What is the most you can remember spending on a shopping trip when you bought books?
Maureen
Approximately $125 at 2 stores (B&N & Borders)
Christine
$450... and they were worth every dollar!
Sandi
I give each family member a book at Christmas time, from the infants on up, so I genrally spend $200 to $300 on one shopping trip to the bookstore...and there is always more than one shopping trip!
Paula Morris
$150, when I intended on spending around $25. I couldn't make my mind up between a few different books and finally decided to get all of them. Then I had to wait in line, which weaved around some "clearance" books. Well, it's a good thing the line wasn't longer!
Brenda Broadway
The most I remember spending on books in one shopping trip was about $150.00
M. E. Kinkelaar
I went to Costco to see what new audio books they had. As I was looking at one, a lady my age --- mind you, a senior citizen like me --- spoke to me. What she said seemed a little beyond my technical expertise, but I listened with great interest. She said I should go to Audible.com and sign up! She has saved so much money and listened to more up-to-date books than she could usually afford. I did what she said, and instead of spending many dollars on a new audio book, I spent over a hundred dollars for a year's worth of listening to unabridged books in a few moments. But I still keep a paperback book going on my bedside at all times. Cannot be without a book nearby in one form or another. I'm a very happy senior citizen. Books have been my constant companions for 66 years!
Cathy MacDonald
I buy most of my books online to get the best prices, and I will guess the most I spent was about $125.
Janet Stewart
Around $120
Michelle Stein
$25. I don't spend much on books, because I either get them at used book stores, garage sales or at the Friends of the Library sales. Most of the time I borrow books from the public library.
Bob Hartzo
$40.00
Linda M. Johnson
The most I can remember spending has been between $80 and $100.
Lyla Douce
The most I have spent at one time on books is $200. I would have spent more if I had the money. I usually buy my books by trading at the local used book store or I go to the library. I have very little disposable income to spend on books and one of the best gifts for me is a gift card for a book store.
Barbara Adair
$150 from three gift cards for my birthday. I spent that in one trip to the book store. I had the most wonderful time!
Tammy Garcia
$65.00
Scott Schneider
I bought two books at auction once and spent over $533.00
Kathy Love
$250.00 on reading books, not school books.
Amy Baldwin
Being the book-aholic I am, the most I've spent in one shopping trip is about $200. Some books were not just novels, and some were gifts, but well worth the cost.
Genei Wheeler
I spent about $120 on books alone at a used bookstore.
Linda A Slott
About $100.00
Sue Beckley
$150, including a new American Heritage Dictionary!
Brenda Cushman
Two hundred dollars
Dianne
$200-$300 --- but this includes book gifts for others along with for myself.
Marjorie L. Carmony
I spent $300.00 in a wonderful bookstore in Scotland, and then had to figure out how to get them home. That was several years ago when traveling was not quite so difficult.
Ginny Kayfes
$100 while Christmas shopping.
Mellena Driver
$36.42
Ray Palen
Over $200. There were some signed 1st editions included in that figure.
Laurie Dumas
$250
Lois
I bought a rare book for just under $500! It was worth it!
Jennifer Kirkman
The most I ever spent was $75.00 at once.
Linda Maxine Williams
$150.00
David Rudy
Around $100.
Kathy Vieira
I'm sure I spent around $250 in a single bookstore trip last December. With 2 children who love reading as much as I do, this was an easy holiday gift trip.
Rita Dean
About $75 dollars. Boy, did I have to sneak those books into the house LOL
T.Semidey
I spent $50.00.
Dorothy Cowling
$300- $400
Steve Black
$191.00 in about half an hour
Lori Furan-Schultz
$125.00 --- It was Christmas time and I have grandchildren booklovers and grown-children booklovers.... and I probably threw in comething for myself.
Peggy
Maybe $25 to $30
Elizabeth D Hommert
Over $200
Sandra Smith
Probably about $200 --- especially when I am shopping in a bookstore in another city. I have sometimes been forced to ship the books home, and last year lost an entire box of cookbooks this way. I made it home; the books didn't.
Cathy Doyle
Somewhere between $250 and $300. It was around Christmas when I had some extra money, and SHOULD have been buying presents!
Donna Marton
It was 1976, I had gone to London by myself and was excited to explore. I found a 3-story bookstore filled with books I'd never seen in the U.S. After my purchases were tallied up, I was surprised that the amount "40 pounds" really meant $75, lol! I ate a lot of fish and chips on that trip.
Ann Bowen
about $150, and it wasn't for textbooks. i had been given some book cards for a store I adored and there was a list of books that I wanted for myself and my children. It was a good day in the bookstore.
J. R. Monahan
In a moment of complete weakness, I remember spending upwards of $250 during a trip to B&N!
Kavi Coulson
I spent just over $200 at Barnes & Noble in one shopping trip.
Kathryn McNamara
Around $150.00.
Kim Kovacs
My friend & I always stop at Bloomsbury Books when we make our annual trip to the Ashland Shakespeare Festival in Oregon. One time I had a huge list, and ended up spending just under $100. Ouch!
Amy Gross
$80.00
S. Rumack
I let my two great-granddaughters, ages 6 and 8, loose in a book store. They picked $150 worth of books. They are avid readers and as a former librarian, I am so proud that they love to read.
Kathryn Andrews
Over $300 at a book fair.
Linda Estrin
Silly Question. Who cares who has money and who doesn't.
Richard Bartels
I usually go to the library and the books I DO buy I get at Good Will or other similar stores. So, I guess my top amount is about $10-$15 unless I'm buying a present for my wife. Then I'll spend up to $50.
Lisa
Over $300, but I was buying collectible books at a book fair at the time.
Bonnie Bender
Over $200.00
Jean Mess
$100.00
Barbara Goettler
I remember spending $300.00 on a lot of wonderful books for my kids. They were thrilled, so it was money well spent.
Nancy Paquin
I made a complete pig of myself and spent $200. But I got the warm fuzzies for months. I loved every word of it.
Nanci Race
$197.00
S T Nickel
$250
booksjammer
My shopping spree was on Amazon and I had several gift certificates I received at Christmas. I had a jolly good time spending over $200. I felt guilty that it all went to books, but what fun!!
Jacki Robertson
Over $100.
Edie
$75.00
Sandra Washington
I spent $150.00
Karen Staley
$140
Jean Maurie Puhlman
$100
Steven Schwindt
$350.00
Phyllis
$40.00+
Marion Miller
I spent over $100 because I bought books for my children.
Lynn
I bought 12-15 books one time at a discounted website and spent about $75.00 incuding shipping.
Karen Ferguson
The most I can remember spending on books on one shopping trip would have been around a hundred dollars. I'd hit a great sale and went crazy bringing home an arm load of good "reads".
Kate
$284.00, but most of them were Christmas presents for others. I just can't help myself --- at Christmas, everyone gets a new book.
Patricia Ezzell
$125.00
Lita Jones
Not counting textbooks, probably about $150. My favorite thing to do these days is to see how many books I can get for fewer dollars. The second-hand stores and the public library have used books for even cheaper prices than the used book stores. I once had two large bags of books for less than twenty dollars with fiction, cookbooks and craft books.
Gertrude E. Ralph
$75.00 on THE BOOK OF KELLS.
Trez
It is so easy to rack up a large price at a bookstore, there are so many books to read. I found that I owed over $200.00 on one shopping trip. Needless to say, I put a couple of books back.
F Tessa Bartels
Around $250 at Christmas time for gift buying (plus one or two for myself, of course).
Karen Tinney
$250 on a spree for holiday gifts for grandchildren.
Jean Moore
After not having been in a bookstore in 6 months, I spent $256.00 one time. I rather shop for books then clothes anytime.
Lynn Ketelsen
About $180.00 --- it was Christmas time! :-)
Cynthia
$800.00 --- this is the record. Unfortunately it wasn't for fun --- they were all the books I needed for the nursing program. For fun books, the record is $250.00 when I managed to procure the entire 17 vol. set, 1st and limited edition (#867) of Sir Richard Burton's The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
Judy Hess
$78.00
Diana
About $120 in one outing.
Rosalie Goldstein
I spent over $150 for Christmas for my book-loving family.
Cindi Hoppes
I think between $100.00 and $150.00.
Jean Robbins
$95.00
Richard Lee Van Der Voort
Not being rich, only "Richard", I have --- on occasion --- spent more than $100 at a pop. But, usually my bill was in the $40 range when I was in the States. In the Philippines, the selection is so dismal, I stopped buying. No credit card now to buy online, but will later, hopefully.
Richard Lee Van Der Voort, American ex-pat in the Philippines
Janice Shelnutt
$124
Norine Gremse
More than $150, less that $175. And I had fun the entire time. I bought books for all the people whom I love.
Linda Zaske
I always get books for my birthday. A couple of years ago, several of my favorite authors had new books out about that time and my hubby let me go crazy. I spent $200+ at the bookstore and then went to my fave secondhand store and got about $80 more. It was fun!
Danna Lambert
$220.00
(Most for myself, a few for
gifts!)
Kathleen Francis
I would have to say about $125.
Marsha Creter
$500
Vivian Deliz
$250 at a Barnes & Noble book fair. We had 2 bags full of books!
Jane Dwyer
Our kids had just taped over our wedding video, with wrestling of all programs! We were depressed and needed "book retails therapy". We spend $375.00
Debi
I usually spend about $30 - $40 dollars. It depends on the season!
Toni Savchuck
$500.00
Mary Marquardt
I can easily spend a couple of hundred dollars on Amazon pre-ordering books. I don't know if that counts because they are billed at different times. The most I have spent at a bookstore is $185.00. My local independent bookstore has a sale about twice a year and I spend close to $200.00. A regular visit to the bookstore is about $50.00. As you can see, books are my vice.
Debbie Wernert
The first time I shopped in a Barnes & Noble was like a trip to the candy store as a child. Of course, that was penny candy... I definitely spent over one hundred dollars but was thrilled to carry two shopping bags out the door.
Robert E Brown Sr
I remember spending $102.53 on books. There were so many out that I wanted to read.
Judy Glecer
Over $200.
Tamara
$40 on vacation shopping trip.
Becky
$350.00 --- I was buying books to send to my Peace Corps daughter in Kazakhstan (yes, it is a real country!). She was teaching English and needed books for her students. Her students ranged from age 6 to about 35.
Ivy
$75.00
Bob Hartzo
$48
Anna
$150
Judith Bridger
$200-$250
Curt Jarrell
$600
Amy Webster
$60-$75
Dianne Hall
Every year at our school's Scholastic Book Fair, I spend at least $200. My classroom library is growing, my purchases help our school library, and the kids ultimately benefit from them. My book buying is an investment!
Janey Nichols
$174.00
Angie
$300 --- my mom died and my book group collected the money to donate to our church library. I got to buy the books and had a wonderful time picking out titles that I thought our congregation would like. They were not just religious books, but fiction and biographies as well.
Cynthia A Fulmer
$125.00
Bobbie Cloud
Probably close to $350.00. When we make our annual trip to the Outer Banks, we buy ANY book that we may want. Our family of 5 really enjoys reading at the beach and my husband and I love to head to Barnes & Noble for our annual trip. We also tend to spend a lot at Christmas --- we just spend it over a couple of weeks as opposed to one night.
Louise Pledge
$125
Lesa D
About $100 during a Christmas shopping trip.
Krishna
I have spent up to $130 on one trip of book buying. But, they were great deals.
svlmart
$150.00, but that was only because I received a gift certificate for $100 of that purchase.
Barbara Jedlicka
Over $100
Susan Babendure
$125.00 and it was worth every penny!
Harriet Stay
My shopping trip is through the mail at my favorite mystery bookstores. I spent approximately $150.00
Anna
75 dollars, approximately.
Winterlily
I spent $250 on just one shopping trip. The way I see it, sometimes, you just have to splurge. You live once.
Jane Ann Railey-Clear
Just this past birthday, I turned 60 and my gift to me was Books-a-Million and Barnes and Noble. I spent $175, and it was wonderful. I'm waiting to get back to do it again. I have to travel 200 miles to get to bookstores....
Fran S.
I usually go to the library for most of my books, but every once and a while if I REALLY want a something and can't wait for the library, I will buy the book. The last one I paid for was approximately $25.00.
Barbara Walker
$150.00
