Ask the f-list: UK-based folks willing to do me a book-related favor?
I'm feeling like I need to own this William Shakespeare Complete Works. (This stunning new edition, commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company, combines the very latest textual scholarship with illuminating insights into how Shakespeare's plays were and are performed. With notes on each page, photographs and thought-provoking essays, this is a glorious edition of one of the world's most important books.) Did I mention it's selling for £8? o_O
Of course, for me there's a catch: they don't ship overseas and I do not have any current plans to be in the UK anytime soon. Is there anyone who'd be willing to snag a copy and then ship it to me (slow-boat method, I suspect, because at 2700+ pages I'm guessing it's a cinderblock) if I send you money to cover the book purchase, shipping, and maybe a little extra for your trouble?
[EDIT:] I did some investigating and it looks like the the parcel would weigh more than 2kg with packaging, so shipping would be either triple the cost of the book (£26) for Airmail or almost double the cost of the book plus two months in transit for Surface Mail. I think I have a lead on a copy from Amazon Marketplace which would work out to be cheaper all told.
Of course, for me there's a catch: they don't ship overseas and I do not have any current plans to be in the UK anytime soon. Is there anyone who'd be willing to snag a copy and then ship it to me (slow-boat method, I suspect, because at 2700+ pages I'm guessing it's a cinderblock) if I send you money to cover the book purchase, shipping, and maybe a little extra for your trouble?
[EDIT:] I did some investigating and it looks like the the parcel would weigh more than 2kg with packaging, so shipping would be either triple the cost of the book (£26) for Airmail or almost double the cost of the book plus two months in transit for Surface Mail. I think I have a lead on a copy from Amazon Marketplace which would work out to be cheaper all told.