atw: Buying books in Australia

I read a review in the ASTC (Vic) publication Southern Communicator
about David Whitbread's book "The Design Manual" (published by UNSW). On
one of my weeks back home, I made a special trip to one of the few
technical bookstores still around. I ordered and paid for a copy plus
paid to have it mailed to me. Much to my surprise, a fortnight later
when I was at my contract site, I received a call saying I was about $7
short. I paid it.

Has anyone else been in such a situation? Should I have demanded the
contract stand? Asked for my money back? Was I a mug for buying locally
when looking at Amazon I could have bought it for about the same
original price, or cheaper if I got a second-hand one?

Jonathan Moffett

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  Jonathan Moffett
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