From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 02:02:05 -0500 From: Christopher.Vance@adfa.oz.au Christopher.Vance@adfa.oz.au Subject: Plan 9 book in Australia? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 31f3a384-eac8-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Message-ID: <19951101070205.htGEtppYOrzE0kS0KqbO4bg1puZICkNsrw2GYAk2GnQ@z> Stephen Hocking wrote: | I've been looking for the book & went off to Dymocks bookstore, to see what | they could do. They told me that it'd have to be ordered in from the States | (which I expected) and the predicted price was $931. After recovering from | this shock (I was expecting about $500) I wondered if anyone else in Oz had | bought it. Do any of the Basser crowd (or anyone else for that matter) have a | clue where it could be purchased for a cheaper price than this? I rang HB in Florida/Texas/whereever and ordered that way. With FedEx, I paid about 10% extra, but had it within the week. I had to tell them that HB Aus didn't know about it, though. I haven't yet had my MC bill to see what exchange rate they used... Sounds like a typical Aus bookstore ripoff. Add 40% to retail price? Yes... -- Christopher