I doubt that’s how presents work

[elusivek]

My Dad has this what we call his "Pastry Bible" in German that he has been using every Christmas over the years. Last year, just when Christmas was over, he suddenly said he wanted to get the English version of the same book. He knows it exists because a colleague of his has it.

Being the nice daughter that I am, I did a search for him and voila! I found it. Pity these are 1978 (German) and 1979 (English) books, so I couldn't source a brand new one and had to get second hands. Did a lot of sifting through as some sellers won't ship to Asia, and some listings stated the book had obvious wear-and-tear marks.

Found one that costed around USD$7, but shipping was USD$20. That's why I hate buying books online. Anyway. Placed the order, received it today. Went to Dad to get my money back and he says "ah, your Birthday Present! It's for you!"

WTF!!?!?!?!????????

That's not how presents work LOL! You still need to pay me back, Dad! LOL. It's not even a book I wanted, and won't be using LOL.

Aaaaand when I looked inside the book, the original price was like 5GBP, so it was less than USD$7??? Aren't second hand books supposed to sell cheaper? Or maybe this one is an out-of-print thing? Whatever.

Had a good laugh, had to share this laugh ;-)

Comments

[magic-treehouse.livejournal.com]

That's hilarious. Second hand books can be quite expensive. It's probably out of print.

[kurikuribebi]

You don't use the Book Depository for books?

[notte0.livejournal.com]

I didn’t know about it but now I know! Thank you for telling me :-)
I need to snoop a bit more on that website to find out more.

[kurikuribebi]

Oooh, I figured it was common knowledge amongst bookworms, as when I first heard about it, everyone acted like I was under a rock! lol

It's a good site, constantly getting new material. And the shipping is ridiculously fast.

[hermitsmurf.livejournal.com]

that is totally something my dad would do..lol.

[blastofserenity.livejournal.com]

Second hand books can be more expensive if they're out of print and depending on what edition/printing they are.