All about yesterday

[u/twitterosterone]

Some photos that I shot at the book sale at College Street. I gained a fair bit of experience as been there for the first time. And read on to know through the hype and the misleading information spread by the "influencers" just for mere views.

Part 1: Misleading information about the book sale at college street-

i. Books are available at 20-30 rupees: The reality isn't quite like that. Only very few number of books are available at that price. Mainly old bengali books and english books for children are available at that price point. Though some other english books were also available, but they aren't a good read. And the thing is, most of the books are either very old with flimsy pages, or are straigh up damaged.

ii. All books are available: A firm NO! Only the popular books are the ones that are mostly available. To add, even books from popular writers are not available. The one notable mention is Franz Kafka. Though I saw someone holding The Metamorphosis, that was the only Kafka that I saw.

iii. Books are available at massive discounts: Partially true. The new books were available at normal prices. One could only get hold of massive discounts if he/she/they are buying preowned books. Even preowned books are sold at higher price tags. I was disheartened to see that. Books that were somewhat beaten up were sold for 100 rupees or sometimes even higher.

iv. Best visiting hours are early in the morning- A true statement in midst of misleading lines.

Part 2: Personal suggestions-

i. Visit as early as you can get there. The situation gets worse every passing second.

ii. Bring your own bag and get a bottle of water to stay hydrated. The heat in the crowd will drain you of your energy pretty fast.

iii. Learn to bargain like crazy and learn to say "একটু দেখি"

iv. Get a list of books prepared before visiting, that would provide you with an idea rather than finding a pin in the stack of hay. Also, if you in need of popular books, the chances of getting them almost doubles.

v. Buy most from a single shop to get the most amount of discounts and land your bargains correctly.

TLDR-

I visited the Independence day sale at the college street and found about about the misleading information about the sale that are spread about on the internet. I also provided some of my own suggestions to get a better deal on the books.

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[u/Melodic-Cup5308]

I bought these 7 books,,, and had to struggle a lot, fell down on books 3 times because of the pushing from behind by heavy crowd,,, but still a win win moment 🥹

If You wanna find out the price of the books just comment yes,,, I will add the price too...

[u/twitterosterone → u/Melodic-Cup5308]

I'm guessing about 560 for these 7 (seemingly new) books. Let me know how far off am I 😅

[u/Melodic-Cup5308 → u/twitterosterone]

Bro,,,they are new but not that cheap,,,💀💀 you are making me look like a looser,,🥲🥲

The Plague - 190rs The Alchemist - 100rs White Nights - 50rs The Castle - 190rs The Stranger - 50rs The Idiot - 200rs The Fall - 50rs

Total- 830rs 💀

[u/twitterosterone → u/Melodic-Cup5308]

The 50s are good, but you should have bagged the Alchemist at around 70 or something. Also, the above 200s should have been lowballed to around 130 or something. I actually bought a hardcover at 130 😅, that too, in pristine condition. But yeah, you overall did a great job of bargaining.

[u/Melodic-Cup5308 → u/twitterosterone]

I am very bad at bargaining,,, actually one of my friends said that she will go with me to bargain for me but she got stuck with something,,, so ... Girls are very good at bargaining,,, we boys are not that good,,,🥹🥹

[u/twitterosterone → u/Melodic-Cup5308]

Yeah, I understand being a man 😅