Mostly: Classical

[Sexton O Blake]

Amazon v. Indigo

I recently purchased books at Amazon. Almost all books were discounted whereas at Indigo they are not.

The "Orders over $39 - Free Shipping" is great value if you can actually wait about a week. They say this method adds "1-3days" before shipping. Then another 2-4 days after that. Yet I ordered in on a Thursday and got it on a Wednesday. So I believe it is sort of a "don't want to wait that long so I will pay for shipping" - that would have cost me (I ordered 4 books) about $12 extra for "2-4days" (ie they don't delay it 1-3 days) -- but as I stated I got it in less than a week for free so it is all a scam.

The other negative with the $39 - if they say on the site "will take 6-8days" to get the book - then you have to WAIT that long for all the books. Anyways, if I really want a book fast I will go to the bookstore.

Anyways a good experience --- esp when Indigo cannot even compete on price in most cases.

The whole book market is a scam and everyone has to watch. You can do a search for a book and easily see the "3rd Edition". Meanwhile, the 6th is out and cheaper than the 3rd. But you have to "scroll down" or click the author to see all "books".

And for those Canucks like us --- whenever you are "browsing" do it on AMAZON.COM instead. They have the "look inside" feature - you can see the TOC / Index and a few pages of the book. Why they don't link that to the Canuck side is way beyond me.

Found the searching was brutal too -- if you type in something stupid and get NOTHING at that point you can go for advanced search. Why they don't offer advanced search from the get go is beyond me as well.

Check this out:
http://www.amazon.ca/help/searching

Click on POWER SEARCH and you will see more info. Then you can ZOOM in to what you want.

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Blakicus