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Old 9th November 2004, 11:47 AM   #1 (permalink)
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How great is fopp? Their popular fiction section is a great place to pick up a bargain. Today I just picked up a book which should be 13bucks for 3. Having standard prices of 3,5,7 for books means you can go in with 10bucks to spend on books and just pick and choose.

Must not go in as often as I do
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Old 9th November 2004, 12:11 PM   #2 (permalink)
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yeah i love fopp
got the "boy who kicked pigs" there it was sooo good.
also got loads of other clockwork orange related stuff
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Old 9th November 2004, 12:28 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Fopp is a brilliant shop. <----------------- Did you like what I did?

Anyway I got 2 Mudhoney albums outta there for £10.
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Old 9th November 2004, 01:59 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Their book prices are usually pretty good. On a number of occasions, I've bought books elsewhere as gifts, only to see them appear in Fopp at half the price a few weeks later. Good bargains for other people though!

I noticed they were doing a lot of Smiths/Morrissey CDs for a fiver when I popped in yesterday. I think I'll probably go back and get quite a few of them as all my Mozzer stuff is on vinyl or cassette. *old person alert*
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Old 9th November 2004, 02:14 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Love FOPP for everything it sells. The books are great tho. To keep up with my Christopher Brookmyre love I can get his books dirt cheap in there rather than shelling out more than double the price in Blackwells or whatever.

I should stop going in as often as I do too...
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Old 9th November 2004, 02:16 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I got the Plague by Camus for three squid a couple of days back, which is excellent, although it's always a nightmare if you need a SPECIFIC book because they almost never have what you're looking for. still, I always end up buying something and it's almost always a good read.
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Old 9th November 2004, 03:37 PM   #7 (permalink)
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they have francis wheen - mumbo jumbo in for a fiver, see my review of it in this forum.

I'd bene looking for it for ages, only saw on hardback at 16 so bought for 4 off amazon, now 5 bucks in Fopp, perfect for those without credit cards
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Old 9th November 2004, 03:50 PM   #8 (permalink)
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for a bargin on books why not try the book depot at the city quay

(that's where i work) one of our biggest sellers just now is the complete works of shakespeare (sonnets, poems, plays, everything!) it's supposed to be £75 but we sell it for £20. it's a mad shop,lots of really cheap books
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Old 9th November 2004, 06:58 PM   #9 (permalink)
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for a bargin on books why not try the book depot at the city quay
aye, I got a few bargins in there myself. I used to pop along every other weekend, it was handy when I worked down there. I don't go in very often now seen as I don't work down down in the quay anymore

Fopp is amazing though, I can always pick up at least one gem of a book everytime I go in there
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Old 9th November 2004, 08:21 PM   #10 (permalink)
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I get quite a few of my books from there.Great prices!
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Old 9th November 2004, 08:24 PM   #11 (permalink)
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I went in today and looked at their books. They've got the new chuck palahniuk book 'Non-Fiction' for £7. It's brand-ass new and it probably kicks ass, and £7 is the rrp anyway so it's not bad at all. I also managed to get The Football Factory (book) for £3!
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Old 9th November 2004, 09:26 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Is there a Fopp anywhere is in scotland or that?, or is it there just one in Dundee?
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Old 9th November 2004, 09:31 PM   #13 (permalink)
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they're all over scotland. the first one was on byres road. i think it's the best. but fopp has been disappointing me recently, it's not as good as it used to be.
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Old 9th November 2004, 09:45 PM   #14 (permalink)
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they're all over scotland. the first one was on byres road. i think it's the best. but fopp has been disappointing me recently, it's not as good as it used to be.
What makes you say that?
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it used to be fantastic for finding cheap cds but the prices have crept up over the last few years.
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