Books-A-Million — Local services in Meridian

As I went to check out first a little girl behind the counter was very for so long trying to sell me a membership after I denied and paid she says oh look you went three free magazines of your choice. She get my name and address and then give me a website and said if I didn't like it I could cancel it. That made me think so I asked her are they going to charge my debit card for this and she just oh yeah if you don't like it after months they'll start charging. If I hadn't have asked she wouldn't have told. So I told her never mind I didn't want it I wasn't around my house so I couldn't cancel she said we'll give me the address you're staying yet she was very forceful and would not take no for an answer I finally had to raise my voice and ask for the manager. She obviously worked on commission with that. Dear Books-A-Million don't push...

Even though so much stuff is available on the Internet it's always nice to be able to actually go into a store and put your hands on a book and be able to hold it in your hands and actually read it and be able to lay down and take the time to look at the hard copy enjoy the feeling of knowing that a person spent hours and hours of their time to publish something that they enjoyed and put it in paperback and that you actually have a place to go to where you can find that book that you've been looking for and Books-A-Million is just that a place with millions of books where you can find the one that...

Previously rated 5 stars, but after visiting other BAM and bookstores I find the selection mediocre. A bit over priced as well, but the incident that made me take the time to edit my review is, I drove 45 mins to purchase a specific book, and was wagged away by a cashier, with her finger in a no-no demeanor 15 minutes before closing. All the employees had vacated the parking lot by 9 PM. Unless you just need to kill some time, save your time and money for another...