Monday, January 30, 2012
Books McKay Used Books Moving to Bellevue Mar. 10, Area Man Won't Drive That Far
Posted by Steve Haruch on Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 10:37 AM
Circumstances have changed, Jerry! As WSMV reported on Friday, McKay will not be twinning itself as once planned, but rather will be pulling up stakes in West Nashville and moving the entire operation to Bellevue, where there will be more room for electronics and electronics accessories — which I'm guessing provide a nicer padding to the bottom line than used books, even if the business is called McKay Used Books and all.
Nothing against Bellevue, but there are very few things that will get me to drive to there — in fact, I can't think of a single one at the moment. Shopping at McKay, though I have enjoyed doing that quite a bit, is not something I will start driving to Bellevue to do. So I guess I need to spend my remaining store credit before Feb. 27, and find another store that'll give me a couple bucks for the two copies I inexplicably own of My Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep's Prodigy. I guess it was nice knowing you, chain used bookseller. Say "hey" to the beaver for me.
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Don't worry, McKay! Not all of your customers are as jaded as this writer... I'll happily drive the extra TEN MINUTES to your new location... I've unearthed some great treasures in your "Bargain/Very Scratched" sections, as well as your shelves of vinyl. You got what I want, and I don't mind using a little bit more gas to get it... Congrats on your new home!
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dislikeThe fact that you're not willing to drive 5 more minutes and two more exits down the interstate - a much easier exit/location to get to, I might add - is pretty sad. It seems like you haven't enjoyed shopping at McKay as much as you would lead us to believe.
Can't tell if being sarcastic, or if seriously too lazy to drive another five minutes west...
A decade after the rest of the country got the memo and began moving closer into the city to preserve resources and foster community, Nashville continues to expand outward into the completely unwalkable, transit-inaccessible reaches of suburbia.
Well, it worked for Las Vegas.
love love mckays. i'd drive to another CITY just to shop there. then again...i live in murfreesboro..so it's a drive anyways
Y'all are snobs. ZOMG YOU GUYS, BELLEVUE IS SO FAR AWAY. Get over yourselves already.
Two words: Alpha Bakery
Also, Nashville Pet Products on Old Harding is great.
Sure, our mass transit stinks, our residential streets don't have sidewalks, there's no sensible urban planning to speak of, there are tons of problems, blah blah blah, but this is how our weird city rolls.
It may be a few extra miles, but there is also a lot less traffic at that exit. I'm saying the time is probably going to be the same.
I can understand the author's reluctance. Hell, I live in Belle Meade, but I don't like driving to Bellevue either.
Hell, I love McKay so much that I've actually done "The Trifecta"in one day... Drive to the Knoxville store, then hit the Chattanooga store, and then finished the day at the Nashville store... then home to enjoy all my cheap finds that I've been looking for over the past few years... now I don't know if that's a testament to my dedication or my lack of other sh*t to do, but take it for what its worth becaue I love those days... Thanks, McKay!
Can you get to Bellevue from my side of town? If so, would I need to pack a lunch for the trip?
I was in Manassas, Virginia last week and saw a McKay's there. WEIRD, man.
McKay's serves a purpose I s'pose, but I've sure never gotten the sense that anyone there really gives a shit about books, or music or anything else... the vibe there kind of sucks though there are some good finds. Same in Knoxville and Chattanooga in my experience and I love used bookstores and record stores as a rule.
On the other hand it fits in nicely now with a Charlotte used-book-and-record-crawl to Rhino and Great Escape; not so much after the move...
