Summary of responses regarding Jim Joyces Unix Bookstore

[Ulrich Lauther]

In article <1581 at stsci.edu> siegel at stsci.EDU (Howard Siegel) writes:
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>My horror story is...  On March 15 '90 based on a review by Jim, and the
>10% discount he offered to first time customers, I called his bookstore to
>order a book.  I was told that the book was not in stock but the shipment
[long horror story deleted]

This lets my ask a question that has been nagging me for a long time:

Why is it that in civilized countries a bookstore gets you a book that is
not in stock typically within 24 hours, but not so in the US?

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