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Date: Mon, 4-Mar-85 16:04:07 EST
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From: Dave Suess 


I have seen two kinds of postings on the SF Book Club in the many
that I've seen lately:
	1. poster is quitting, books now cost too much.
	2. poster is active, but continuously re-joins so as
	   to obtain offer designed to attract new members.

I'm in a third category (long-time member, sad that prices are going up but
intending to remain a member) and was wondering if *everyone* else is
in the other two.  If so, I can extrapolate that I, too, will someday be
driven out; I'd hate that, since the postage on the reply forms is well 
worth the bargain I pick up (admittedly mostly on older titles) a few 
times a year.  I enjoy even a mediocre-quality hardback much more than the
smaller, can't-prop-up paperback.  Am I the only "chump" in my category?
	Dave Suess		zeus@aerospace.ARPA

Anecdote:
Once (I haven't checked lately) I even wrote in to ask if it were OK to
*overpay* my balance, expecting to order more shortly.  The SFBC wrote
back to say if I kept a credit balance (and it was very low - $10, I think),
I could get a 10% discount on orders.  I did, and continued for quite a
while before getting too busy -- and I assume that this service no longer
exists, considering the not-so-slow rise in prices.