And the clock starts ticking …
Nov 7th, 2007 by Juha Ylitalo
Today I visited two local bookstores so that I could take a peek on couple travel guides. After checking their prices, I decided that I definately want to check, what those books cost in Amazon. This started chain of events and at the end I placed my first order to amazon.co.uk. Only issue, that I didn’t like in ordering process is that I didn’t get any sort of discount on shipping costs, even though I ordered two books instead of just one.
The books, which I ordered are:
Now we just wait and see, how long it takes for wessexbooksltd.com to deliver those books to Finland.
4 Responses to “And the clock starts ticking …”
Ah, it sounds like you ordered from Amazon’s Marketplace, where third parties can list items for sale (new or used), often at a discount to Amazon’s own prices.
If you want a shipping discount, you have to buy direct from Amazon. Sometimes though the offerings from other merchants listed under their ‘buy new or used’ section are much cheaper…but you have to pay separate postage costs to each merchant.
And of course Amazon makes commission from providing them this marketplace, so they are still making money.
Happy travels! Robert
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