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Subject: Re: Off-Topic: Buying Chess Books from Buy.com

Author: Ron Murawski

Date: 22:19:22 11/08/02

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On November 08, 2002 at 23:42:58, Ralph Patriquin wrote:

>Does anyone have any experience with purchasing from Buy.com, good bad or
>indifferent?
>
>I am planning to purchase a few chess books and noticed they usually beat
>Amazon.com's prices by 10%, with free shipping.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Ralph

I have bought lots of stuff from buy.com through the years. I bought enough that
they actually shipped me a free buy.com sweatshirt. I go back to the days when
they claimed "Lowest prices on Earth" and found that most of the time they were.
These days the prices are merely very good. The few problems I encountered were
handled very well and I'm a very satisfied customer.

If it's price you're concerned with, then try half.com. I've bought several hard
to find out-of-print used books there. You'll have to take a close look at the
seller's description of a book's condition. What one seller thinks "good" is
another's "very good". The support won't be as good as buy.com, but the amount
of books available is staggering.

Ron



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