Please Explain or Is There an Economist in the House?

[Carl Clifford <>]

Andrew,

I was comparing the same edition and binding, without postage.

The Book Depository price for the new edition is very good,  
particularly with postage included. NHBS are quoting GBP 27.50 plus  
GBP 6 for postage, equal to about AUD 52.00. I think I will be buying  
from the Book Depository when the time comes for me to go to Sri  
Lanka, one-day.
Cheers,

Carl Clifford


On 28/12/2010, at 1:26 PM, Andrew Hobbs wrote:

Are you comparing the same volumes and with or without postage.

Looking at the Book Depository (from which I have obtained a number of  
books, not easily obtainable in Australia), there are three versions  
available.
An edition published in 1999. for $71.55
A paperback edition to be published 27th January 2011 for $37.89
A hardback edition to be published 27th January 2011 for $75.39

All prices include postage to Australia. This could explain at least  
part of the variation you have seen.
Cheers

Andrew

On 28/12/2010 9:28 AM, Carl Clifford wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I have just been chasing up Harrison's "Field Guide to the Birds of  
> Sri Lanka" for someone else and have been mind-boggled at the  
> difference in prices. The publisher, Oxford University Press, lists  
> it for AUD 160, AbeBooks, from around AUD 75 up and a bookshop in  
> Sri Lanka, around AUD 17.
> I wonder if any one on the list can explain this price discrepancy,  
> apart from the fact that we always seem to be hammered on prices in  
> Australia), I would be mightily obliged.
> Cheers,
>
> Carl Clifford
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