In the Zone (and trying to purchase M&D)

[Kim L. Serkes]

Shows what happens when you try to deal with giant chain bookstores, bucko!
Booksmith was only too happy to reserve a copy for me.

>>First off, Barnes & Nobles will NOT sell me this book!  The "guy" told me
>>they had 40 copies in the back room but couldn't sell it until Sunday.
>>Sunday I went in and another guy told me they were expecting 40 copies but
>>they hadn't arrived yet, and even if they did I couldn't purchase one
>until
>>Wednesday.  I asked to reserve a copy, even pay in advance -- he told me
>>no, the computer couldn't do that because they were on a new distributor
>>system that would kick me out of the "SYSTEM" if the book wasn't either 1)
>>still at the distributor, or 2) in the store on the shelf (not in the back
>room).

>Um....so why can't you wait?