Ron Paul - End the Fed (Hardcover) - $13.19 @ Amazon *in stock*

[totalnoob]

Looks like Amazon is offering a nice discount on Ron Paul's new book, just released 8/27. Retail price is $21.99. I don't know if this is a price mistake or not but it seems hot to me. 😉

Link!

Product Description
In the post-meltdown world, it is irresponsible, ineffective, and ultimately useless to have a serious economic debate without considering and challenging the role of the Federal Reserve.

Most people think of the Fed as an indispensable institution without which the country's economy could not properly function. But in END THE FED, Ron Paul draws on American history, economics, and fascinating stories from his own long political life to argue that the Fed is both corrupt and unconstitutional. It is inflating currency today at nearly a Weimar or Zimbabwe level, a practice that threatens to put us into an inflationary depression where $100 bills are worthless. What most people don't realize is that the Fed -- created by the Morgans and Rockefellers at a private club off the coast of Georgia -- is actually working against their own personal interests. Congressman Paul's urgent appeal to all citizens and officials tells us where we went wrong and what we need to do fix America's economic policy for future generations.

Product Details

* Hardcover: 224 pages
* Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (September 16, 2009)


P.S. Let's keep the politics out of this thread please. If you agree with Dr. Paul and and think this is information people need to know, buy a few copies and pass them out to friends. If not, close your eyes and move on to the next post. 🙂

 

[Stoneburner]

The encouragement for Ron Paul Stans to buy extra copies and hand them out politicizes this thread. And the pricing on this is no different than other books at amazon.

Objectively speaking, paying $13.19 for 224 pages it not a hot deal. Just as we measure hard drives in costs per gigabyte, we should measure book value in price per page.

 

[totalnoob]

Originally posted by: Stoneburner
Just as we measure hard drives in costs per gigabyte, we should measure book value in price per page.

zomg, you actually believe that? You think an utter crap book that has 2000 pages should be more expensive than a masterpiece at 400 pages? I'm not saying that this book is a masterpiece (nobody has read it, obviously)..but that seems a crazy way to value something. It's like pricing a movie based on the number of minutes it lasts, rather than the quality of the acting or the supply/demand for it.

 

[KlokWyze]

Originally posted by: totalnoob

Originally posted by: Stoneburner
Just as we measure hard drives in costs per gigabyte, we should measure book value in price per page.

zomg, you actually believe that? You think an utter crap book that has 2000 pages should be more expensive than a masterpiece at 400 pages? I'm not saying that this book is a masterpiece (nobody has read it, obviously)..but that seems a crazy way to value something. It's like pricing a movie based on the number of minutes it lasts, rather than the quality of the acting or the supply/demand for it.

Good point.

Still doesn't seem like a "hot deal" though. 🙂

 

[Stoneburner]

Originally posted by: totalnoob

Originally posted by: Stoneburner
Just as we measure hard drives in costs per gigabyte, we should measure book value in price per page.

zomg, you actually believe that? You think an utter crap book that has 2000 pages should be more expensive than a masterpiece at 400 pages? I'm not saying that this book is a masterpiece (nobody has read it, obviously)..but that seems a crazy way to value something. It's like pricing a movie based on the number of minutes it lasts, rather than the quality of the acting or the supply/demand for it.

I'm joking of course, but I still don't see this as a hotter deal than any other book at amazon.

Compare it to this book

http://www.amazon.com/Gardens-...&qid=1251160943&sr=8-1

That is a bigger book, one of the greatest fantasy novels ever written, and it's cheaper.

 

[Slick5150]

Yeah, you could pick any book on Amazon and it would be "on sale". MSRP on books is ridiculous and nobody sells them for that (unless you're at the airport or something). I suspect this thread has more to do with spamming Ron Paul's fantasy world.

 

[totalnoob]

New books are rarely on sale for 40% off. Paperbacks, maybe..but I've never seen a hardback release for any more than 15% off on day one. Chill buddy...and it's not a fantasy world..It's a reality that many are waking up to. 😉

 

[Schmide]

Originally posted by: totalnoob
P.S. Let's keep the politics out of this thread please. If you agree with Dr. Paul and and think this is information people need to know, buy a few copies and pass them out to friends. If not, close your eyes and move on to the next post. 🙂

WTF this is all about politics. It should read please keep non Ron Paul politics out of this thread. I call hypocrite.

 

[Stoneburner]

Originally posted by: totalnoob
New books are rarely on sale for 40% off. Paperbacks, maybe..but I've never seen a hardback release for any more than 15% off on day one. Chill buddy...and it's not a fantasy world..It's a reality that many are waking up to. 😉

Hey look, I took 1 minute to look at new books on amazon and look what I found 🙂

http://www.amazon.com/gp/produ...8686291&pf_rd_i=283155

32 percent off on a new hard cover!

To hell with being subtle about this: Don't cover up YOUR politicizing this thread (by making it) with made up facts.

EDIT:

New Dan Brown book 46 percent off!

http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Sym...nr_b_1?ie=UTF8&s=books

 

[JoshGuru7]

Whether this is a hot deal or not has nothing to do with other books and everything to do with if you can buy this same book from other places for the same price (or cheaper). The new Dan Brown book is not a substitute for this book, whatever your political leanings, and page count is a very silly metric to bring up.

This book is $16 at B&N, $13 at Buy.com, and $14 at Walmart. Amazon's price isn't a hot deal, but it might be lukewarm if you already have amazon prime and were looking to pick this book up anyways.

 

[Stoneburner]

Originally posted by: JoshGuru7
Whether this is a hot deal or not has nothing to do with other books and everything to do with if you can buy this same book from other places for the same price (or cheaper). The new Dan Brown book is not a substitute for this book, whatever your political leanings, and page count is a very silly metric to bring up.

This book is $16 at B&N, $13 at Buy.com, and $14 at Walmart. Amazon's price isn't a hot deal, but it might be lukewarm if you already have amazon prime and were looking to pick this book up anyways.

The problem lies here: Why is this book being singled out for a hot deal? Implicit in the creation of this thread is the belief that the book has greater value than any other book. Otherwise, one can post a link to amazon generally and say "Hey, you can find almost any book cheaper here than at B&N and Borders!"

 

[hans007]

well i bought one, it wasnt bad, and i wanted another book so this made it over $25. $13 for an actual hard cover book isn't terrible at all.

 

[BladeVenom]

Originally posted by: Stoneburner

The problem lies here: Why is this book being singled out for a hot deal? Implicit in the creation of this thread is the belief that the book has greater value than any other book. Otherwise, one can post a link to amazon generally and say "Hey, you can find almost any book cheaper here than at B&N and Borders!"

Hey, trollboy. No thread crapping. If you don't like it, shut up and move on.

 

[allisolm]

BladeVenom is completely correct. If you don't like this deal - move on. Do not post about the politics of the author or your opinions of his politics. I have removed enough posts from here.

Sr Moderator allisolm

 

[Monotaur]

Thanks OP! I've been waiting for this one, glad to see it is now available for pre-order.

 

[Mermaidman]

$13.19 in worthless US$? That's like . . . free!

BTW, new hardbacks are usually sold at a hefty discount.

 

[mAdMaLuDaWg]

Originally posted by: Stoneburner

Originally posted by: JoshGuru7
Whether this is a hot deal or not has nothing to do with other books and everything to do with if you can buy this same book from other places for the same price (or cheaper). The new Dan Brown book is not a substitute for this book, whatever your political leanings, and page count is a very silly metric to bring up.

This book is $16 at B&N, $13 at Buy.com, and $14 at Walmart. Amazon's price isn't a hot deal, but it might be lukewarm if you already have amazon prime and were looking to pick this book up anyways.

The problem lies here: Why is this book being singled out for a hot deal? Implicit in the creation of this thread is the belief that the book has greater value than any other book. Otherwise, one can post a link to amazon generally and say "Hey, you can find almost any book cheaper here than at B&N and Borders!"

Going by that logic, why is any deal being singled out. Clearly, some deals are more valuable to some than others. Just because you don't find it a hot deal, doesn't mean others won't.

Now if you say that the price for the book is comparable to other e-tailers, you have a point. But asking why this book is being singled out is a bit silly

 

[Stoneburner]

Originally posted by: mAdMaLuDaWg

Originally posted by: Stoneburner

Originally posted by: JoshGuru7
Whether this is a hot deal or not has nothing to do with other books and everything to do with if you can buy this same book from other places for the same price (or cheaper). The new Dan Brown book is not a substitute for this book, whatever your political leanings, and page count is a very silly metric to bring up.

This book is $16 at B&N, $13 at Buy.com, and $14 at Walmart. Amazon's price isn't a hot deal, but it might be lukewarm if you already have amazon prime and were looking to pick this book up anyways.

The problem lies here: Why is this book being singled out for a hot deal? Implicit in the creation of this thread is the belief that the book has greater value than any other book. Otherwise, one can post a link to amazon generally and say "Hey, you can find almost any book cheaper here than at B&N and Borders!"

Going by that logic, why is any deal being singled out. Clearly, some deals are more valuable to some than others. Just because you don't find it a hot deal, doesn't mean others won't.

Now if you say that the price for the book is comparable to other e-tailers, you have a point. But asking why this book is being singled out is a bit silly

This is a tech website. Objectively speaking we all know that a 4890 going for $120 is a HOT DEAL.

A book going for the same price as other books? Figure it out.

 

[totalnoob]

*update* Book is IN STOCK! Looks like they released it two weeks early. 😀

 

[gft]

Barnes & Noble has $0.01 cheaper shipping for me, making this book a better deal at bn.com. (Not that I care.) http://search.barnesandnoble.c...asp?r=1&EAN=0446549193

 

[totalnoob]

gotta bump this just one time 😉

 

[Schmide]

That's bullshit. Let this crap die.

Stick to discussing the deal. Do not post needless rude or trivial comments about someone else's posts. Flaming can only hurt someone's feelings. Nuisance posts, such as "In before the lock," "******" or other needless bumps just recycle bad threads and force good ones off the first page of the forum.