My local BigW carries Astronomy 2006 for $15.58. I think it is carried nationally by this retailer. If you have yet to purchase a copy, or know of someone who should have one, this is an excellent price for a valuable publication.
Yes, I didn't believe the price when I found it. I contacted our distributor to try and find out how Big W could sell it so cheap. Apparently no special deals were made and it really confirmed what I suspected all along - Big W operate on a small margin / high volume basis (due to Trade Practice laws you can not dictate the selling price, only give a rrp).
I seems I have been right in the past checking Big W's price before buying any DVDs (they always seem to be cheaper). Perhaps I'll start looking more closely at what else they sell.
I'll pay more attention to them when they have Naglers and Pentaxes for under $400 and Panoptics under $300. Paying an extra $10 to buy Astronomy 200? from a small local dealer does not worry me. (Actually I just wait till December and pick it up for free from Bintel. )
I think the more noteworthy point is that a mainstream store like Big W should stock something as out of the mainstream as Astronomy 2006. Well done to whomever decided to put it on the shelves.
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