I'm reasonably certain that one wouldn't find best sellers (well, recent ones) there, or popular ones, either.

I got ten copies of several popular magazines, a year of so old (or more) for $1.00 last week. Which included quite a few copies of what I believe to be Canada's best personal money management magazine - and up to fairly recent copies, at that.

But - what to do with them? I have all of them now. Can I read one copy of each with each eye?

ole joyful

By the time you've searched eBay, exchanged emails, paid up and then waited for the delivery, you probably would have moved to the top of the waiting list. Otherwise just have some patience. I've never been at a loss for social conversation because I haven't read the latest book the first week it came out. Same goes for renting movies.

When I want to buy a book, I usually check with bestbookbuy.com. They list several places that have the book, and the prices for new and/or used, paperback and/or hardcover from each site. I've sometimes found the price of a brand new book at one store for far less than a used one at another site.

There's another online site that does this book comparison shopping, but I can't remember what it is.

Btw, hello everyone. This is my first post on this forum, but I see several familiar names from other GW sites.

The mags were all duplicates of ones that I already have, by subscription.

Someone used to make an annual index of the articles in the magazine.

I think that quite a few of the subscribers hang on to their copies for some time - I have mine for 4 or 5 years I think.

Now I just have to find a home for the extras.

Good wishes to you and yours.

o j

Other than that I go through Amazon's used book sellers.

I typically do my holiday shopping at border's (especially for kids) and since Border's came up with the rewards program a while back, it's been very "rewarding". If you sign up for their email, they will send you coupons (a lot during holiday season). There are a lot of coupons out there on the net too. Every time you spend $50/per month, you get an additional 10% off personal shopping day (which you can combine with coupons). Plus, they used to bank 5% off your purchases for the holiday spree (now they issue a $5 credit once you accure it.) Last Nov-Dec, I made a number of trips to Border's, a saved a ton between personal shopping days, coupons and such.

But, ebay is still my #1 spot for books. Border's is mainly for gifts.

The author probably put 6 months, to a year, maybe more into writing that book. They ONLY make money the first time the book is sold. I always buy books new for that reason--when you buy secondhand, the author gets nothing, the resaler gets it all. I just feel that the kind of work that goes into a book needs to be rewarded.

That's just one person's opinion--not saying anyone else should follow my lead. Just one of my own personal foibles.

I recently ordered some books though an amazon marketplace seller. All books were new and arrived promptly in perfect condition, and I paid prices like £7 for a book which amazon are selling for over £25. I'm happy with that. The books also arrived with a company branded book mark that gave me their web site address, where it turns out the books I just bought are also being sold for just a few £ less than amazon. The same company are selling that book on amazon marketplace for £7 and on their web site for £23.

I have found this time and time again, both from personal shopping experiences and research through my work, a large number of book sellers are selling the same books in different places for very different prices. They know that in competitive markets like amazon and eBay the way to make sales is to undercut the competition, while in stores and custom web sites where the competition are a little further away, they can sell for much more.

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Also, don't forget about selling your books there and using the money to buy more books.

We have a local thrift store that has terrific books. Usually they are $.79 for paperbacks, but several times a year they sell them half of that price. I can never resist books.

When purchasing my books I usually buy second hand as many of the books I'm looking for are no longer in print. When I find a new book that I want, then I will go to my locally owned bookstore and get it. If they need to order it in then that is fine as well.

I like to have a book in my hands when I'm deciding if I really want this book. It makes me face up to the fact that I have to purge about 300 of them. :-(.... *sob*