While I have a long established reputation as the Consumer From Hell… I think after today’s triumph I shall hence forth also be known as Borys – Queen of the Online Shopping! She lurks in the long grass… the thrifty hunter eyeing off her prey…. waiting for the internets to align…. breathlessly watching the exchange rate… and when the price plummets to acceptable levels… she shops!
borysSNORC™ i got the rest of my books from the MET today
borysSNORC™ i can’t believe I got away with this
borysSNORC™ books were on sale AND I used the 20% Mother’s Day promo
Salaberge woohoo!!
borysSNORC™ i know!!!
borysSNORC™ i expected to get an email saying no international orders
borysSNORC™ i bought $734.62 worth of books for $273.00 incl shipping
Salaberge yay!
Salaberge holy shit!
borysSNORC™ i know!!!
borysSNORC™ and the 40 lbs of books only cost US$32 to ship!!!
Salaberge you are a magician!
borysSNORC™ nah
borysSNORC™ just a chick with a credit card, highspeed broadband and too much time on her hands 🙂
Today I feel like the winner of the internets!!! By virtue of having purchased some particularly coveted and weighty tomes from the hallowed shelves of that most venerated of retail temples that is the Metropolitan Museum Online Gift Shop. And all for a fraction of their original recommended retail price!!! (can you see the ‘cat that ate the canary’ grin from there?)
I received an email about three weeks ago advertising an impending book sale at the Met. Naturally I HAD to check it out and was pleasantly surprised to see a couple of books I had been eyeing off for literally years (for which I could never justify paying the steep price and hefty postage) had come on sale. Not just a pretend piss-ant mark down… no…. two books I’d been wanting for ages were down from US$65.00 to a wee US$8.00 each and another from US$125.00 to a mere US$40.00!!! In total I sent through an order that would have been US$543.00 (AU$734.627) at full price but ended up costing me only AU$273.00…. AND that included the shipping!
MEDIEVAL TAPESTRIES IN MMA (HC) originally $125.00 down to $40.00
PRAGUE:THE CROWN OF BOHEMIA 1347 – 1437 (HC) originally $65.00 down to $8.00
MIRROR OF THE MEDIEVAL WORLD – UNPUBLISHED TREASURES (HC) originally $65.00 down to $8.00
ENAMELS OF LIMOGES 1100 – 1350 (HC) originally $65.00 down to $8.00 *
(I went back to try and get another copy of this amazing book… but the MET had sold out and then I found it on Amazon.co.uk new for as much as £230.00!!!)
PAINTING & ILLUMINATION IN EARLY RENAISSANCE FLORENCE (PB) originally $45.00 down to $15.96
UNICORN TAPESTRIES AT THE MMA (PB) originally $24.95 down to $19.95
FROM VAN EYCK TO BRUEGEL – NETHERLANDISH PAINTING (HC) originally $65.00 down to $40.00
RENAISSANCE IN THE NORTH (HC) originally $24.95 down to $9.95
and a couple of little exhibition catalogues –
MMA ARMS AND ARMOR COLLECTION (PB) originally $14.95 down to $4.00
FIREWORKS! FOUR CENTURIES OF PYROTECHNICS (HC) originally $14.95 down to $4.00
Today I’m a happy little vegemite with lots and lots to read!
That looks like a fabulous collection, Robyn! Congratulations on your savvy purchasing!!