Read It Again and Again

This is the used bookstore I went to when I lived in the Meyerland area. It was a lot closer than the nearest Half Price Books, so I decided to check it out… I think they sent me a coupon in the mail.
I really liked it the few times I visited. The woman who was always there when I went was very friendly. I found it pretty organized, especially for a local, small business… they have a lot of books in that little place! I also sold some books there, and they definitely give more money than Half Price… BUT their books are also sold at a higher ticket. I have experienced a little confusion similar to the other poster’s about the pricing, but nothing frustrating. They do need a better system, like Half Price, where the books are marked with clear stickers.
The owner also keeps a cat there that’s really friendly and cute. :)

I really, really wanted to like this place as I just moved to the neighborhood and love used book stores.
The place is a mess– it’s just disorganized with piles of books everywhere. But hey, it’s a used book store, I can understand they have lots of merchandise coming it.
My big problem with this place is the pricing. Books are supposed to be half off the cover price unless otherwise marked. Sounds reasonable. The problem is, I don’t know what their prices actually were. We had about four books with different price stickers and/​or writing on the inside of the book. One was a book that had $ 2.00 written on the inside. The guy told us that wasn’t their price, looked it up on Amazon (couldn’t find it as it was an out-​of-​print Criminology text) and arbitrarily decided he could sell it to us for $ 11. No thanks. The next book I found from a basket that said half off the ticketed price, which would have made it about $ 4. Nope — guy again said that wasn’t their sticker and I could have it for half off the publisher’s price. Again, no thanks.
By the third book that this happened, the guy laughed and said, «We really should take these stickers off since they’re not our prices. Guess we’re not doing our job.» Major. Understatement. He certainly looked like he had time to take off those stickers since he was surfing the internet the entire time we were in there and didn’t bother even greeting us or asking if we needed any help. The only books I ended up buying were the ones that were not marked at all since I picked them up knowing the price, and I should have just left them all and walked out.
Won’t ever go back to this place, and you should stay away too. You’re much better off at Half Price Books for good deals.