Spent $80 on a book app, my flip phone beats it every time

I bought that fancy rare book identifier app last month and it flagged two modern reprints as first editions, worthless for real hunting. My $20 flip phone camera and a quick text to a local seller in Austin did more for me in one afternoon. Anyone else skip the tech and stick to old school methods?

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luna_sanchez2mo ago

Used to think apps were the future of this stuff, but your flip phone story kinda proves the opposite. The app gives you false confidence, while a real person can actually tell you what's what in two minutes. Tech is only useful when it's right, and sounds like yours wasn't.

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ryan_kim632mo ago

Real help beats apps every time. People just stopped asking.

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