12£ is just the book, no shipping included.
Making a X10 markup on something you bought from a charity is infuriating imo
And sorry for finding basic capitalism infuriating.
Do your libraries not have a system to request books from other libraries? Not trying to be a jerk, I just have looked for some obscure things before and sometimes they had to be requested from other libraries.
Lol.
Oh, yes let’s let perfection be the enemy of good.
It’s a rare thing I can’t get from my Library (mostly music and some movies), but anything educational and it’s there.
I regularly check out DVD collections from The Teaching Company of university courses - I’m talking Harvard, Columbia, etc. Currently have History of Western Civilization on deck for ripping. It’s 40 hours of lectures, the DVD collection would cost $1500 on the open market.
It’s one of dozens I’ve ripped for my own use, and converted to MP3 to listen when at gym or in the car.
The picture shows ISBN 9781784708276
I search this to get the title: “Entangled Life - How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures”
I see £, so I’m going to assume it’s the UK. I picked Manchester as a city to search.
I search the book.
Seven 2021 versions, three 2020 versions, and audio book are available.
If the shipping is more than 99p it would have been cheaper for you to buy it new.
https://www.waterstones.com/book/entangled-life/merlin-sheldrake/9781784708276
I can also see multiple options for second hand between £5-£7.
Or as others have said, there’s the library.
It was your choice to pay near original price + shipping for second hand
I’m curious, why are you putting the £ symbol after the number and not before?
