Subject: Brand new out of date NASB? |
Bible Note: Justme I'm terribly sorry if I came across sarcastic or unfriendly. I think it was frustration, it seems if the item has a "cross" on it the price goes up. I mentioned Sam and Wal Mart but the same holds true for Borders or any major book retailer. I can buy a Christian book in a major book retailer for at times less than half the price of the Christian book store. And they will special order it for me. My friend who owns a Christian Book store sells her books at between 30-50 percent below normal Christian Book store prices and she is making a fine profit. Enough to put her son through college, pay cash for a house, and drive a paid for Lexus. I never had nerve enough to ask what she is making. I get real frustrated when people are forced to pay outlandish prices for things labeled Christian. Look at the book Prayer of Jabez that just came out. 10.95 for 93 tiny pages and the Christian Books stores were selling them by the cases. If I had a nickel for each one sold I would be a rich man. The Book would have sold anywhere else for under 5 dollars. I'm, sorry you worked for Zondervan, to me they are the worst. After what they did by bringing out the TNIV I will not buy anything Zondervan. So if you tell me you lost money working for them I would believe you, I think that is the kind of company they are. My friend my argument is not with you or Mom and Pop Christian Book stores it is with people making excessive profit on anything called Christian. I know people that can't afford to get a decent Bible at a Christian Book store, yet I can buy them for them for a fraction of the their cost because I know where. That my friend is wrong. As to the point that brought this up. Buying a NASB Thompson. First if he bought it in a Christian Book store the employee should have known enough to tell him it was not the updated version. That probably did not happen. I think he also should be allowed to return it if he chooses. I think that could be a mistake because what he has is a fine Bible. However I feel no pity for the Christian Book Store should they have to take it back. They being the “expert” should have advised him of the differences before purchase if not they are just like the “major” retailers that you spoke about. Again I have no argument with you, nor do I think you do not know about which you speak. However I think your coming from a different perspective than I am. I keep seeing people taken advantage of by purveyors of Christian merchandise, and it is often done in the name of God. Forgive me my brother for coming across less than friendly or argumentative I just hate to see people ripped off. EdB |