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Bird Book Bargains Vol4 (1 Viewer)
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Steve Lister
Senior Birder, ex County Recorder, Garden Moths.
Things like this convince me never to buy a book when it is first published. Birds in England has only been out a matter of weeks, well months I suppose, and this Amazon price beats Wildsounds' pre-publication offer of £30.
Almost anything I buy is offered at a cheaper price soon after. I have just paid £44 (+£4 p/p and foreign currency charge) for the Birds of South Asia: the full price is £55. I wonder who will be offering it at £40 next month?
Steve
Almost anything I buy is offered at a cheaper price soon after. I have just paid £44 (+£4 p/p and foreign currency charge) for the Birds of South Asia: the full price is £55. I wonder who will be offering it at £40 next month?
Steve
Steve Lister said:
Watch this space Steve!..I purchased the full set of BWP, one by one as they were issued, and now they are giving them away (not quite ) same with the condensed version; I purchased that at full price and now it's on sale for just a few pounds.
Little wonder I won't buy anything new anymore.
John.
jeffc
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Bargains for North American Readers
Here are two bargains for those of us on the other side of the pond.
Amazon has The Firefly Encyclopedia of Birds for $29.99 normally it is $59.95. I do not have it but I remember it got a positive review in a birding magazine a while back. It also qualifies for free super saving shipping!
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0007YJ3RU/ref=amb_left-1_128346_1/002-5916474-7727243
They also have the National Geographic Reference Atlas to the Birds of North America. Which is full of map goodness. Originally $35.00 now $15.99
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002X1JRI/ref=bfl_upf//002-5916474-7727243?v=glance
Here are two bargains for those of us on the other side of the pond.
Amazon has The Firefly Encyclopedia of Birds for $29.99 normally it is $59.95. I do not have it but I remember it got a positive review in a birding magazine a while back. It also qualifies for free super saving shipping!
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0007YJ3RU/ref=amb_left-1_128346_1/002-5916474-7727243
They also have the National Geographic Reference Atlas to the Birds of North America. Which is full of map goodness. Originally $35.00 now $15.99
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002X1JRI/ref=bfl_upf//002-5916474-7727243?v=glance
Edward woodwood
Member
wow, cheers rhion
better get ordering
Tim
better get ordering
Tim
Edward woodwood
Member
BWP vol 9 form £12
amazing
Tim
amazing
Tim
Edward woodwood
Member
Warblers of Europe by Kev Baker
11.92
Tim
11.92
Tim
Edward woodwood
Member
several vols of HBW are down to £80
at least searching fpr these bargains makes waiting for the election results to come in marginally more interesting
New World Warblers is mega cheap!
Tim
at least searching fpr these bargains makes waiting for the election results to come in marginally more interesting
New World Warblers is mega cheap!
Tim
Getting back to 'Birds in England', don't forget that if you buy from Amazon itself you will get free post and packing, so it will cost you a straight £40. If you buy from the other suppliers listed on the Amazon website you must add the P&P, which can be quite a bit. I don't know whether Amazon themselves have done anything about the scam which was quite frequently used when they first started listing other suppliers on their site - that was in order to get listed as the cheapest a supplier would mark the price down as marginally lower than the nearest competitor, then make it up considerably through excessive P&P charges. I got stung like this a couple of times. As BIE is a bulky book I suggest you check the added charges before you buy. Having said that, I agree that Unibooks is a reliable company, though don't their books come from the US so you may have to wait some time for delivery?
Alan Hill
Alan Hill
Yes, my fears about mark-ups in the Amazon marketplace were indeed unfounded. I ordered Birds in England from Unibooks4u and it came in 48 hours and cost me £31.04 total (p&p was £2.75). Very impressed and thanks to those who recommended both the book and the supplier.
Alan Hill
Alan Hill
Rob Smallwood
Well-known member
John,
My wife has asked that you stop this thread now before she has to cut up my Visa card!!
My wife has asked that you stop this thread now before she has to cut up my Visa card!!
Rob Smallwood said:
Well tell your wife that The Birds Of England has been further reduced on Amazon. I noticed this at 0615 this morning....now that is sad!
This book has had some rave reviews recently.
Shouldn't I be on some commision, or at least a freeeeeebie? Seriously, we all like a bargain.
John.
Edward woodwood
Member
thanks John
do i get it now or wait a short while for further reductions?
Tim
do i get it now or wait a short while for further reductions?
Tim
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