Doubling the cost of the book?

[Amesman]

Originally Posted by BatteryPowered

Actually, the "cost" of the book didn't change for the purchase...it remained $8.20. Now, shipping and handling turned out to be more than the cost of the book...bringing the total expense to $16.55.

Don't confuse "cost" and "expense"...they are different.

Man, I'm going to share this with my wife ... as proof that I'm not the only one of my species around! You got me at what is normally my own game. >thumbs-up<

(Though I could slip out of it by noting that I merely left the implied "acquiring" before "the book" out of the message title ... )