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I found this note card with a note on it. I think it was the previous reader's mom to the reader. It said that the reader couldn't read or play on their DS until they did something (I don't know what)
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I found an earwig in a book not too long ago.
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Dirt. Loose dirt. I ordered a book online once, and when it came in the mail, I opened it, and it was filled with dirt. As though it had been in someone's garden. And the listing had said the book was in like-new condition.

Normally I give online sellers a head's up, but in this instance, I just left bad feedback. Very bad feedback. And the seller was like, "Why didn't you contact me? I'd have tried to make the situation right!"
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zeldas_lullaby wrote:Dirt. Loose dirt. I ordered a book online once, and when it came in the mail, I opened it, and it was filled with dirt. As though it had been in someone's garden. And the listing had said the book was in like-new condition.

Normally I give online sellers a head's up, but in this instance, I just left bad feedback. Very bad feedback. And the seller was like, "Why didn't you contact me? I'd have tried to make the situation right!"
Oh my! That is a weird thing to find in a box with books.

I found a photograph of some random people in a library book.
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bluemel4 wrote:
zeldas_lullaby wrote:Dirt. Loose dirt. I ordered a book online once, and when it came in the mail, I opened it, and it was filled with dirt. As though it had been in someone's garden. And the listing had said the book was in like-new condition.

Normally I give online sellers a head's up, but in this instance, I just left bad feedback. Very bad feedback. And the seller was like, "Why didn't you contact me? I'd have tried to make the situation right!"
Oh my! That is a weird thing to find in a box with books.

I found a photograph of some random people in a library book.
Cool! Oh, hey, that reminds me. My dad opened a library book just a few days ago, and he found that its profanity had been covered up with white-out!!
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What the heck... that is so weird! Who would take the time to do that?
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HA HA! I don't know. It did seem pretty funny, though!
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Half of me thinks it's horrible the other half of me is just confused.
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I should have asked my dad for more info about it! At the time, it went in one ear and out the other!

(But I'll ask him more about it if/when I go downstairs again!)
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I ordered a book from a well known book dealer and it had mouse dump in it.
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Bighuey wrote:I ordered a book from a well known book dealer and it had mouse dump in it.
That is so icky. :doh:
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bluemel4 wrote:
Bighuey wrote:I ordered a book from a well known book dealer and it had mouse dump in it.
That is so icky. :doh:
I second that. Mouse poo between the pages would get me to quit turning, even for my favorite authors. :shock:
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Thats a turn-off for sure. It wasnt that good of a book anyway.
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Well, I hope the mouse enjoyed the book.
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zeldas_lullaby wrote:Well, I hope the mouse enjoyed the book.
Ha! :D
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