So Borders sends me a 40% off coupon....

[alfreda89]

And I check, and the anime series I want is now in one box for Season One, and the coupon brings it down to ~$36.00 for nine disks/39 episodes, a steal. Free shipping, but it will take two weeks or so, which is the swap for that free shipping biz.

I contemplate going to take it off my Amazon list, where it is in five parts+ and three times the price, and add the other if I can't bring myself to spend the money, and find that the nine disk set is also on Amazon now, and its current price is $41.99. Free shipping. I do Amazon -- not constantly, but I do buy from them every few months, and not just books. Jazz CDs are big right now. Borders, I buy from locally -- when I can. They usually don't have the anime I want, and lately they haven't had the books I want.

So...don't want Borders to go under, buy from Borders? Wait and get later -- but Amazon may have dropped the price to compete with a big Borders coupon that did not exclude anime, and the price may pop back up in the $60+ range. Amazon shipping has been reliable....

I need to work...the coupon is good through tomorrow....

*Sigh.* Decisions.

Comments

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

yeah, I have the coupon too, and debating if I want to leave the house to use it.

[lillian13.livejournal.com]

Just to make your life harder, check www.deepdiscount.com....

;-)

Yes --

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

You are evil!

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Huh...my browser says it don't exist. Lazy browser....

[apricot-tree.livejournal.com]

I've been getting coupons from them. But when I go - just like you it sounds - they don't have what I want. Last time I tried I wasn't looking for anything obscure. Just the hot new SF paperback. They didn't even have that. I hate to see them go under, but they've stopped carrying what I need.

[incandragon.livejournal.com]

So, what anime is your current target?

I like all bookstores, each for it's own charms. Buy where cheapest, or most convenient, or the one that lets you bring in your dog when she's in the car ... it's all good.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking I'll get The Story of Saiunkoku. Sticking with my demand of good plot, characters and artwork. I'm also flitting around with bookstores -- I try to buy new so artists are getting something, but there is no doubt that the profit margin is changing radically.

But as long as some people can and do buy at close to retail, the current system will hold.

Will we see you soon?