WELCOME TO CHAPTERS...

...and thanks for letting us gouge you right in your pocketbook!!

Have you been to Chapters lately? They have a big sign as soon as you walk in that explains why their prices aren't the same as the U.S. prices...old stock, publisher's set the prices....blah, blah, blah. What a crock!!
I try not to shop there unless I absolutely have to as it is. The prices on books are ridiculous! I try to get as many books as I can from either Scholastic or Costco. I can't believe how much cheaper they always are.
I decided to do some price comparisons last week. Emily wanted a book called High School Musical All Access.
At Chapters they had a sticker price of $23 on it which covered up the Canadian price of $24 I believe and I can't remember what the US price was but it was lower than $23...$19 I think. Oooh...how big of them to lower the price by a dollar!
That same book in the Scholastic order we just got was priced at $20. Ready for this? The Costco price was....$13!!!!!
Another kids book I looked at was $20 at Chapters and $12 at Costco!
Unfortunately a lot of the books on Emily's Christmas list are only available at Chapters so unfortunately I'm going to have to break down and pay their inflated prices. I'm going to wait until the last minute though and hope that by then the prices have come down even more. Merry Christmas to me!

4 comments:

Susan said...

Let's hear it for big business--booooooooo!!!!!

Anonymous said...

A little fired up?? FYI you can order indigo gift cards through airmiles.ca Reasonable (free!) way to get books from Chapters - marianne

Bridget aka Bee said...

I hear ya Judy!! I know we should be shopping Canadian, but I totally stocked up on books when I was in Pennsylvania! The prices were SOOOO much cheaper!

I haven't checked it out myself, but a co-worker of mine told me that Walmart is selling all of their books at the US price so it may be worth looking in to.

Happy Reading!

Bridget aka Bee said...

Me again! I was just at PharmaPlus and they have a sign up saying that their magazines, books, and cards are all going to be honored at US prices. Just wanted to let you know!