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by rwmj 1252 days ago
It seems like a surprising thing to steal. Don't shoplifters normally go for items which are easy to fence?
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They sell them to other bookstores. Or try to, anyhow, and that is not necessarily a good idea, since (especially in the used and rare bookstore world) owners often know each other. I worked at a used bookstore and a friend of the owner who had their own store was robbed: a few days later, the thieves showed up with boxes of books taken from that store. Thankfully the owner of my store realized it right away and the thief was caught.
What other used bookstores? There is only two of those in the surrounding 300km where I live and they’re both struggling