From: Fassil Bekele <fbekele <at> MINDSPRING <dot> COM>
Date: 10 jun 2002
Subject: Re: Buy and subscribe?

If there is a cheaper way to subscribe, I sure would like to know.  When I
first started subscribing some 5 years ago, the price was $187.  My most
recent price was $236.  I admit I simply accepted the price I was quoted
and never made an attempt to haggle or to find a cheaper alternative.

Fassil


At 02:35 PM 06/10/2002 EDT, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
> For U.S. residents, the annual subscription rate for Shogi Sekai is about
>  It's expensive partly because of overseas shipment and partly
> because there is a middleman, a company called OCS America, that handles
>  I believe recognized shogi clubs get Shogi Sekai for free.
>
>
> You're kidding?! I don't subscribe to any Shogi magazines, but there are
>other Japanese monthly subscriptions I maintain through a Japanese
>bookstore near me. It's only like $6 US a month per subscription. It's
>Asahiya, and I believe they have various outlets throughout the US?
>
> Anyway, I have to believe $20/mo is a price that can be easily beat.
>
> Sal
>
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> Fassil
>
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