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Re: books for sale ! ! ! !

#152
From: paul
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 13:23
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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.
>>    
>>
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Subject: Re: books for sale ! ! ! !
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