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Hi All=2C
I used a service like Abebooks a few years back but was worried that wha=
t happened to DW might occur. My solution was to locate and contact by phon=
e the bookstore actually selling the book I was seeking. It was located in =
Hamilton (if memory serves) and they were very helpful=3B offering to send=
the book that day and only receive payment (by personal check) after I had=
received the book and was happy with the purchase. I don't expect this sol=
ution will work for everyone as well as it did for me but at least you are =
dealing with a human being.
All the best.
Fritz McEvoy
Sunrise Valley=2C CB=20
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> Date: Mon=2C 20 Feb 2012 09:49:34 -0500
> From: bckcdb@istar.ca
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Stonewalled=3B barely NatureNs material
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> On 2/20/2012 9:10 AM=2C andy dean wrote:
> > My sentiments also.....I have bought from Abe books many times for
> > years....never had a problem.
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> * ABE books is a listing service=2C not a business. If you had a problem=
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> with one supplier=2C and can't resolve it with the supplier=2C ABE has a =
way=20
> to register a complaint. In our case=2C ABE was the source=2C after a lap=
se=20
> of decades=2C of our copy of 'Triumph of the Darwinian Method=2C' and=20
> several other important books.
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> fred.
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > *From:* Randy Lauff <mailto:randy.lauff@gmail.com>
> > *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
> > *Sent:* Monday=2C February 20=2C 2012 9:33 AM
> > *Subject:* Re: [NatureNS] Stonewalled=3B barely NatureNs material
> >
> > Sorry to hear of the problems=2C Dave. I've ordered from Abe many
> > times=2C and it's been flawless. I even found one of the books I had
> > as a kid /How the Animals get to the Zoo/.
> >
> > Sears=2C on the other hand... oh=2C that's not even close to NatureNS
> > material.
> >
> > Randy
> > _________________________________
> > RF Lauff
> > Way in the boonies of
> > Antigonish County=2C NS.
> >
> >
> > On 18 February 2012 22:17=2C David & Alison Webster
> > <dwebster@glinx.com <mailto:dwebster@glinx.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Dear All=2C Feb 18=2C 2012
> > In a strict sense this is not NatureNS material but I expect
> > many buy books and it does involve predatory behavior. Beware of
> > Abebooks. If your book arrives fine=3B but if it does not arrive
> > then tough. At least that has been my experience.
> >
> > I ordered a fairly expensive second-hand book from Abebooks UK
> > on Nov 14 and the order was sublet to J D Book Corner.
> >
> > When the book had not arrived by Dec 30 I tried to make contact
> > and have written twice (three times if you count today) more
> > requesting a refund but have received only automated replies to
> > the effect that someone will contact me within two days.
> >
> > And applying for a refund on their site=2C without direct contact
> > with a person=2C is like finding a way to untie the Gordian Knot.
> >
> > Too bad Lee Valley (a first-rate company) does not run Abebooks.
> >
> > Yt=2C Dave Webster=2C Kentville
> >
> >
> >
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> fred
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad
> Bishops Mills Natural History Centre - http://pinicola.ca/bmnhc.htm
> Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills - http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm
> Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/
> South Nation Basin Art & Science Book
> http://pinicola.ca/books/SNR_book.htm
> RR#2 Bishops Mills=2C Ontario=2C Canada K0G 1T0
> on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W
> (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/
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Hi All=2C<BR>
 =3B =3B I used =3Ba service like Abebooks a few years back but=
was worried =3Bthat what happened to DW might occur. My solution was t=
o locate and contact by phone the bookstore actually selling the book I was=
seeking. It was located in Hamilton =3B (if memory serves) and they we=
re very helpful=3B offering to send the book that day =3Band only recei=
ve payment (by personal check) after I =3Bhad received the book and was=
happy with the purchase. I don't expect this solution will work for everyo=
ne =3Bas well as it did for me but =3Bat least you are dealing with=
a human being.<BR>
 =3BAll the best.<BR>
 =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B&nb=
sp=3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =
=3B =3B =3B =3B =3B Fritz McEvoy<BR>
 =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B&nb=
sp=3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =
=3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3BSunrise Valley=2C CB =3B<BR>=
 =3B<BR>
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4 -0500<BR>>=3B From: bckcdb@istar.ca<BR>>=3B To: naturens@chebucto.ns.=
ca<BR>>=3B Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Stonewalled=3B barely NatureNs materia=
l<BR>>=3B <BR>>=3B On 2/20/2012 9:10 AM=2C andy dean wrote:<BR>>=3B &=
gt=3B My sentiments also.....I have bought from Abe books many times for<BR=
>>=3B >=3B years....never had a problem.<BR>>=3B <BR>>=3B * ABE boo=
ks is a listing service=2C not a business. If you had a problem <BR>>=3B =
with