Back in 1978, I bought a copy of the OFFICIAL STAR TREK™ Cooking Manual. Then, a college friend visited (in the mid 1980s) and we haven't seen the book since...
So, I checked it out via intra-library loan. The only library that seems to have this book is the Klamath Falls, Oregon, library. I know because I checked it out three times. I tried buying a copy of this book but the cheapest I could find was a used book in the $40 - $50 range. I didn't buy it then...
Since then, the general range of prices seems to be in the $80+ range. I didn't buy...
Fortunately, I had left a "email me when the book arrives" notice with Powell's Books of Portland. I read the email the day after it was sent and bought that copy immediately. Boy, am I happy!
My copy cost me just under $15 and the postage was about $350. No, I didn't pay Kansas state sales tax; I bought this book from an Oregon "vendor". It seems to me that since I have to pay sales tax when I buy in Kansas, it is only fair that I pay the sales tax levied at the point of sale. The point of sale was not in Kansas...
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