From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Oct 31 13: 7:28 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from brain.mics.net (brain.mics.net [209.41.216.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D9CA37B406 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2001 13:07:26 -0800 (PST) Received: by brain.mics.net (Postfix, from userid 150) id 4D67917BE7; Wed, 31 Oct 2001 16:07:24 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by brain.mics.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3658D15D08; Wed, 31 Oct 2001 16:07:24 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 16:07:23 -0500 (EST) From: David Scheidt To: Rahul Siddharthan Cc: Jamie Bowden , Brian Sobolak , j mckitrick , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The Scylla (pat. pending) and Charibdes.NET In-Reply-To: <20011031214342.C45932@lpt.ens.fr> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > Jamie Bowden said on Oct 31, 2001 at 11:38:41: > > :Why not support your local bookseller instead? > > > > Because paying more for a smaller selection is right up there on the list > > of stupid things to do with your time. > > Is it? Depends on how you define "stupid". > > One can't leaf through a book at Amazon, or read a few pages, or > browse an entire bookshelf looking for something that grabs your > attention. > > So if you're so cost conscious, perhaps one can do the browsing at the > bookstore and the purchasing at Amazon. Personally, if I like the > book that much, I'd rather pay a bit extra and have it right away. The cost differential isn't that great, either, if you include the cost of shipping. > > Oh, and many booksellers do have catalogues and are willing to order > stuff for you. Their selection is not so much worse than Amazon's. Just about any bookstore can get you any in-print book, usually from their normal suppliers, who are the same ones that Amazon, Borders, and B&N deal with. If your tastes are out of the mainstream, Amazon et al aren't going to have it in stock, either, so it'll take longer for you to get the book. The book has to go from the publisher (or their distributor) to Amazon, to you. A local bookstore orders it from the same distributor, and then call you to come pick it up when it comes in. Saves a day or two. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message