Comments on: Big fish, little pond http://www.voodoologic.org/2009/04/30/big-fish-little-pond/ Apply topically to relieve boredom Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:21:26 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Darren Saturday http://www.voodoologic.org/2009/04/30/big-fish-little-pond/comment-page-1/#comment-15249 Darren Saturday Tue, 26 May 2009 03:43:17 +0000 http://www.voodoologic.org/2009/04/30/big-fish-little-pond/#comment-15249 well I ordered the special pack of the Sookie Stackhouse novels (the books that inspired the southern Vampire series of note) and price wise....well it was slightly better than Amazon but only marginally so but I was a tad disappointed that the turn around time between ordering and receiving them was about the same.... I kinda expected it to be much much quicker.... but not. not sure if I'd use them again.... mall chains like QBD are cheaper and Amazon has still got everyone beat in terms of selection and processes. well I ordered the special pack of the Sookie Stackhouse novels (the books that inspired the southern Vampire series of note) and price wise….well it was slightly better than Amazon but only marginally so but I was a tad disappointed that the turn around time between ordering and receiving them was about the same…. I kinda expected it to be much much quicker…. but not. not sure if I’d use them again…. mall chains like QBD are cheaper and Amazon has still got everyone beat in terms of selection and processes.

]]> By: Murray @ Midnight http://www.voodoologic.org/2009/04/30/big-fish-little-pond/comment-page-1/#comment-14421 Murray @ Midnight Sat, 02 May 2009 02:21:13 +0000 http://www.voodoologic.org/2009/04/30/big-fish-little-pond/#comment-14421 Hi Sandie, Ah, that's a shame that you missed out on a better price on the Mark Bittman book! Just out of curiosity, I also did a comparison on these two books against Amazon.com prices, and I was surprised to discover that Amazon came out about $7 cheaper, even taking into account the charges for shipping from the US and the free shipping from fishpond! I suspect there's probably a 'sweet spot' in there somewhere, where fishpond's free shipping for orders over $50 will start being much cheaper than Amazon's reduced prices, if you are buying more than a certain number of items at once. On another topic, from looking at these two book purchases, I've deduced that you intend to open a restaurant in Turkey. Or -- and this is obviously a <em>very</em> remote possibility -- I could be wrong about that. :-) Murray @ Midnight Hi Sandie,

Ah, that’s a shame that you missed out on a better price on the Mark Bittman book!

Just out of curiosity, I also did a comparison on these two books against Amazon.com prices, and I was surprised to discover that Amazon came out about $7 cheaper, even taking into account the charges for shipping from the US and the free shipping from fishpond!

I suspect there’s probably a ‘sweet spot’ in there somewhere, where fishpond’s free shipping for orders over $50 will start being much cheaper than Amazon’s reduced prices, if you are buying more than a certain number of items at once.

On another topic, from looking at these two book purchases, I’ve deduced that you intend to open a restaurant in Turkey. Or — and this is obviously a very remote possibility — I could be wrong about that. :-)

Murray @ Midnight

]]> By: Sandie http://www.voodoologic.org/2009/04/30/big-fish-little-pond/comment-page-1/#comment-14416 Sandie Fri, 01 May 2009 23:22:33 +0000 http://www.voodoologic.org/2009/04/30/big-fish-little-pond/#comment-14416 Here are some price comparisons for you: I just bought How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman at Borders - I paid $63.99 - it's $36.98 at Fishpond (sob!) and I paid $43.99 for Lonely Planet Turkey which is $40.95 at Fishpond. However, according to the front covers, I have more recent editions. thanks Muz, I love book shopping. Here are some price comparisons for you:

I just bought How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman at Borders – I paid $63.99 – it’s $36.98 at Fishpond (sob!) and I paid $43.99 for Lonely Planet Turkey which is $40.95 at Fishpond. However, according to the front covers, I have more recent editions.

thanks Muz, I love book shopping.

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