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echo: memories
to: JOE MACKEY
from: August Abolins
date: 2021-07-22 08:45:00
subject: Holiday discounts

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

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