The Book STORY
This is one short, crazy story about the fact how things are changing with time.
Get the F** away !
I've got rid of these fat books (13 volumes, Lithuanian Soviet Encyclopedia) yesterday, for one crazy low price, €8.00 Euros. Maybe a solid 30 kilograms of printed paper, for just €8. That's perhaps €0.27, that's 27 cents per kilo.
3 WHY's
Why I sold this?
Because I need more space here in my closet. And because I want less f***ing things to remind me the period of my life under soviet regime. I just don't want to see anything, anymore, which reminds me soviets, or socialism. All these volumes were purchased in the 80-ies last century
Why so cheap?
Because there are maybe another 10-15 sales adds online today, all with the same thing, same Encyclopedia's. Others are asking €9-€12, even €13.
I wanted to get rid that damn thing quick, so guess what - the same demand-n-supply economics, (like Bitcoin) took effect.
I got to make it cheaper than anything else. And it worked!
Only first 3 volumes had a slight signs of use, however very little though. Volumes 4 to 13 were practically never used, not even opened, even once.
I just have not good imagination today to understand, why somebody still wants to have them, even at €0.61 per volume.
In the days when we can not consume even 0.0000000001 % of information available online?
What (and why) is so crazy about this?
The purchase price 35 years ago !
Each volume cost me then about 22-25 rubles (soviet rubles), which was my ONE WEEK salary back in those days. 13 volumes, that's my complete salary for 3 (three) full month. A salary not of lowest qualification, but of just graduated "soviet young specialist"(engineer). So pathetic.
Is this important?
Sure NO.
Sure this is meaningless to anyone. But not to me, who has paid that money.
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I easy could have a different approach to all this, if not that ONE single hatefull word on the front cover. Tarybine. (Eng.=Soviet)
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Two things. First, yes, you should focus in life and don't let things get you down. So, it sounds like you did the right thing. Second, with supply and demand, yeah, that is how it works. And I say it is important. I find these things interesting. Older books may say things that some of the newer books may not. Depends on the book. But some things can be very rare. It is possible that some things are not on the public Internet. Well, some things may be on like the dark webs. Some things can be hard to find. I like older books.
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