Guest guest Posted April 11, 2003 Report Share Posted April 11, 2003 All, > I'm curious as to why such a price difference? I know the copy I > bought was a hard cover, but I just can't see why such a difference > in price from Redwing's to Amazon's. $79.95 + shipping to $13.00 + > shipping. Buy.com has made a mistake, probably they misread the ISBN number from a commercial CD-ROM of titles, prices, and publication dates. When they go to get books to fill their orders, they will discover their mistake. When this happened at Amazon last month, amazon refused to ship the mispriced orders. I don't know what Buy.com will do. I don't know where Buy.com got the book Todd's student received, it was not from Paradigm. But, they may have acquired the book legitimately from several sources. > The Buy.com version says that it is " On Order " . The Amazon.com > hardcover edition is down to $55.97 today---30% off. You are watching a " price bot cascade. " Once the " spiders " that the big on- line booksellers use to keep track of what other internet discounters are charging find Buy.com, everyone will discount. Amazon knows they can't get a $13.00 edition, so they are giving the book their most aggressive discount (they usually discount professional literature at 0 to 10 %). I would be surprised if any of the on-line booksellers would not now give you $55.97 if tell them what amazon is doing. Make sure to ask if it is in stock. But, unless someone is " asleep at the switch, " the $13 price won't last. Bob bob Paradigm Publications www.paradigm-pubs.com 44 Linden Street Robert L. Felt Brookline MA 02445 617-738-4664 --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 11, 2003 Report Share Posted April 11, 2003 Bob, All is cool. The book is well worth the money I paid. Thanks for addressing the issue. Fernando , " Robert L. Felt " <bob@p...> wrote: > All, > > > I'm curious as to why such a price difference? I know the copy I > > bought was a hard cover, but I just can't see why such a difference > > in price from Redwing's to Amazon's. $79.95 + shipping to $13.00 + > > shipping. > > Buy.com has made a mistake, probably they misread the ISBN number from > a commercial CD-ROM of titles, prices, and publication dates. When they > go to get books to fill their orders, they will discover their mistake. When > this happened at Amazon last month, amazon refused to ship the mispriced > orders. I don't know what Buy.com will do. > > I don't know where Buy.com got the book Todd's student received, it was > not from Paradigm. But, they may have acquired the book legitimately > from several sources. > > > The Buy.com version says that it is " On Order " . The Amazon.com > > hardcover edition is down to $55.97 today---30% off. > > You are watching a " price bot cascade. " Once the " spiders " that the big on- > line booksellers use to keep track of what other internet discounters are > charging find Buy.com, everyone will discount. Amazon knows they can't > get a $13.00 edition, so they are giving the book their most aggressive > discount (they usually discount professional literature at 0 to 10 %). > > I would be surprised if any of the on-line booksellers would not now give > you $55.97 if tell them what amazon is doing. Make sure to ask if it is in > stock. But, unless someone is " asleep at the switch, " the $13 price won't last. > > > Bob > > bob@p... Paradigm Publications > www.paradigm-pubs.com 44 Linden Street > Robert L. Felt Brookline MA 02445 > 617-738-4664 > > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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