Reddit reviews The Army
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It helps to know what something is worth and if you don't, look it up. You can get burned by impulse purchases.
About a year ago, I'm at a Goodwill and its 8:30 PM, they close a 9.
I see a beautiful coffee table book called The Navy by Rear Admiral W. J. Holland.
GW wanted $25 for it. It also had some light wear damage and dirty brown scuff marks on it, Formula 409 would have easily taken care of the dirty scuff marks.
Coffee table books can be very expensive..... I'll have to look in to this! It could be a schweet score! I doubt that anyone will buy this book in the next half hour, it'll be here tomorrow.
I go home and start researching this book, first stop, Google.
The Navy. This book has a stuffed and padded vinyl cover, the Navy emblem is raised about 1/4 off the cover and is about 4 inches wide. Take a look at the image gallery.
Amazon had it for under $20, Barnes & Noble had it for $11.99 and if you did an online reservation for in-store pickup, it was reduced to $9.99.
I also see that they have a book for each branch of the service, I call a friend who is a retired Army officer and ask him if he wants a nice book on the Army and I deliberately don't tell him anything about it.
"I found a nice book you may enjoy, its on me, my treat.".
I reserve both books and about 45 minutes later, I get an email that my order is ready for pick-up.
I go to the customer service desk with my reservation printed out, my order is waiting at the check-out counter.
They had stacks of these books in perfect mint condition near the front of the store.
When it was my turn to see a sales person, the guy there asks me if I have a B&N frequent reader rewards card, I stated that I didn't. He picked up a card from the side of the register and scans it, an additional discount registers on the screen.
I thank him, pay for the purchase and walk back to my car.
Looking at the receipt, including sales tax, each book came out to be $7.13, brand new.
The look on my friend's face when I pulled the book out of the bag and handed it to him was awesome.
Be careful of impulse purchases, if you are not sure you're looking at a deal in your hands, do your research first. I'm glad I did!
I found a great deal thanks to GW! Too bad it wasn't at GW.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Army-Harold-Nelson/dp/0883631016/ref=pd_sim_b_1 Not sure if your son is a big reader. Alternately, if your son is a religious gentleman, there are bibles that are customized for Soldiers. (I was given a copy of the Airman's Bible when I graduated boot from religious family members, for example!)