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

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 08:21:37 11/11/02

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On November 09, 2002 at 00:08:15, Mike Byrne wrote:

>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 had pre-ordered "Behind Deep Blue" , I just got it this week, althought it has
>been out for about 3 weeks -- but like you said the price was the best and it it
>included shipping.  At the same I had ordered two other chess books that also
>had free shipping - those were in stock and I received those right away.
>
>No complaints here, very satisfied.   I am definitely checking their price
>anytime I order  ANY book in the future.  They do seem to be about the lowest.
>
>Mike


Even cheaper for most technical (esp. computer-related) books is:

http://www.bookpool.com .

Since I am in Massachusetts and so are they, I have to pay an extra 5% sales
tax, which most here will not -- but I *still* find that their prices are lower
than those of Buy.com in most cases (and nearly always lower than Amazon.com's).



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