My stepdaughter introduced me to Bookman's in Mesa about three years ago, and now every time I come to visit her, I have to make a trip. I went to this Phoenix location for the first time this past week, and I truly wasn't impressed. The store seems to be crowded and there is too much "stuff" in the store for the space they have. I went in looking specifically for books on CD to listen to as we travel, and although I found a few, I also found that their prices are just a little bit more than they should be for used CDs. I had found some book/CDs at the Mesa store two weeks ago, and found that one of the CDs was so scratched that I had to miss nearly half a chapter and the CDs were all out of order in the holder. It made changing CDs in the dark a little bit dicey.
I don't think that a 6-CD book is worth $25. My own opinion is that it wasn't worth $25 from the beginning, and particularly not used. I think all of the books are overpriced.
I like the Mesa store better. I found back issues of a magazine in the Mesa store for $1. 50, which is a GOOD price as compared to the cover. I think I'll stick to Mesa and leave Phoenix for others.