Comments on: Adobe Books expected to close forever at the end of August

By: Dick Jams

Dick Jams — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 04:25:32 +0000

Shit happens. There are plenty worse things to be pitied, you concerned citizens, you.

Any shop that can’t adapt to the culturally relevant needs of a community are bound to fail… not to mention book stores what the fuck are those anyway?

By: D. Jon Moutarde

D. Jon Moutarde — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:52:52 +0000

I donate them to Community Thrift — same benefit to me (0), but a whole lot of good to the community.

By: Jewel

Jewel — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:48:26 +0000

This is a huge fucking bummer.

By: sunfireshine@gmail.com

sunfireshine@gmail.com — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 23:59:38 +0000

old and stupid in a different way.

By: circle of shrinkage

circle of shrinkage — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 07:40:10 +0000

I’ve ‘sold’ thousands of books to them and received credit slips I never used. R.I.P. Adobe.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:43:12 +0000

Not enough

By: MrEricSir

MrEricSir — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 01:38:05 +0000

You’re right, I do not make enough money to keep Adobe in business. When I purchase books from them, it only makes a tiny dent in their expenses.

This is why business typically rely on having multiple customers.

By: D. Jon Moutarde

D. Jon Moutarde — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 23:59:06 +0000

But the bigger issue is that you don’t care enough about this place to keep it in business by buying books from it, yet you complain about it going away.

By: Olu

Olu — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 23:58:46 +0000

I for one bought books- and art from there. I imagine they made way more money on the % they received from each one of their sold out art shows.

But whatever, we’re just two chumps on the internet- neither of us knows what their situation was w/r/t rent increase, poor biz decision, owner fatigue, whatever…

I’m just going to be sad to see it go.

By: D. Jon Moutarde

D. Jon Moutarde — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 23:56:14 +0000

Yes they do, in the land of pity business models.

By: Captain Oblivious

Captain Oblivious — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 23:54:03 +0000

Noshit, duuuuuuuh!

By: Captain Obvious

Captain Obvious — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 23:46:56 +0000

Now you’re old and stupid

By: MrEricSir

MrEricSir — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 23:40:37 +0000

No, mismanaged businesses don’t stick around for 24 years. So that’s definitely not the issue here.

The issue is the absurd rents in the Mission are forcing out small businesses.

By: D. Jon Moutarde

D. Jon Moutarde — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 23:34:18 +0000

Did you buy any books there?

By: D. Jon Moutarde

D. Jon Moutarde — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:42:33 +0000

So far, you’re not talking about spending enough money there to pay the fucking rent increase. I tried, but it was hopelessly mismanaged.