Richard McKay Used Books

I usually love going to McKay's as they have a good selection of books, games, music, and more. I will say that visiting McKay's on the weekends is a little disappointing as the selection has already been picked through and what's left over is usually mediocre. I'm leaving this review due to the experience I had trading today. I've never traded with McKay's before, but I've worked with other used bookstores in the past. I was excited to trade today because I've been hoarding books that do not serve their purpose to me anymore. I came in with many books, most were brand new and in good condition, and a few were a little older and more beat up. I brought in at least 10 books, some were even hardback. I talked to the young man at the trade counter and he informed me how the process worked. I put in my phone number and I received a text when my trade was processed. For all of my books, I was offered either $15 in store credit or $5 in cash. I opted for the store credit because I was hoping to get at least one new book. I then received a voucher for $14.20, which was not our agreed upon price. I decided this was fine as I needed to free up some space for new books. I looked around for a new book and I found one that I had been wanting for a while, which was priced at $13.99. I brought the book up to the counter to checkout and with taxes, the difference from the full price and the voucher was 60 cents. I asked my friend to cover the difference and he reached for his card to pay when the cashier informed us they could not charge the card for only 60 cents. They suggested that we could add something small to the purchase so that they could charge the card. This is what we ended up doing, but we ended up paying $20 for something we didn't really want just to use the voucher for a $14 book. The cashier was also not very polite even though I was. The fact that you can turn in 10 books and not even be able to purchase one book with the store credit offered is ridiculous. In the future I will not be trading with McKay's, and I probably won't be purchasing from McKay's in the future either as they are pricing books as if they're brand new when they aren't and only offering a few cents to purchase them in the first place. For other people looking to part with their books or other physical media, I suggest any other used bookstore or even online options such as Ebay and ThriftBooks.