On Tuesday 06 August 2002 11:21, David O'Callaghan wrote:
> What are your recommendations for buying books (technical and
> otherwise) online, from Irish or European sellers. Is there
> anywhere that has as good a selection as, say, Amazon but
> deals in Euro?
In the reverse, I can encourage you to not try using the Easons online
ordering system. After waiting a month, I wrote them only to find that some
books were out of stock (not indicated on the website when I was ordering),
some out of print (also not indicated), and one would actually show up via
regular post---in a week's time. For one book that I was told was out of
stock, I found that the store on O'Connell Street did in fact have two copies
of it on their shelf. I just bought it there and asked for it to me part of
everything that I was cancelling.
I'm really interested in what places in Ireland people have found are able to
do a reasonable job with online ordering. Amazon has been attacked for
overtaking the local bookstore owner, yet I'm finding a lot of local
bookstores have a lot of trouble executing the online sales model.
B
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