Re: books

I used one of those sites that searches 100 bookstores for best price.
It said the Amazon price (about 5th best ) included free shipping. But
it doesn't. The book is over 1000 pages and is exempt from free shipping
and adds a surcharge of a couple of $ to the regular shipping rate.
Hmmmmm....


I checked Abe's and they show 3 sellers, all $60 to 80 for the 2004 edition.  None of the older one available.

Kitty
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> Don't overlook Abe's Books. It's a clearing house for used book 
> dealers. My experience has been better prices than Amazon [did I 
> mention better service? Still waiting for Amazon to ship something I 
> ordered and paid for in December. They keep moving the ship date--now 
> it's something like February 7]. 
> 
> 
> On Tuesday, January 11, 2005, at 11:05 AM, Aplfgcnys@aol.com wrote: 
> 
> > Several of mine, like Hortus Third, and the 1950 edition of Joy of 
> > Cooking 
> > are held together by heavy rubber bands. Rebinding is expensive, and 
> > add to that, the pages are too fragile with age. Searching for a used 
> > copy is the best bet - Amazon is pretty good at that. In my case, I 
> > figure 
> > they'll last as long as I do. 
> > Auralie 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > In a message dated 01/11/2005 10:30:03 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> > kmrsy@comcast.net writes: 
> > BTW - what do you-all do when bindings give out? I haven't checked 
> > yet but 
> > assume a rebinding service would be pretty expensive. 
> > 
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