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'A Parish Far from Home' only £1499 on Amazon

  • 21-08-2011 9:24pm
    #1
    CourierCollie
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    We've had our fun..

    .. Closed!


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  • #2
    Kristopherus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,907 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    Are you taking the pi*ss? Surely a typo from Amazon and definitely NOT a BA


  • #3
    KevIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,691 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    Seeing as this is bargain alerts. Surely this link is more apt

    http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Parish-Far-from-Home-Philip-OConnor/9780717150182

    Only €1292.90 here.


  • #4
    Kenny Logins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,060 ✭✭✭Kenny Logins


    CourierCollie wrote: »
    Looking forward to this potentially wonderful book. Though for €1718 I'd really expect it to be in hardback:)

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Parish-Far-Home-Philip-OConnor/dp/0717150186/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1313958780&sr=8-1

    Thanks, just ordered two.
    KevIRL wrote: »
    Seeing as this is bargain alerts. Surely this link is more apt

    http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Parish-Far-from-Home-Philip-OConnor/9780717150182

    Only €1292.90 here.

    :mad:


  • #5
    CourierCollie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 663 ✭✭✭CourierCollie


    Apparently there is a foreword by our next president Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh. Difficult to put a monetary value on that kind of thing. 'Priceless' comes to mind. http://www.aparishfarfromhome.com/


  • #6
    El Horseboxo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,341 ✭✭✭El Horseboxo


    Why does this book cost over a grand? For 256 pages?


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  • #7
    Kenny Logins
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    El Horseboxo wrote: »
    Why does this book cost over a grand? For 256 pages?

    How many pages should it have?


  • #8
    sparks24
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 260 ✭✭sparks24


    Is this book dipped in LSD?


  • #9
    Completionist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,115 ✭✭✭Completionist


    Whats the catch? Surely with a book being this cheap there would have to be some sort of hidden charge...


  • #10
    El Horseboxo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,341 ✭✭✭El Horseboxo


    Kenny Logins wrote: »
    How many pages should it have?

    At least 257.


  • #11
    don ramo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,533 ✭✭✭don ramo


    seriously this is a joke right:confused::confused:, is this after hours:confused::confused:,


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  • #12
    Super-Rush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,473 ✭✭✭✭Super-Rush


    You obviously get the parish with the book.


  • #13
    gooch2k9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,648 ✭✭✭gooch2k9


    don ramo wrote: »
    seriously this is a joke right:confused::confused:, is this after hours:confused::confused:,

    Inflation is gonna go through the roof soon ya see...


  • #14
    Soarer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,014 ✭✭✭Soarer


    If it is a misprice, I wonder will Amazon cancel all orders like they would if it was underpriced?


  • #15
    Derek!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,103 ✭✭✭Derek!


    I'm surprised people who have that much money to spend on a book bother lookin in bargain alerts.


  • #16
    PaddyFagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,146 ✭✭✭PaddyFagan


    Soarer wrote: »
    If it is a misprice, I wonder will Amazon cancel all orders like they would if it was underpriced?

    I think the key bit on the amazon page is:
    Pre-order Price Guarantee: order now and if the Amazon.co.uk price decreases between the time you place your order and the release date, you'll be charged the lowest price

    Paddy


  • #17
    oneweb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,177 ✭✭✭oneweb


    Looks like the Book Depository just copied whatever Amazon's price was and reduced it by 25%. Wonder if they do much of that...

    It is what it's.



  • #18
    Deep Thought
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,564 ✭✭✭Deep Thought


    in fairness, "Free Worldwide Shipping":confused:

    The narrower a man’s mind, the broader his statements.



  • #19
    d31b0y
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,028 ✭✭✭d31b0y


    oneweb wrote: »
    Looks like the Book Depository just copied whatever Amazon's price was and reduced it by 25%. Wonder if they do much of that...

    Book depo is owned by Amazon.


  • #20
    Sniipe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,933 ✭✭✭Sniipe


    This should be in After Hours and not in Bargain Alerts.


  • #21
    Antar Bolaeisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,091 ✭✭✭Antar Bolaeisk


    No Kindle edition so I won't be getting it.


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  • #22
    Stink on the inside
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 74 ✭✭Stink on the inside


    This is a great sneaky way to promote a new book


  • #23
    Mezcita
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,328 ✭✭✭Mezcita


    Antar Bolaeisk wrote: »
    No Kindle edition so I won't be getting it.

    Exactly. Bet it would be at least €2000 as well.


  • #24
    Svetti Arss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 383 ✭✭Svetti Arss


    See the reference to Amazon in this article.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14306146


  • #25
    number10a
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,062 ✭✭✭number10a


    d31b0y wrote: »
    Book depo is owned by Amazon.

    No it's not. Book depository also sells on Amazon, but is not owned by it.


  • #26
    oneweb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,177 ✭✭✭oneweb


    Deep Thought wrote: »
    in fairness, "Free Worldwide Shipping":confused:
    Makes perfect sense now... they just absorbed the shipping by private jet into the price !

    It is what it's.



  • #27
    JohnnyBananas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 306 ✭✭JohnnyBananas


    number10a wrote: »
    No it's not. Book depository also sells on Amazon, but is not owned by it.

    Yes it is.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jul/05/amazon-the-book-depository


  • #28
    Nforce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,924 ✭✭✭Nforce


    Makes this one seem positively paperback in comparison :D


  • #29
    whirlpool
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,574 ✭✭✭whirlpool


    I was actually just about to pay €1,750 for this elsewhere, so cheers!


  • #30
    acalmenvoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 885 ✭✭✭acalmenvoy


    No thanx OP, gonna get 15 Touchpads instead.


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  • #31
    funnyname
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,786 ✭✭✭funnyname


    Has this got something to do with the cost of the book?

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14306146


    Million-dollar book

    Algorithms may be cleverer than humans but they don't necessarily have our sense of perspective - a failing that became evident when Amazon's price-setting code went to war with itself earlier this year.

    "The Making of a Fly" - a book about the molecular biology of a fly from egg to fully-fledged insect - may have been a riveting read but it almost certainly didn't deserve a price tag of $23.6m (£14.3m).

    It hit that figure briefly on the site after the algorithms used by Amazon to set and update prices started outbidding each other.


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