[lit-ideas] Re: books on amazon
- From: Robert Paul <robert.paul@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 20:38:04 -0800
Eric Yost wrote:
Robert: It is practically never true that one can save money by buying
elsewhere; in fact, I’ve never found an instance where it was.
Sorry to contradict you, Robert, but I've done my own slaphappy research
and come to opposite conclusions.
Held up for your examination: _Grumpy O'er the Mere_ by Moelap Cross
Dingman.
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Amazon:
$229.95
Seller: Excon Books (Safe buying guarantee appears legitimate)
Availability: Usually ships in 10-20 business years; Ships from Uttar
Pradesh, India.
See shipping rates. (Check of shipping rates shows a $50 fumigation fee
for US customs, a $425 "caravansary" fee, and a special handling fee of
$800.)
Comments: Spine broken, binding decayed, pages missing. Might have
black, blue, red, neon orange, or blood marks. May be carved, hollowed,
infested with water beetles, or mildly radioactive. Pages missing. May
substitute paperback copy of _Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance_
without warning.
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Powell's:
Title Unavailable.
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Alibris:
$2.99
Ships overnight courier within 2 to 3 minutes after receipt of order.
Binding: Leather, stamped, gold-edged, uncut pages. Description: Brand
spanking new. 100% satisfaction guaranteed or Lenny, our part-time
bookseller, will crawl to your house on hands and knees, beg your
forgiveness, present you with a solid silver ingot worth $25,000, and
commit ritual suicide on your least favorite neighbor's lawn. You will
love this book and we will get it to you or destroy ourselves trying.
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I believe the part about Powell's.
Robert Paul
Fond du Lac WI
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