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["Greg Mayman" <gmone AT tpg.com.au>]

On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 15:16:16 +0000 (UTC), sindi keesan wrote:

> If you buy through Amazon you have some protection.

I think I'll stick with them in future.

> Can you stop payment on the credit card?

It went through last month. That's one thing they were very quick at.

> I found 2nd edition Running Linux at www.bookware.com.au for $27 (1996).

> It should be considerably cheaper to pay postage and get it used from one
> of the many sellers listed by amazon.com.  For 38 cents or 40 cents plus
> postage you can get the 3rd edition (1999) which is coeval with SW4.0.  I
> learned a lot from 2nd edition.

Yes, that is probably right. I am not familiar with how amazon.com works.

> What is postage from the US?

Postage from one side of Aus to another on a medium sized book is about
$10. I guess from US to Aus might be double that.

> http://yellow.com.au for Greater Adelaide lists several 'Antiquarian
> Books' places, with address and phone number.

I know all of the local ones very well, and several others that they are
in communication with: "Sorry, we don't handle any computer books. They
go out of date too quickly."

> http://ebay.com.au
> Redhat Linux 6.1 $1.99 buy it now and others for Redhat or Fedora.

I have left a request with ebay to email me daily if a copy of Running
comes up.

As you may have guessed by now, I am very new to online buying -- one
purchase from ebay, and this failure from another seller.

Thanks for the advice. I shall indeed be MUCH more careful in future.

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