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Re: books for sale ! ! ! !

#150
From: mike
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 22:38
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Why worry about people worrying about people trying to over charge for 
items?

paul wrote:
> why do people bother to complain that someone's prices are too high?
> does this person work for bookfinder.com and finds this a cheap way to 
> advertise??
> or is it just a case of too much time on her hands?
> Anne Wiebe wrote:
> 
>> Your prices are a bit high, given that, for example, your $25 Old
>> Testament book is available in hardcover, from a number of sources on
>> bookfinder.com, for less than $10.  And the Patterson "We the People"
>> book was available, again from a number of sources, for less than $3.
>>
>> One of my favorite web sites, bookfinder.com, and I have ordered from
>> there a number of times now, always with good results.
>>
>>
>> texas2003@hotpop.com (andy) wrote in message 
>> news:<554dc9d.0307171758.1aafc2a5@posting.google.com>...
>>  
>>
>>> I am selling the following books:  all prices include S/H (from Houston)
>>>
>>> C++ for Dummies -Includes installation and configuration guide and 
>>> book/CD....
>>>      costs $39.99+ tax new, my price:  $26
>>>
>>> "We the people" second edition, by Thomas E. Patterson, a good book 
>>> to read
>>>     if you want to learn about American politics, soft-cover 582 
>>> pages:  $22
>>>
>>> Cover Letters That Will Get You the Job You Want, by Stanley Wynett, 
>>> Includes     100 Tested Cover Letters that Worked, softcover, 164 
>>> pages, $14.99+tax     new, my price:  $8
>>>
>>> Financial Accounting and Reporting, by Strawser, second edition, 
>>> hardcover,     good book if you want to learn fundamentals of finc. 
>>> acct.:  $28
>>>
>>> "America" a Narrative History by George Brown Tindall and David E. 
>>> Shi, Fourth
>>>     Ed., softcover, 795 pages:  $18
>>>
>>> "Dr. Bob Arnot's Guide to Turning Back the Clock" - by Robert Arnot, 
>>> M.D.,     hardcover, 387 pages, good if you want to learn ways to 
>>> live     healthier and stay younger:  $14
>>>
>>> CALCULUS by Stweart, 3rd Edition, includes Student Solutions Manual, 
>>>     hardcover, over 1000 pages, basically this book covers Calculus 
>>> I, II,     and III, both the book and solutions manual:  over $140 
>>> new, my price:
>>>     $70
>>>
>>> Probability and Statistics for the Engineering and Sciences, Fourth 
>>> Ed. by Jay L. Devore, hardcover, over 700 pages: $120 new, my price: $35
>>>
>>> Introduction to the Old Testament, by James King West, hardcover, 
>>> second ed.,     over 500 pages:  new: $44.45+tax, my price: $25
>>>
>>>
>>> Please contact texas2003@hotpop.com if interested in any of these.
>>> I prefer PayPal as method of payment but will consider other forms.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I also have the following for sale:
>>>
>>> Watch has a black strap and is white in color on the display panel,
>>> sharp contrast, looks nice.  Dials are black, battery is good.  Asking
>>> $23 (includes S/H if it requires mailing).  I can send pic upon
>>> request.
>>>   
>>
> 


-- 
Mike
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