Re: books

Zem, The item has to have the little truck icon to qualify for free
shipping.  This doesn't.  It also has a special notation on the page that
says specifically that this item does not qualify, will be charged a certain
amount, and will also be given a surcharge.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zemuly Sanders" <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] books


> Kitty, Amazon offers free shipping on most orders greater than $25.  The
> trick is you have to request it at checkout.
> zem
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 4:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] 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
> > -------------- Original message -------------- 
> >
> >> 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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