> which. I once temped for a local bookstore (in addition        JM> to books they had all sorts of office supplies, etc).        JM> It was around Christmas. Instead of marking down the        JM> leftovers they were collected the after we returned        JM> from Christmas day, stacked on pallets and moved to a        JM> second floor store room, and unsold Valentine's Day        JM> candy was brought down to replace it, that had been        JM> sitting there sinc               ^^^^^^^^^              It seems that you are still experiencing the cut-off problem.               :(              Anyway.. As a bookshop owner, I hate seasonal titles. I'm        always left with unsold Christmas/Easter/Valentines/Halloween-        themed books for kids. I just round up the left overs and        store them for the next time the season rolls around.              --        ../|ug       --- OpenXP 5.0.50        * Origin: Time moves in one direction, memory in another. -WG- (2:221/1.58)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 14/0 18/200 30/0 80/1 90/1 103/705 105/81 120/340 123/131       SEEN-BY: 129/305 154/10 203/0 218/700 221/1 6 360 226/30 227/114 702       SEEN-BY: 229/101 424 426 428 452 700 981 1016 1017 240/1120 5832 249/206       SEEN-BY: 249/307 317 400 261/38 280/464 5003 282/464 1038 292/854       SEEN-BY: 301/0 1 101 113 123 317/3 322/757 335/364 341/66 342/200       SEEN-BY: 423/81 633/280 920/1 5020/1042 5058/104       PATH: 221/1 301/1 229/426           |
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