[TheForge] How to Work Sheet Metal

Fri Aug 23 22:26:01 2002

One possible reason for the $380 price would be if they were quoting the price
for the original, two-volume, large format copies, while the lower priced ones
are reprints, and combine the two volumes into a single book.
I've seen both the original volumes and the reprints for higher prices than
those.
Not that I'm making apologies for Amazon, but it MAY be possible we're talking
apples and oranges (unless, of course, you checked).

Bob

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Generally, I don't recommend buying out of print books from
Amazon because they really do a number on you.  A little over a
year ago I had them check on getting a copy of Sonn's Early
American Wrought Iron knowing it was out of print and there were
copies (at the time) available on the internet for around $80-$90.
They quoted me a price of $380 from one of their "affiliates."  Even
on this Dyer book there is a copy available that I just checked on
that was listed on Amazon for $88 something so I called the seller
and the quoted me around $39.  It's still caveat emptor out there in
the book world!  Must say though on new books Amazon can have
some very good prices.  Sorry this is so long.

Norm Larson