EBAY and Astronomy Books

[DRCORTEX]

Hi,

I've been checking out EBAY for a few books lately. I've noted things like "Telescope Design" etc, selling for over $250 a pop, which sounds ridiculous to me.

I even checked with the seller, and yep, that's the price, myself thinking it was a misprint.

Is this really what these inprint books cost!

Ciao
DOC

[renormalised]

Looking for books on Ebay is a waste of time and money....you'll pay through the nose for them.

[DRCORTEX]

I thought as much. Incredible price!

Cheers
DOC

[chrisp9au]

Not always, pays to keep your eye open! ;)

Just recently I managed to pick up a hard cover copy Deep-Sky Companions: The Messier Objects by Stephen James O'Meara's, Cambridge University Press, for US$14.97 plus US$12.97 from eBay seller phoenixfriends (http://myworld.ebay.com.au/phoenixfriends/) which is the Friends of the Phoenix Public Library.

Locally this sells for AU$85.00

As new condition, couldn't be happier!

Cheers :thumbsup:
Chris

[Liz]

its hard to imagine such prices, but even at BookDepository it is still expensive
http://www.bookdepository.com/search?searchTerm=telescope+design&search=%3CSPAN%3E%3CEM%3EFind%26nbs p%3Bbook%3C%2FEM%3E%3C%2FSPAN%3E