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?

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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there's been any cats on the withdrawn stock shelf when I've looked.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

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.


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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

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


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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!


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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 -

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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

I got an email from a Scott/Amos rep telling me that there would be an online version of the catalog later this year.

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.


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