It’s funny that you posted this, because I literally get interrogated by the same cashier on a weekly basis at the local Barnes about why I don’t have a membership card. Now, I don’t buy books unless I have a gift card, because I always think, “no, I shouldn’t…it’s available at the library,” or, “it’s so much cheaper on Amazon,” etc. I changed my ways and started going to the public library, A LOT. I intentionally let it lapse in grad school so that I would stop impulse buying books that I couldn’t afford. I had a B&N membership for YEARS, and I really loved it/got a lot of use out of it – too much use, in fact. This will not affect your price or purchasing experience in any way. *If you use these links to make a purchase, Lector’s Books may receive a small commission. What about you? Are you or have you been a Barnes and Noble member? Did you get your money’s worth out of it? Did you stop reading when you saw math? So, in a nutshell, for me it has continued to be worth the $25 a year, because of the three reasons above. I’ve also gotten some great deals on board games. A side note about the movies is that I VERY rarely buy them, but now the only place I buy movies is B&N because I can usually get great deals if I’m patient. Barnes and noble manga movie#I bought the Percy Jackson series for under $5 a book, and the Harry Potter series for under $6 a book, and the Lord of the Rings movies for under $5 per movie (though at this point in time, that should be fairly standard), and the Harry Potter set for about $6-$7 per movie, just by waiting for them to go on sale and getting free shipping. This, combined with the coupons members get, means that I have been able to buy some of the books and movies I’d been wanting for a while for pretty cheap. The “Free” part means that if you see great sales online (which often is the case) you can grab the deals without having your savings eaten up by shipping. I care less about the “Express” part than the “Free” part. Shoot, I can do that without even breaking a sweat. If everything you bought was using a 20% off coupon, with the 10% member discount, now all you have to buy is $89.29 worth of books in a year to come out ahead (28% of $89.29 is just over $25). If you get 20% off an item, then 10% off that, the total percentage off ends up being 28% off, not 30% off). If you go into the store, your member discount generally (not always – but it will tell you on the coupon) gives you an additional ten percent off that. Often they will be 20% off, but I’ve had up to 40% off single items before. Being a member means you fairly frequently get emailed coupons. So I still end up buying physical books, just often not for myself, unless you count the books I get for my baby. Not just because they’re fun to shop for, either! Also, many of my immediate family members like to get books for Christmas and birthdays. I am of an age where many of my friends and family have babies or young children, and I love giving books to kids.
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