[lit-ideas] Re: books on amazon
- From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 23:28:38 -0500
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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