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For any researcher or author, getting access to old, rare #books & reference material is crucial. There are few book sellers who provide these for a substantial fee. But my experience with at least two of them has been less than average.
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One of them is a known bibliophile. He stocks and sells copies of old and rare books. His only problem is that you ask him for one book and he will compel you to buy four more. It is like going to a shop to buy something worth Rs 10 and making purchases worth Rs 100!
A good man, but very disorganised and absolutely unprofessional!
The other man also has a stock of rare books and magazines, especially in #Marathi. But again, the problem is professionalism. You pay him for the consignment after selecting the books. But when you receive the parcel half of the books are missing &
it also includes books you did not order. So, one has to spend time and money it sending these books back to him and following up for the delivery of the balance consignment. Again, the cycle repeats itself!
Am sick & tired of such behaviour. But again, cannot afford to miss out on those books which are so crucial to my writing and research! Caught in a bind…
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