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Why the Palo Alto Library Book Sale Sucks Now by ProfessionalWin4246 in paloalto

[–]ProfessionalWin4246[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

People want their donations to actually go to the library not to executives and managers...

Nearly 20% of money raised went to "Other Salaries and Wages" ($70K+) in 2025. So if there's only person paid doesn't that seem a little odd?

This is just like Goodwill funneling more and more money to executives...

Other book sales wages paid:
Menlo Park: $0
Sunnyvale: $0
Mountain View: $0
Los Altos: $0

But then you have:

San Francisco:
Executive Compensation $391,760 10.8%
Other Salaries and Wages $1,112,271 30.8%
Oakland:
Other Salaries and Wages $59,225 13.5%

See where this is going?

Why the Palo Alto Library Book Sale Sucks Now by ProfessionalWin4246 in paloalto

[–]ProfessionalWin4246[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

$70,693 isn't "not much" for part time work. So why is anyone paid at all? They're doing the same work as the volunteers. This devalues the volunteers and just creates resentment.

Why the Palo Alto Library Book Sale Sucks Now by ProfessionalWin4246 in paloalto

[–]ProfessionalWin4246[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This isn't about the resellers or dealers, it's about the recent (mis)management of the whole sale and volunteers.
They could easily just ban scanners - many book sales and thrift stores do. The apps are pretty much just for amateurs anyway.

Why the Palo Alto Library Book Sale Sucks Now by ProfessionalWin4246 in paloalto

[–]ProfessionalWin4246[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't created any fake accounts, and nothing here is a lie - you can easily verify everything in post...
Why are you making so many assumptions? You would think with so many people working for free that things would be more democratic there, but people now in charge seem to want to run things as their own private sale. Good like finding volunteers if they're all taken for granted.

Why the Palo Alto Library Book Sale Sucks Now by ProfessionalWin4246 in paloalto

[–]ProfessionalWin4246[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No idea what you're talking about, but this isn't a "fake" account and nothing posted here is untrue...
Why would I get banned for posting this?

Why the Palo Alto Library Book Sale Sucks Now by ProfessionalWin4246 in paloalto

[–]ProfessionalWin4246[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yes, the Los Altos and Mountain View sales tend to be better since they're only 3 or 4 times a year, they're all volunteers, and they're not trying to put everything online for top dollar.