Who? Me? Apologize to a corporate monster?

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Yes. I distrust corporations on principle, but when you have to, you have to. Yesterday I addressed readers to an Amazon-baiting cartoon - just because I found it excruciatingly funny. Today I got the last of a lot of six rare books I had ordered from Amazon two or three weeks ago, and which I did not expect until April. All the books have been delivered in better than expected condition, well ahead of time, to my complete satisfaction. A corporation that does exactly what it was asked to do. Of course the six books cost me a small fortune, but I don't regret it in the least. So, no, I don't really believe that Amazon are the kind of people who leave horse heads in your bed.

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I know! Some bookshop in Australia sent me a first edition of Mary Renault's Charioteer for five quid! Minus dustjacket, but still!

I used to buy from bibliofind.com until about ten years ago, when Amazon bought the platform and network. I was majorly annoyed at the time, but I was wrong - if anything they've made it more efficient. I only go to bookfinder.com or abebooks as a last resort.


I remember when Amazon bought bibliofind.com, about ten years ag from whom I used to buy these things.