“A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.” I thought of that line from Oscar Wilde’s play “Lady Windermere’s Fan” when I noticed something added to my checkout receipt when I took out a book from the LBI library in Surf City. The receipt said my recent book withdrawal saved me $19.99, which turned out to be the list price of the book I was borrowing.
Further, it said that I had saved almost $600 in the past year and almost $800 since I began using the library.
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