Bargain Shopping Online

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 381.10285467
EAN: 9780071358941
ISBN: 0071358943
Label: Mcgraw-Hill
Manufacturer: Mcgraw-Hill
Number Of Pages: 357
Publication Date: 1999-10-21
Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill
Studio: Mcgraw-Hill

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Bargain-Shopping Online is the only thing you need to ensure a little money stays in the bank this holiday season. It's no longer necessary to spend hours in department stores drifting through thousands of racks of clothing, shoes, houseware items, etc, because this book contains over 1,500 of the best places to bargain-shop on the Web. Written by an expert on the Internet who can provide the details on the retails, the book consists of hundreds of entries of the best places to find the best deals on everything from apparel to jewelry, to garden supplies and housewares. The book points you in the direction of the most valuable money-saving web sites - and rates the delivery costs and ease of navigation! And just as valuable are it's ratings of virtual storefronts, this book directs you to the "bargain basement" of online auctions. Plus, this handy guide comes in a very unique and resourceful format: The trim size is very similar to that of Zagat's, with easy thumb references along the outer margins, and fun icons that reflect the expense of delivery costs and the quality of navigation. Organized to a Macy's or Bloomingdale's, with large general categories ultimately separated into several specific areas of merchandise. There are 13 broad categories: Apparel, Baby Stuff, Books, Computers, Electronics, Entertainment, Food and Drink, Games and Toys, Health and Beauty, Hobbies and Collectibles, Home and Garden, Music and Video, Sports and Fitness. Plus two appendices about General Auction Sites and Discount Stores on the Web.

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Summary: Outdated and Immature Internet Site Recommendations
Comment: Published in 2000, this booklet is already, alas, outdated. For example, out of 15 searches, 2 sites were "unavailable" ...4 were out of business... several had pages "in process"... one was too pale to read... some were impossible to navigate or didn't know how to respond "this product is unavailable."

In short, out of 15 sites, only one recommendation was "professional." (yahoo.com)

Some excellent sites were missing, like ewolfs for antiques.

There is no index and many entries are simply repeated under different headings, so in fact there are fewer than 1600 recommended sites.

Sorry, Ms. Welsh and McGraw-Hill! I know you worked on this for a long time... maybe you can publish another (indexed)edition when internet businesses stabilize.

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