Come Here To Me!

Two books which have been on my Christmas list since I first heard about them were Eamonn Sweeney’s Down Down Deeper and Down: Ireland in the 70’s and 80’s and Brian Hanley’s The IRA – A Documentary History 1919-2005.

This evening my mum said she’d buy them online as a  Christmas present. Wahey.

I first checked out Eason’s:

Down, Down Deeper and Down by Eamonn Sweeney (€16.99)

The IRA – A Documentary History 1919-2005 by Brian Hanley (€24.99)

Total: €41.98 with free delivery

Quite expensive but was on par with what I’ve seen in the shop themselves.

Then I tried my luck with Kenneys:

Down, Down Deeper and Down by Eamonn Sweeney (€16.99)

The IRA – A Documentary History 1919-2005 by Brian Hanley (€40.72)

Total: €57.71 with free delivery

Absolute day light robbery. I’m sorry to say that as I’ve always had time for the Galway based, family-run Kenneys.

My next stop was BooksUnlimited.ie:

Down, Down Deeper and Down by Eamonn Sweeney (€15.80)

The IRA – A Documentary History 1919-2005 by Brian Hanley (€22.82)

Total: €38.62 with free delivery

Going with them instead of Easons was going to save a couple of quid, not bad.

I then checked out the publisher Gill and Macmillian’s website:

Down, Down Deeper and Down by Eamonn Sweeney (€13.59) [Out of order]

The IRA – A Documentary History 1919-2005 by Brian Hanley (€19.99)

Total: €33.58 with free delivery

Cheaper again but not much use as one of the books was out of order.

By luck as I was checking out the Bargain Alerts section of Boards.ie, which I do most days, I saw a thread about the Book Depository website offering 10% discount for Irish customers.

I had a check first to see if this English website had the two books that I wanted. They had, and he savings were remarkable.

Down, Down Deeper and Down by Eamonn Sweeney (€11.88)
The IRA – A Documentary History 1919-2005 by Brian Hanley (€16.52)

Total: €28.40 – 10% discount for Irish users
= €25.57 with free delivery

—> A whopping saving of  €32.14 compared to Kennys and a sizeable saving of €16.41 compared to Eason’s.

So ladies and gentlemen, remember to shop around this Christmas to get more value for your buck, euro IMF token.