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Summary: Finally! A book to help with online shopping!
Review: I am so glad that this book is out! It is truly a godsend when trying to shop online. I have avoided shopping online for years for exactly the same reasons that the author had for writing the book! No more confusion and incorrect search results!!! Thank you Ms. Mendelsohn for this carefully thought out and planned book!!!
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Summary: Best Shopping Guide Ever!
Review: I have found over 100 sites I had no idea ever existed. The humor combined with the depth of shopping indexed info makes this book a must have for me. I bought 9 books for my friends. The epicurian section is to die for and the baby section is goo goo gaga. 5 stars is an understatement AAAAAAAAA+
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Summary: What a Dream
Review: i love to shop. i love to shop online. i hate to waste time. i hate to waste time shopping online. The Purple Book helps me shop faster and smarter online. it's a dream and better than that it is a treasure. Shopping online without The Purple Book lets me shop with my cursor without cursing. What Zagats is to eating and Michelin is to europe...The Purple Book is to shopping. I can't wait for the next edition!!
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Summary: What a Dream
Review: i love to shop. i love to shop online. i hate to waste time. i hate to waste time shopping online. The Purple Book helps me shop faster and smarter online. it's a dream and better than that it is a treasure. Shopping online without The Purple Book lets me shop with my cursor without cursing. What Zagats is to eating and Michelin is to europe...The Purple Book is to shopping. I can't wait for the next edition!!
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Summary: Finally, A Guide on Shopping for the new Millenium
Review: It's scary to think shopping can be made a lot easier than it already is. With the internet, now shopping is so easy you can find almost everything in a matter of minutes, depending on how fast your computer loads. Hillary Mendelsohn's book is nothing new, since there has been directories of internet companies before, but she does present it in a manner shoppers are more used to, rather than in technogeek language. Another book worth exploring if you are looking for internet shopping: Stretch Your Dollars by Buying Wholesale. Saving money so that you can buy more is always exceptional, isn't it? My wife thinks so! Thanks to the internet, she now has more stores to shop til her fingers drop.
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Summary: Finally, A Guide on Shopping for the new Millenium
Review: It's scary to think shopping can be made a lot easier than it already is. With the internet, now shopping is so easy you can find almost everything in a matter of minutes, depending on how fast your computer loads. Hillary Mendelsohn's book is nothing new, since there has been directories of internet companies before, but she does present it in a manner shoppers are more used to, rather than in technogeek language. Another book worth exploring if you are looking for internet shopping: Stretch Your Dollars by Buying Wholesale. Saving money so that you can buy more is always exceptional, isn't it? My wife thinks so! Thanks to the internet, she now has more stores to shop til her fingers drop.
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Summary: Judging a book by its cover
Review: The authors have reviewed the website of these companies - not the actually shopping. For most of the sites, they've never made an actual purchase - just walked through the shopping cart. So they write about ease of navigation and cost of shipping, but largely ignore whether they site actually ships promptly and accurately, how they handle defects and mistakes or billing questions. Very disappointing - I can evaluate the sales website for myself. What I need to know - and can't find out without making the purchase - is whether the people at the other end are reliable, helpful and honest. And this book tells me nothing about that.
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Summary: Terrific Resource
Review: The Purplebook is a terrific resource. It saved me time, money and aggravation. The sections were clearly organized, very detailed and extremely easy to use. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Terrific Resource
Review: The Purplebook is a terrific resource. It saved me time, money and aggravation. The sections were clearly organized, very detailed and extremely easy to use. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: great book, awfully familiar
Review: thepurplebook is a great book for those who don't get out to read Cosmo, Glamour,InStyle, YM, W, GQ, Better Homes and Garden and basically any periodical currently printed in the U.S. or abroad. The term "authorship" is so loose these days. Sure the sites are great, if you can find one that works. We all know how website have a tendency to die online. However, I found some real gems. Thanks InStyle! It's really too difficult to decipher (and the print is too small) for the elderly. And the gen-exers like myself, really don't have the cash to spend $200 for a handbag or pay the large amount of money alot of these sites are asking for their goods and services. I probably wouldn't buy thepurplebook, instead I'd pick it up at your local library.
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