Half Price Books

Average place, cheap books though..

This half price location is definitely my favorite. I always find something I like! I come here often. Great selection of music, movies, and books.

Well, I walked in with my daughter to sell some books. I walked in with 2 boxes of books. Everyone was wearing a mask. I began to feel the onset of asthma come on. I walk to the sell counter and was told I needed to wear a mask. I told him I feel an asthma attack coming on and wasn't going to wear one. He tells me where to put the books down and I literally end up nearly dropping the box. I reach for my inhaler then am told to wait in the store (as long as I have a mask on) or wait outside. Well, I would think as long as I'm 6feet away everyone should be fine even while everyone is wearing a mask. Feeling like I was being treated as though I had a deadly disease I walked out and waited outside. I know so long as you have a medical condition you are excused from wearing a mask however not in this case. This pandemic has instilled such fear that even a person with asthma is considered contiguous. I wasn't viewed as a person but as a disease. I literally go everywhere without a mask bc of the asthma. I've already had 7 asthma attacks in 4 days and a total of 14 since the pandemic and it hadn't been a yr yet. The most I get are 2 to 3 asthma attacks a yr. 14 in less then a yr is way to many for me which is triggered by the mask. I'd like this store to know that seeing a person with a medical condition such as asthma isn't contiguous and ask that they see being 6 feet apart no different then wearing a mask and if everyone is wearing a mask why distance 6 feet apart? I would have argued with them but was unable to take my stand do to the asthma attack which sucked. I won't be returning to this store again.

They have a nice selection of merchandise, I always find several things to buy. But they do not give fair money for your items to sell to them anymore. I find the FM 529 location is the most fair with compensation for items you are selling. UPDATE: It seems since the pandemic all HPB locations are giving less money for things you sell. I guess sign of the times.

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