Retro Reads is an online secondhand bookshop listed in Pegasus, Waimakariri. Its website focuses on New Zealand literature, history, memoirs, local organisation histories, forgotten classics, vintage travel and unusual old books, and says it stocks books not found on bestseller lists. Shipping within New Zealand is a flat $10, however many books are bought, and the website shows which titles are out of stock. An email list is offered for recommendations and new arrivals.
Customers say Pattie is knowledgeable about the books and went beyond what was needed, to find a hard-to-get book and send it on. One customer had a book shipped to Canada, and says it arrived with a recommended second book and was very happy. Another says the book arrived in great condition, with personal touches.