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Personally, I don't mind the mailing costs because there's no way I'm going to find the books I want for $.50 - $1.00 at a used bookstore. Booksellers have a hard enough time keeping their doors open these days. Most of the books that I buy from used book stores end up being between $6-12.
And never once has PBS ever tried to sell me anything and I've been there almost from the beginning so I'm not sure what you mean by 'constantly trying to up-sell you.' Besides, they are offering a service to me at no charge - why should I resent that they offer up extra features? I don't have to buy them.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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