Buying books in Madras
Posted on April 24th, 2008 in College by Christodolus ||
Karthik posted about searching for books and the trouble involved in paying for them. Well, when I need a book I usually drive down to Pycrofts Road and there’ll be huge rows of used book sellers. I’ve gotten some really good books from there for dirt cheap because they charge you on the weight of the book or on what they think is its value. If you’re good at bargaining you can drop the price to 50% of what they ask, which will be a fraction of the cost of the book and you can get a book that’s worth 500 bucks at 80 bucks or so.
While on the topic of used book stores, these places are so awesome because of what you can find. One of my professors in college has a first edition of the Silmarillion which his friend got for him from a used book store for less that 200 bucks. Imagine!
April 28th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Ya, sometimes you get great deals at second hand dealers. I once bought this book on circuit analysis by Erwin for 50 Rupees in Besant Nagar. It was as American edition and cost 24 odd Dollars originally. Still treasure that book.
April 29th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Wow, nice deal. On the other hand, I once bought a book for 80 bucks there by weight which cost 120 bucks from a store. I was in a hurry, though, so I think I can be excused. It wasn’t in stock at the time.