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Did I make a good deal?
I just bought the Scott 2010 Vols 1,2 and 3 from Half-Price books for a
total of $47.00. These were all used library books. Does this sound like a good deal? -- Chris KeyID 0xE372A7DA98E6705C 31.11°N 97.89°W (Elev. 1092 ft) --- Posted via news://freenews.netfront.net/ - Complaints to --- |
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On Jul 24, 4:16*am, Chris wrote:
I just bought the Scott 2010 Vols 1,2 and 3 from Half-Price books for a total of $47.00. These were all used library books. Does this sound like a good deal? Last time I bought ex-library SGs from the local library directly here in the UK, they were about 1 GBP per volume, because they just price books by cover (hard/soft) and size and don't investigate the normal secondhand market value. Sadly, it's been a good few years since there's been any cats on the withdrawn stock shelf when I've looked. Chris |
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On 07/24/2011 08:50 AM, Sir F. A. Rien wrote:
Chris found these unused words: I just bought the Scott 2010 Vols 1,2 and 3 from Half-Price books for a total of $47.00. These were all used library books. Does this sound like a good deal? Any book, at any price you can afford, that you -=will=- use is a 'good deal'. How true, and I will definitely use these. Now I can use what I read here about printing my own pages to use for the other than US stamps I have. The other 3 volumes were available but I didn't see any 2010 editions, I'll have to look closer but I did get the three main ones I needed at the moment. -- Chris KeyID 0xE372A7DA98E6705C 31.11°N 97.89°W (Elev. 1092 ft) --- Posted via news://freenews.netfront.net/ - Complaints to --- |
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On 7/23/2011 11:16 PM, Chris wrote:
I just bought the Scott 2010 Vols 1,2 and 3 from Half-Price books for a total of $47.00. These were all used library books. Does this sound like a good deal? As with many things, it depends. The guy who bought those from the library probably paid $1 or $2 a book so he got a good deal. On the other hand, you got them for a couple of hundred bucks less than they cost new so you got a good deal. You have to be the world's luckiest person to collar catalogs from a library sale so I'd certainly pat myself on the back if I were you. (I don't recall how much I paid for my full set of 2007s in 2009 but I do recall being very pleased with the 3 figure price.) You can sometimes pick up a good deal on ebay, too though last year's catalogs go for more than you paid. There are some amazing book bargains to be had from second hand online book stores. I teach and tutor math and have often recommended that my students pick up a copy of their school textbook to keep at home - you can often get a $100+ school book for less than $10 and it has the advantage of being available if you can't resist doing a bit of refresher summer reading. Also saves getting a rupture from carting all those textbooks around. Cheers - John Mycroft |
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On 07/25/2011 03:35 PM, John Mycroft wrote:
On 7/23/2011 11:16 PM, Chris wrote: I just bought the Scott 2010 Vols 1,2 and 3 from Half-Price books for a total of $47.00. These were all used library books. Does this sound like a good deal? As with many things, it depends. The guy who bought those from the library probably paid $1 or $2 a book so he got a good deal. On the other hand, you got them for a couple of hundred bucks less than they cost new so you got a good deal. You have to be the world's luckiest person to collar catalogs from a library sale so I'd certainly pat myself on the back if I were you. (I don't recall how much I paid for my full set of 2007s in 2009 but I do recall being very pleased with the 3 figure price.) You can sometimes pick up a good deal on ebay, too though last year's catalogs go for more than you paid. There are some amazing book bargains to be had from second hand online book stores. I teach and tutor math and have often recommended that my students pick up a copy of their school textbook to keep at home - you can often get a $100+ school book for less than $10 and it has the advantage of being available if you can't resist doing a bit of refresher summer reading. Also saves getting a rupture from carting all those textbooks around. Cheers - John Mycroft Thanks John, seeing what the prices are new or even for some used ones that can run into 3 figures I'm pleased and of course so is my wife Chris -- Chris KeyID 0xE372A7DA98E6705C 31.11°N 97.89°W (Elev. 1092 ft) --- Posted via news://freenews.netfront.net/ - Complaints to --- |
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"Sir F. A. Rien" wrote in message
... What amazes me is that scutt hasn't yet figured out how to put their catalogues on line, sell a 'membership' and not have to keep pulping trees! Silviculture is the practice of controlling the establishment, growth, composition, health, and quality of forests to meet diverse needs and values. The name comes from the Latin silvi- (forest) + culture (as in growing). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silviculture -- Victor Manta, PWO, AIJP ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spanish North Africa: http://www.sna-on.postalstamps.biz/ Philatelic Webmasters Organization: http://pwmo.org/ Art on Stamps: http://artonstamps.org/ Romania by Stamps: http://marci-postale.com/ Communism on Stamps: http://reds-on.postalstamps.biz/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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On Jul 26, 4:42*pm, Sir F. A. Rien wrote:
Chris found these unused words: On 07/25/2011 03:35 PM, John Mycroft wrote: On 7/23/2011 11:16 PM, Chris wrote: I just bought the Scott 2010 Vols 1,2 and 3 from Half-Price books for a total of $47.00. These were all used library books. Does this sound like a good deal? As with many things, it depends. *The guy who bought those from the library probably paid $1 or $2 a book so he got a good deal. *On the other hand, you got them for a couple of hundred bucks less than they cost new so you got a good deal. *You have to be the world's luckiest person to collar catalogs from a library sale so I'd certainly pat myself on the back if I were you. *(I don't recall how much I paid for my full set of 2007s in 2009 but I do recall being very pleased with the 3 figure price.) You can sometimes pick up a good deal on ebay, too though last year's catalogs go for more than you paid. There are some amazing book bargains to be had from second hand online book stores. *I teach and tutor math and have often recommended that my students pick up a copy of their school textbook to keep at home - you can often get a $100+ school book for less than $10 and it has the advantage of being available if you can't resist doing a bit of refresher summer reading. *Also saves getting a rupture from carting all those textbooks around. Cheers - John Mycroft Thanks John, seeing what the prices are new or even for some used ones that can run into 3 figures I'm pleased and of course so is my wife Chris What amazes me is that scutt hasn't yet figured out how to put their catalogues on line, sell a 'membership' and not have to keep pulping trees! The cost of their CD cats is still too high compared with their savings from physical printing - and an on line version could be even cheaper! Ah well, technology comes late to some.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - SG had their cat online on a subscription basis for a while, but now it's free (registration required). Perhaps it wasn't economic. The sub version included extras that I, at least, didn't want or need, though I think it had more varieties than the present one does. Chris |
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I got an email from a Scott/Amos rep telling me that there would be an online version of the catalog later this year.
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On 07/29/2011 05:57 PM, Andy Pastuszak wrote:
I got an email from a Scott/Amos rep telling me that there would be an online version of the catalog later this year. Thanks Andy, I'll be looking for it. -- Chris KeyID 0xE372A7DA98E6705C 31.11°N 97.89°W (Elev. 1092 ft) --- Posted via news://freenews.netfront.net/ - Complaints to --- |
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