Book buying as masochistic endeavour

[thebitterguy]

Okay. I REALLY want the Morrison New X-Men omnibus. Much more than I thought I did, because it's turned into such a chore to get it. Now, my FNSLCS is selling it for cover (i.e. $120 Canadain). So no. Dragon Lady has promised to sell it to me for less, but a strange quirk of physics has rendered them incapable of having a copy for sale when I'm in the store with money to buy. So, I start looking online.

If I go to Amazon.com, I can get it for
62.99 US. This is actually the best option so far, even if I do get dinged for GST & Customs, which is unlikely given what I've heard. Oh, wait. No free shipping. Fuckberries. Normally, that wouldn't be a problem, except it weight is seven pounds.

While I can get it for$67.14 from Buy.com, they'll also charge me for shipping if I get it there.

Amazon.ca will sell it to me for $100.80, which is NOT a corrrect translation of the US price. However, I'd not have to pay for shipping.

Chapters has the best price, having it for $73.32, also with free shipping. This is, of course, fucking useless as it is out of stock. Thanks a lot, Heather, you whore.

They can also sell it to me for $67.05 used, so I dunno if that's worth it. It depends how 'used' it is, really.

Have I angered the saint of book buying? Am I a bad person?

Comments

[gamera-spinning.livejournal.com]

Normally, that wouldn't be a problem, except it weights seven pounds.

I've seen said volume and even hefted it just to feel the weight. Like Grant Morrison himself, it's ideal for strange thinking and use in hand-to-hand combar.

[thebitterguy]

It's a big 'ol book, true. I think I would leave it next to my copy of FREd just to see what they'd do. Possibly mate.