Ditto, Chuck! I'll have to agree with your observations! 19 days total from order submission to receipt of book! Ouch....
But I guess I should feel fortunate since the projected shipping arrival dates could have netted me the book anywhere from 12 to 34 from my actual order submission! 34 days....amazing! But the price was right....And I could afford to wait! God knows I'm not lacking around here for a book to read. But still, if I want it fast, Bookpool has always worked for me! Stefan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 7:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Off Topic - Half.com book purchase [7:32234] Based on my first experience with this means of purchasing books, I have the following observations: 1) price is great 2) service / delivery sucks Don't be in a hurry when you use this subsidiary of e-bay. from the postmark to my hands was about a week, but the postmark is two weeks after I placed the order and the order was accepted. you have no choice for shipping. media mail ( "media" is apparently Eskimo for "dog sled via the north pole" ) is the only option. reading the site, I see that comments from other customers are all over the board. about equal good and bad. the bad all revolve around turnaround time. I chose half.com because they claimed to have the book in stock at the time I was ordering. Other places stated no availability. I suspect a part of the problem with the particular book I ordered is that is it is newly released, and the seller ( some small shop in New Jersey ) accepted my bid thinking they could get the book through distribution and found they had to wait for the release. for my money, bookpool is still the way to go. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=32248&t=32234 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
