If you missed the BBW sale at MAEPS, here’s a 2nd chance to buy books at RM5 or less. BBW Aftermath Sale hits town from 24-28 November 2011 at South City Plaza, Persiaran Serdang Perdana (10am-9pm daily). (http://www.fac.book.com/bbwbooks)
It was sheer madness! Compared to MAEPS, the location within South City Plaza was cramped, noisy, messy…It took over half an hour to find parking (imagine Mid Valley parking scenario) and followed by a queue to enter (this was throughout the day for crowd control purposes). Browsing for books was nearly impossible as payment queues zig-zagged all the way through the book aisles and beyond!
So, if you are a die-hard fan of getting your money’s worth, go grab a friend or two, start queueing for payment the minute you get in and take turns grabbing books for sale!! (Note: it takes approximately 2-3 hours to clear check-out so you will have ample time to get your books if there is someone in queue!)
Review of visit to BBW Sale @ MAEPS: October 2011
I am a bargain hunter but wasn’t particularly looking for any book when I visited the Big Bad Wolf sale, recently held in MAEPS. I had heard about people taking leave just to attend this sale and hence, opted not to join the mad dash on the first few days.
So on a beautiful Wednesday morning, I visited the sale and it was thoroughly worth my efforts. I was pleasantly surprised that there there were already people ahead of me considering I was 5 minutes into the opening hour of the sale that day. Indeed, over 1.5 million books were spread over what must have been at least 100 tables.
The organiser did a terrific job in promoting the event in the newspapers, TV and social media. They also well prepared for crowd control and looked into the finer aspects of ensuring visitors had enough space to browse and purchase the books.
Most books were priced between RM3 and RM10 which made it almost impossible to walk away without purchasing at least one item.
After spending over 2 hours walking (almost non-stop) through the area (yes, it was massive and one actually needs much more time than that to review the possible purchases), I walked away with several items. Even signed up for the OCBC card as there was RM20 cash voucher giveaway for books purchased :P
I had to revisit the place a few days later just to be sure I hadn’t missed anything out but alas, the crowd was just amazing on a weekend. We arrived 15 minutes before opening time and there was a queue of well over 1000 people waiting to enter the premises. It took a good 8 minutes for the queue to make it through the entrance that Saturday. Yours truly made a quick dash when the line cleared and was out within 30 minutes before the queues started to build up at the exit.
Can’t wait to go to the next BBW sale (http://www.bigbadwolfbooks.com/)
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