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Old 10-12-2007, 03:57 PM
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I found two different books, with same title on BN and Amazon. 9780967044200 and 0963172662 are the two ISBN #'s. One is $75 and one is $25. BIG difference. They have different covers but both are The Used 911 Story. Can anyone tell me which to buy?
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I would get the cheaper one. It's a newer edition and it's cheaper. Not to sure what the difference is. Maybe Pete(the author) knows, he is a regular poster on this board.
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Seventy-five bucks!?! It's not worth that much! I'll have to check that out later, the book that you want is the "8th Edition," and thank you!
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That just cracks me up .... the author of his own book gets on and says it's not worth that much ... I would say it is but that just gives me a great laugh for a Friday afternoon ...

have a great weekend guys ..
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Originally Posted by Peter Zimmermann
Seventy-five bucks!?! It's not worth that much! I'll have to check that out later, the book that you want is the "8th Edition," and thank you!
Hi,
on the amazon.de marketplace the cheapest one is about 157$ - used!
Old 10-12-2007, 07:27 PM
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Rats! I knew that I should have kept a few of each edition!

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Originally Posted by theiceman
That just cracks me up .... the author of his own book gets on and says it's not worth that much ...
he probably wont mind me telling you that he told me the same thing on a PM when i was trying to track copies in europe
when i get to the end i'll let you know if he was way off.
so far it's top (i'm up to 1968)
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Thanks everyone, especially you, Pete, for the honest advice. I understand it is a must read so I will order it tonite (the $25 one of course!!).
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I had the same problem when I was searching out Pete's book. Again and again, I came up with these 75 buck editions, and I nearly had one ordered, when I just fluked out and some how stumbled across the new edition, and experienced reverse sticker shock!

Too bad Pete, but tell you what - - plan ahead. Buy up 500 copies of edition 8, and crank out a 9th.

By the way, that book was a great value in helping me buying my 81 SC in August.

Happy trails,

Brent
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Originally Posted by WitchDoctor
Too bad Pete, but tell you what - - plan ahead. Buy up 500 copies of edition 8, and crank out a 9th.
It's what every university publisher does. Create lots of new editions so students have to buy the new ones and can't buy a used one. Grrrrr.......



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