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To: cellhigh who wrote (29685)	12/11/1998 11:10:00 PM
From: getgo234	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 164684

Just returned from Borders Book Store where I bought Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, currently on NYT's best sellers list. Borders discounts best sellers 30%. List price $ 27.95 less 30% discount for cost of $19.60 plus sales tax of $1.18 for total cost of $20.78 The book was gift wrapped for free. I rushed home to see how much I would have saved by buying the same book at AMAZON.COM. Cost of book at AMZN $22.36, shipping $ 3.95 and gift wrapping $2.00 for a total cost of $28.31. I saved $7.31 by shopping at Borders. What am I missing. Why has the world gone bananas over AMZN and other bookstores on the internet. By the way, Borders was paying local high school students $6.00 per hour for gift wrapping. The kids in turn were donating the $ 6.00 to help needy people in the community for the holidays. Comments please on why buying a book from AMZN is such an extraordinary experience.