RMweb Gold JohnR Posted December 25, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 25, 2013 I received a copy of this book, which has nearly 200 colour pictures from the 50s and the 60s taken by Bill Reed. My wife saw this in Tesco, and thought it was easily worth the £3 it was for sale at. Easily worth that I thought - the list price is £17.99. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
benachie Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Thanks for the heads-up, John. This is a really good book which was published only last year so how is Tesco able to sell it for only £3? Alan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
26power Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Found it in a Tesco in Edinburgh but no indication of it being reduced to £3? (Was in a cardboard display unit for "local books", or something similar). Did also see it last night in an Asda for £11.50 - price sticker on front (the Straiton branch). Seems a decent book, but would prefer to get it at £3 if possible! This is the book I saw: http://www.bookworldws.co.uk/last-days-scottish-steam-p-5960.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rannoch Moor Posted January 3, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 3, 2014 I bought it for about £12 from Amazon - I certainly enjoyed it. The format is a little annoying because the pictures are often cropped a little too much in favour of (rather technical) captions and white paper but there are lots of details and I enjoyed it, will use it for reference and leafing through regularly, and as such thought it was good value. At 12 quid well worth it, so for 3, well wish I'd seen it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted January 3, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 3, 2014 I bought it a while ago out of WH Smith at the full £17.99 at a weak moment! The book is ok and does show many indigenous Scottish Designs (maybe I should send mine to Dennis Lovett to give him a hint!)however, I got a little fed up with just loco or shed views. It really is just all about the locos and not for those that like to see the wider railway scene. I received George O'Haras new book on Scottish Steam for £25.I've just finished browsing the 700odd pictures and now going back for re read! Far superior book.However if you can pick up "Last days of Scottish Steam" for £3 it's certainly worth it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
benachie Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 26power, on 03 Jan 2014 - 12:51, said: Found it in a Tesco in Edinburgh but no indication of it being reduced to £3? (Was in a cardboard display unit for "local books", or something similar). Did also see it last night in an Asda for £11.50 - price sticker on front (the Straiton branch). Seems a decent book, but would prefer to get it at £3 if possible! This is the book I saw: http://www.bookworldws.co.uk/last-days-scottish-steam-p-5960.html Yes, that's it. £3 in main Aberdeen Tesco on Hogmanay. If I have a criticism, it's the complete lack of dates in captions. Alan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JohnR Posted January 4, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2014 Yes, I agree that including only shed shots gets boring and could be of limited value, but at £3 it is worth it. If it is not priced correctly, you can always take it to customer services to check it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted January 4, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2014 Yes, I agree that including only shed shots gets boring and could be of limited value, but at £3 it is worth it. If it is not priced correctly, you can always take it to customer services to check it. If a book is called "Last Days of Scottish Steam", it seems reasonable enough that it only shows locos ather than the wider railway scene. I wish my local branch of Tesco sold railway books at reasonable prices. Would make shopping trips far more palatable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngusDe Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I noticed the book in my nearest Tesco Extra (Dunfermline Dulloch) but it wasn't priced so I just flicked through it, liked it, but never picked it up, as it wasn't priced. I'll have to go back and see what it's priced at. I've long suspected their price stickers are done by a random number generator! Angus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley47708 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Got a text today to say it was 75p in the Crieff Rd Tesco. Was sure it was a typo. I went along there was no price on the book, but when I took it to the till right enough 75p. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngusDe Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Yep, Tesco Dulloch (Dunfermline) had it at 75p today, picked one up, three left 2 hours ago...... Like I said before, their prices are done by a random number generator! I peeled of the bar code on the back and it does say £17.99 underneath. Angus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
26power Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Back up in Edinburgh for weekend and looked in at Corstorphine Tesco. Copies seen before still there and still at original price, or not indicated as reduced anyway. Thought i would get price checked at customer service desk just in case and see if they were actually 3 pound, or even 75p. Actually a penny! So took both copies they had, one for self and one for club. Bonkers, but not complaining! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngusDe Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 I noticed yesterday that this book was back in Tesco, currently at full price, so watch and wait, if you didn't get it last time! Angus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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