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Postby chris.ph » Thu Aug 11, 2011 6:37 pm

does anybody on here know of anygood 2nd hand book sites other than the norm of ebay, amazon and abebooks
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Postby Sjoerd3000 » Thu Aug 11, 2011 6:54 pm

I sometimes use http://www.boekwinkeltjes.nl/ But that's a Dutch site I'm afraid :P
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Postby pip » Thu Aug 11, 2011 7:01 pm

Chris. Try awesome books. They are brilliant. I got loads from them. They do new and second hand and the second hand stuff is crazy cheap.
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Postby chris.ph » Thu Aug 11, 2011 7:04 pm

cheers both :D
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Postby Tonyblack » Thu Aug 11, 2011 7:05 pm

:lol: Has your missus told you that you can't go to the usual sites anymore? :lol:
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Postby meerkat » Thu Aug 11, 2011 7:10 pm

pip wrote:Chris. Try awesome books. They are brilliant. I got loads from them. They do new and second hand and the second hand stuff is crazy cheap.


Awesomes Author of the Month is Terry Pratchett!

How do they do the hardbacks for that price? :shock:
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Postby Tonyblack » Thu Aug 11, 2011 7:12 pm

How much do they charge for P+P?
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Postby meerkat » Thu Aug 11, 2011 7:20 pm

Free uk delivery!
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Postby pip » Thu Aug 11, 2011 7:47 pm

Free delivery to all of europe if you buy two or more books :D
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Postby Sjoerd3000 » Thu Aug 11, 2011 7:58 pm

Great! :D
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Postby chris.ph » Fri Aug 12, 2011 5:40 pm

im trying to find the diaries im missing, but im not going to pay over a tenner for any of them. some of them are taking the michael trying to charge 80quid
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Postby pip » Fri Aug 12, 2011 6:15 pm

I cleared awesome out of the diaries . I got three off them :D
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Postby Tiffany » Fri Aug 12, 2011 6:24 pm

The best place for second hand books are car boot sales, failing that charity shops.
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Postby chris.ph » Fri Aug 12, 2011 6:44 pm

thats the point tiff im always blinkin working so i dont get time to go carbooting at the moment :(
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Postby WannabeAngua » Fri Aug 12, 2011 8:42 pm

I use Alibris.uk.
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