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Barnes and Nobel's.
It always  seems worth going in. It makes me feel as if I am providing moral support to literacy. Having said that, what I do look for is the 75% off table that sometimes crops up. It may start at 50% off but sometimes falls to 75% after a few days.  You can usually understand why the stuff is 75% off (Taschen-like books on bottle caps anyone?) but I have found something, although now I can not think of what. Once I came in to the Upper West Side location ( 82nd Street not the late, alas Lincoln Center outpost that has been ravaged and is full of hordes of shoppers) and they had a dollar table where I bought a few books!

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Jack's World, the main location, is just great. Whenever I am in midtown I try to stop off there. On the first floor,  many of the stationary, electronics etc  are not at all worth even looking at, having said that, there are lots of well priced food items, mixed in with great deals on mostly last resort type of food (Challah anyone?). Gift bags, wrapping paper and all sorts of useful things can be found for a dollar or less making these the kind of place I am afraid to walk around with a basket in!

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Pharmacies in general are horribly expensive. Having said that they have some decent and more then decent sales from time to time. I just saw a 25 pack of 500 ml water bottles for $2.99, which is better then I ever see in Shop-rite in New Jersey (which is another story in itself). What I find the eastist to do and certainly easist on the wallet, is to check their flyer's on their websites. While it is usually annoying to do this, it is not annoying as schlepping there!