In a message dated 2/16/06 11:02:58 AM Central Standard Time,
amps-request@contesting.com writes:
<< I did a search of his store.
I know this isn't amps subject and I apologize.
But I am in the WRONG business.
select price sort by highest. >>
Pricing is one thing, getting the asking price is quite another. Do a search
at abebooks.com. A magnetics book came back priced at about 40 bucks, written
by a different author. There was a two volume set listed for over $1800.00!
Probably this same Ebay guy or maybe his brother-in-law.
Another good source for technical books is powellstechnicalbooks.com or try
Johnsontechnicalbooks.com. BTW, ABEbooks will allow you to establish a
standing want list and they will email you when the book you want gets listed.
I asked the Ebay thief why he was charging too much and I also told him I
would not be doing any business with him because he's obviously trying to screw
people.
I needed a book a while back about doing inductance calculations; I don't
remember the author. There was dome dip stick that wanted over 500.00 for his
stupid book and held firm on his price regardless of my needing it for research
work. I have since seen it for about 40 bucks. I think its the one written by
Curtis. Anyway, I ordered it from the local university library system and took
it over to Kinko's Copy Center and copied the whole bloody book! Fair use
copying, I'm writing a very LOOOoooonnng research paper.
I'm all for paying a reasonable price for something but I'm not going to get
screwed over, copyright or no copyright. The author or publisher either one
are not getting their fair payment either way. And yes what I did was probably
wrong, technically. I did use the material for a research paper, however. Maybe
not as much of it as I copied.
There are a lot of good used technical book dealers out there, willing to
work with you and give you a fair shake in the process.
My best one is Bequert used books in Fitzwilliam New Hampshire. His website
is http://www.beqbooks.com. Frank is the owner and he is a top notch, darned
good guy. THE BEST in customer service. He will even spend time going over the
table of contents to make sure the book is what you want. And yes, you can
return stuff so long as you don't order 12 books and expect to return 9. Order
what you really need.
There is another one that specializes in selling books on old electronics,
telephones, transmitters and stuff. I cannot remember his name because it has
been so long since I got a catalog. I will research that if anyone here is
interested.
The bottom line is that there are lots of book dealers out there without
having to depend on Ebay. I can provide a list if any of you think you would be
interested. BTW, I built my engineering library mainly from ABEbooks.com,
Powellstechnicalbooks.com and Bequest. There is a lot of good stuff out there:-)
Happy hunting :-)
Jeff Glass, BSEE
WB9ETG since 1970
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