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Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF.

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On Thu, 06 Oct 2016 18:41:07 +0000, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

> In article <ce7aa876-e2b2-40b3-91ec-13c9a542dae7@googlegroups.com>,
> Peter Trei  <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
>>On Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 1:30:06 PM UTC-4, Gutless Umbrella
>>Carrying Sissy wrote:
>>> ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) wrote in
>>> news:e5nfukF1tm4U1@mid.individual.net:
>>> 
>>> > In article <XnsA699666A071BBtaustingmail@69.16.179.43>, Gutless
>>> > Umbrella Carrying Sissy  <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote in
>>> >>news:8c820b96-9509-40a1-947c-a3a83bcff8c6@googlegroups.com:
>>> >>
>>> >>> If you have Amazon Prime, there's a new service in which you can
>>> >>> get get several hundred free ebooks, including nearly 100 in SF.
>>> >>> 
>>> >>> https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/fd/prime-pr
>>> >>> 
>>> >>> (I note there are free Kindle apps for most platforms)
>>> >>> 
>>> >>It's a real pity there won't be anything in there that I am even
>>> >>remotely intereted in. Certainly not enough to justify the $100/year
>>> >>cost of Prime.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> > IMHO the free shipping is (still) the justification.
>>> 
>>> Only if you're paying more than $100/year on shipping now, which I am
>>> not. A lot of stuff's free shipping anyway, it just takes longer, and
>>> I don't order from Amazon if I'm in a hurry.
>>
>>I may be mis-remembering, but I think Terry lives in LA (Venice
>>Beach???). A big city, anyway.
>>
>>I'm out in north central MA; while there are some retailers nearby,
>>the nearest large shopping districts with a lot of variety are 45 mile
>>drives each way, so we're talking several dollars in gas just to get
>>there and back, as well as 90 minutes in transit. Add that up over a
>>year, even if I do it only once every couple of weeks.
>>
>>Unless I need something *now*, or its something I need to inspect before
>>purchase, free 2nd day shipping makes quite a bit of sense.
>>
>>Being out in the boonies also means that boxes left on my doorstep are
>>safe;
>>I haven't had a theft from there, ever.
>>
>>pt
> 
> Yeah, me either.  Though it does get to be an adventure every time UPS
> lays on a new truck driver as my street layout makes no logical sense
> (partly due to houses being built over one segement of it 50 years ago.)

I live on a street that was split into two segments when an Interstate 
highway was built, back in the 1960s. I occasionally have problems with 
delivery people or taxi drivers being unable to find my house, because 
they aren't aware that there is more of the street on the other side of 
the Interstate.

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Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-10-06 09:35 -0700
  Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-10-06 10:04 -0700
    Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-10-06 10:15 -0700
      Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-10-06 10:28 -0700
    Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2016-10-06 17:28 +0000
      Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-10-06 10:30 -0700
        Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-10-06 10:46 -0700
          Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-10-06 11:09 -0700
            Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2016-10-11 14:01 -0400
              Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-10-11 11:33 -0700
                Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-10-11 11:35 -0700
                Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-10-11 15:35 -0400
                Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-10-11 13:31 -0700
                Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-10-11 21:19 +0000
                Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-10-11 16:15 -0700
                Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. Default User <defaultuserbr@yahoo.com> - 2016-10-12 15:55 -0700
                Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-10-13 01:09 +0000
                Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-10-12 21:37 -0400
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                Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. Default User <defaultuserbr@yahoo.com> - 2016-10-13 07:58 -0700
                Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2016-10-13 02:29 -0500
                Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-10-13 08:43 -0700
                Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) - 2016-10-11 19:39 +0000
                Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2016-10-11 13:11 -0700
                Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2016-10-11 16:47 -0500
                Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) - 2016-10-11 22:34 +0000
                Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2016-10-11 22:49 +0000
                Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-10-11 19:22 -0400
                Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-10-12 03:22 +0000
                Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-10-11 20:36 -0700
                Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. "John F. Eldredge" <john@jfeldredge.com> - 2016-12-08 00:16 +0000
                Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-10-11 21:17 +0000
                Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) - 2016-10-11 22:49 +0000
                Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-10-11 14:54 -0700
              Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-10-11 11:33 -0700
          Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2016-10-06 18:41 +0000
            Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2016-10-06 12:31 -0700
              Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2016-10-06 20:22 +0000
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        Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2016-10-06 18:39 +0000
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  Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-10-06 19:37 +0000
    Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-10-06 13:12 -0700
      Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-10-07 04:49 +0000
        Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-10-07 03:50 -0400
        Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. David Johnston <Davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> - 2016-10-07 01:52 -0600
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    Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-10-06 13:15 -0700
      Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-10-06 13:24 -0700
        Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-10-06 13:39 -0700
          Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-10-07 04:52 +0000
        Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-10-07 04:52 +0000
          Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-10-06 22:09 -0700
            Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-10-07 05:46 +0000
              Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-10-07 09:20 -0700
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        Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-10-06 22:08 -0700
          Re: Amazon Prime members can get free ebooks, including SF. djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-10-07 05:47 +0000
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