[Info-vax] What is VMS?

[Bob Eager]

On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:11:49 +0000, ChrisQ wrote:

> On 12/21/11 23:16, Bob Eager wrote:
>> On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:14:47 +0000, ChrisQ wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry to quibble, but do you work for them or something ?. Have heard
>>> several
>>> stories about amazon recently, none of them complementary. Their book
>>> prices
>>> are no bargain anymore and someone else who ordered memory from them
>>> found the
>>> price doubled on receipt.
>>
>> I don't work for them. I buy quite a lot from them (although it's
>> amazon.co.uk). Never bought memory from them; I use Crucial. But I've
>> bought loads of different stuff, and when I have had a problem they've
>> always dealt with it quickly and well.
>>
>> I still find that, in the UK at least, they are usually the cheapest
>> for books.
>>
>> In have occasionally bought stuff that hasn't been immediately avalable
>> (e.g. a pre-order) and I have had the price *reduced* on delivery.
>>
>> My real beef back there is that I don't think it's fair to blame Amazon
>> if a third party is selling something for an inflated price. It happs -
>> as it does, for example, on eBay (now there's a company I really do
>> hate).
>>
>>
> I guess with any large company, there will be the occasional horror
> story, but every time i've looked at amazon recently, I have always
> found a better price
> elsewhere. Different strokes etc - I use ebay all the time and it's the
> first
> place I look for all kinds of things. As for books, have used abe books,
> which
> is a cooperative of booksellers, for years, but hear that they save been
> bought
> out by amazon and bookseller fees have gone through the roof. Yet
> another nice
> little operation, ticking along well, providing value for money
> services, succumbs to the greed of big business.

That's one take on it. Of course, they may have been struggling.

> For reference: http://www.abebooks.com

I've used it for years. And alibris. Generally I've found used books are 
cheaper at Amazon - but that may be a UK/US difference.

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