Big Blue Book mark-up at Book Stores?
12-21-08, 01:15 AM
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Big Blue Book mark-up at Book Stores?
My friend just called me up to laughingly yell at me for putting such an expensive thing on my Christmas list. She was at Borders and looked up the Big Blue Book of Bike Repair, 2nd Edition, from Park Tool. It was something like $119.00. And out of print! 
I said, "You didn't buy it, did you?" Luckily, she didn't. I told her it was supposed to be around $25. And I reminded her that I had written "local bike shop or JensonUSA" on my Christmas list.
Does $119.00 make ANY sense whatsoever? She swore up and down that it was the exact title, 2nd edition, by Park Tool.
I said, "You didn't buy it, did you?" Luckily, she didn't. I told her it was supposed to be around $25. And I reminded her that I had written "local bike shop or JensonUSA" on my Christmas list.
Does $119.00 make ANY sense whatsoever? She swore up and down that it was the exact title, 2nd edition, by Park Tool.
12-23-08, 10:55 PM
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If you don't mind buying it online, it is listed on Amazon.com:
https://www.amazon.com/Big-Blue-Book-...0094482&sr=1-3
https://www.amazon.com/Big-Blue-Book-...0094482&sr=1-3
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If she won't pay $119 for it from Borders I'll be glad to sell my lightly used copy to you for $118.99... shipping included. 
12-24-08, 11:02 AM
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That was either a tagging mistake by the store, or maybe your friend read the price wrong. It could be that it was the remainders pile (the discount out of print books) and was marked at $11 or $19 and she misread it. Borders wouldn't price a book over its MSRP (which appears to be $24.99).
12-24-08, 11:18 AM
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That was either a tagging mistake by the store, or maybe your friend read the price wrong. It could be that it was the remainders pile (the discount out of print books) and was marked at $11 or $19 and she misread it. Borders wouldn't price a book over its MSRP (which appears to be $24.99).
Big Blue Book of Bike Repair, 2nd edition: $109.99
Big Blue Book of Bike Repair, used: $29.99
Someone screwed something up over there.
Damn. I was really hoping to get that for Christmas, too.
I have a feeling she didn't have time to get it online or find a LBS, so she stopped by a Borders. Stupid Borders.
12-24-08, 11:32 AM
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I happened to be at my local Borders (different from the one she went to) and I looked it up on their computer just for the hell of it.
Big Blue Book of Bike Repair, 2nd edition: $109.99
Big Blue Book of Bike Repair, used: $29.99
Someone screwed something up over there.
Damn. I was really hoping to get that for Christmas, too.
I have a feeling she didn't have time to get it online or find a LBS, so she stopped by a Borders. Stupid Borders.
Big Blue Book of Bike Repair, 2nd edition: $109.99
Big Blue Book of Bike Repair, used: $29.99
Someone screwed something up over there.
Damn. I was really hoping to get that for Christmas, too.
I have a feeling she didn't have time to get it online or find a LBS, so she stopped by a Borders. Stupid Borders.
Yikes, clearly a pricing mistake on their part.
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hmm... just got my new one from aebike for $12.99 w/free shipping
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There is a Teaching Edition of the Big Blue of Bike Repair that retails for $109.99
