Amazon or B&N?

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OK, this is an odd question, but I need some help from the Aussies on this forum. I'd like to send a gift card for books to my Aussie friend who is now attending ANU in Canberra. I'm not sure if I ought to purchase it from Amazon, B&N, or some other book seller. I don't want shipping fees from the US to eat up the bulk of the card, for one thing. Amazon doesn't have an Australian branch, do they?

Suggestions?
 
Weird, I live in canberra, in fact my girlfriend goes to ANU. Small world huh!?


Don't go amazon, the gift certificate will be eaten up by shipping costs. As Pradeep says, Angus & Robertson are available (and there is one in a mall that is close to ANU). Anoher close bookstore is Dymocks. I can tell you now that ANU has a bookshop called the Co-op Bookshop (http://www.coop-bookshop.com.au/). I don't know if co-op do gift certificates, but if they do, then thats good, because ANU students already get a 10% discount on books anyway, and they will have all his/her uni texts as well! :D
 
Hmm. I sent an email to the Co-op to see if they offer certificates. Angus & Robertson sell on-line certificates, only for online orders. The in-store certificates are "temporarily unavailable," so I'll check again later.

Dymocks voucher apparently include a fee in addition to the value of the voucher. Is this common in Aus? I've never seen a retailer tack on a fee in the US for gift certificates.

Thanks for all the suggestions. The one problem with having an overseas friend is I end up limiting myself to light presents (stamps, CD's, paperbacks) just to keep the shipping costs down. This might solve the problem. :)
 
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