Re: R: PostgreSQL book

That is my experience with Amazon.com too. And Amazon's book reviews are
most helpful at buying time. That doesn't mean that looking information at
Amazon will restrict you to Amazon; you can read reviews at Amazon and buy
at BN.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert D. Nelson" <RDNELSON(at)co(dot)centre(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Steve Wolfe" <steve(at)iboats(dot)com>; "Vince Vielhaber" <vev(at)michvhf(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-general" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 3:20 PM
Subject: RE: R: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL book

> >> Heaven help you if you order it from Amazon with a real email
address.
> >>
> >> After about a year and a half of trying to get them to stop spamming
> >me, I
> >> simply gave up and dropped the email account.
> >
> >I've always used a disposable email address with them (and most other
> >companies I deal with). But you might want to take another look at
> >their privacy policy before you order. Not too long ago they declared
> >that their customer info is an asset.
>
> Customer info as an asset aside, I've never been spammed by amazon, and I
> use the same email as I'm using now. I'm more worried about limiting the
> number of credit cards I use online :)
>
> If nothing else, Amazon and BN both over large pools of reader reviews
that
> I usually scan before buying any book. Why not be informed, even slightly?
>
>
> Rob Nelson
> rdnelson(at)co(dot)centre(dot)pa(dot)us
>
>