Sunday, July 12, 2009

Better research this time.

Alright, so the last time I ordered books online, it ended up being a total shipping costs disaster from Amazon UK. Apparently it's at it's worst now as I've got a friend who orders books a lot from overseas (mostly Amazon) and she noted that the shipping costs have risen a lot recently even though the UK and American dollar has gone down.
So, I've decided I'm going to put a lot more thought into ordering a book this time. Here's my research on Political Philosophy by Adam Swift (2nd Edition) in paperback at all the online bookstores I would order from.
*all prices are in AUD
Amazon UK - $48.25 incl. shipping
Book Depository (UK) - $30 and free shipping
Angus & Robertson (Australia) - $56.95 not incl. shipping
Fishpond (Australia) - $37.21 not incl. shipping
BetterWorldBooks (USA) - No stock
Gleebooks (Australia) - $40.95 not incl. shipping
Readings (Australia) - No stock

The Book Depository is pretty cool, they have free worldwide shipping so there's a greater range of books for UK prices which is a lot cheaper than the RRP in Australia. I might just end up ordering from them. BTW can you believe that Angus & Robertson sell this paperback for $60 freaking dollars (when the postage is added). Honestly, it's absolutely ludicrous.

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