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The return of the Books by Weight Sale

This famous sale* is back!

Due to shipping errors, we double-ordered lots of stock, and have other leftovers from 2010. The warehouse needs its shelves back!

So over two weekends at our two locations, you can load up your suitcase with summer reading or autumn gifts. Just select the books you want, walk up to the scale and pay €5 a kilo!

See you there with wheelie carts and old ABC bags. Bring in a receipt, bookmark or ABC bag from 1990 or earlier to get your picture on our blog and an extra kilo of books as our gift for your long-term loyalty.

Please note that the ABC Discount Card does not give you an additional 10% discount on this particular sale.

In Amsterdam:

  • Date: Saturday July 16 and Sunday July 17
  • Time: 11 am to 5 pm
  • Place: ABC Treehouse, across the square from ABC Amsterdam, Voetboogstraat 11

In The Hague:

  • Date: Saturday July 23 and Sunday July 24
  • Time: 11 am to 5 pm
  • Place: ABC Treehut, upstairs at ABC Den Haag, Lange Poten 23

*Some of you will recall the famous Sale by Weight events on the 3rd floor of the Kalverstraat store back in the late 80’s.Wasn’t that fun? We did it again in the Voetboogstraat when that was called The Book Bar, where we sold hotdogs and brownies as well. No, we can’t do that again, but those foods are now easily bought all over town. Books offered for sale by weight are still pretty scarce.

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5 Responses to “The return of the Books by Weight Sale”

  1. Em Angevaare says:
    June 27, 2011 at 10:01 am

    Thanks!
    Somehow, I don’t think using up entire vouchers is going to be a problem…

  2. Sophie says:
    June 27, 2011 at 9:56 am

    JeffW – there are 2 weekends to choose from.. ;-)

    Em – I checked, and yes you can use vouchers. Only, in Amsterdam, at the Treehouse, there will only be a mobile pin and no cash back, so you’ll have to use up the entire voucher. If there are any changes to this situation, I’ll post it here ASAP!

  3. JeffW says:
    June 25, 2011 at 11:55 pm

    Can someone set aside a couple of kilo’s? I’ll be hiking in Sweden that day!
    Have fun all!

  4. Sophie says:
    June 22, 2011 at 7:34 pm

    Excellent question.. I think so, since an ABC gift voucher = money at ABC, but I will double-check for you. :-)

  5. Em Angevaare says:
    June 22, 2011 at 11:57 am

    Sounds fun!
    Will gift vouchers be valid? (I seem to have a never-ending supply of those ;-) )