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As of November 18th, we will be open on Fridays until 8pm on both sides. Coffee Bar: We now have WIRELESS ACCESS! After more than 10 years of managing Marpole's popular neighbourhood gathering place, Elanor Eden has bought the store.
At Characters you'll find knowledgeable and friendly staff, good food, good books and the world's best Coffee from Salt Spring Island Roasting Company. Their products are Fair Trade, Organic and roasted locally. |
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Characters Coffee Bar and Gently Used
Bookstore is indeed the 'Heart of Marpole' according to a recent CBC interview.
Elanor continues the tradition of excellence in a well organized and welcoming
setting.
CHRISTMAS HOURS
Dec 24 OPEN CHRISTMAS EVE UNTIL 5PM
Dec 25 CLOSED CHRISTMAS DAY
Dec 26 OPEN BOXING DAY
-Coffee Bar 9am-5pm
-Bookstore 10am-5pm
Dec 27 to 30- normal store hours
Dec 31 OPEN NEW YEARS EVE
-Coffee Bar 7am-4pm
-Bookstore 10am-4pm
Jan 1 CLOSED NEW YEAR'S DAY
Jan 2 Back to normal hours!
We wish all of our wonderful customers
a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Thank you for making Characters part of your life!
Characters policy of sourcing out locally made products also gives you the best Cinnamon Buns in Vancouver, from Grounds for Coffee. The perfect match with a cup of the world's best coffee!
There's so much more in store at Characters. See you there soon!
Bookstore Philosophy
We are well organized, and carry only clean gently used books at fair prices.
We are not interested in book club fiction, text books, computer books, and Serial romances.
BOOK TRADING POLICY
We establish the selling price once we have decided which of your
books we need for our inventory. You get 30% of our selling price
in trade credit towards other books.
Any FICTION books we accept will
give you credit to use for FICTION books.
Any NON-FICTION
books we accept will give you an OPEN CREDIT that you can use towards
any used books in the store.
If you have a trade larger than one box,
please phone ahead. We will no longer be accepting trades on
Saturdays.
Trade credit accounts left inactive for two years will be
closed. So use 'em or lose 'em.
As of January 1st, 2010, you will be able to use book credit for up to 50% of a purchase. For example, if you wish to buy a $10.00 book, and have $8.00 of credit, you may only use $5.00 of your credit towards the purchase of the book. You will have to pay for the other $5.00 of the purchase. You will still have the remaining $3.00 on file for your next purchase.
(You will always have to spend some cash, otherwise, we
wouldn’t be able to stay in business. Utility companies and our landlord
do not accept books as payment, so we have to have some money coming in to keep
our doors open. J
We accept debit cards, Visa, Mastercard and cash. )
Please do not be offended if we cannot use your books. Supply, demand and storage space dictate the quantity of stock we can carry.
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Characters Fine Books and Coffee Bar
8419
Granville St., Vancouver, B.C. V6P 4Z9
604-263-4660