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  • The Greatest Show On Earth (Hardback) only ?5 instore at WH Smith
     OP - September 07, 2009, 02:10 PM
    I just bought hardback edition of The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins for ?5 in store at WHS. RRP is ?20, currently on offer for ?10. But if you use a voucher found here: http://marketing.whsmith.co.uk/images/7/1.8.50_WHSmith_Welcome_Voucher.pdf or here:http://www.hotukdeals.com/visit/?m=80&q=197891 you get additional ?5 off. This really is a bargain; even the cashier was a bit suspicious.
  • Re: The Greatest Show On Earth (Hardback) only ?5 instore at WH Smith
     Reply #1 - September 07, 2009, 02:12 PM
    Already have it. Got it from Amazon hardback for ?10.
  • Re: The Greatest Show On Earth (Hardback) only ?5 instore at WH Smith
     Reply #2 - September 07, 2009, 03:18 PM
    Quote from: Kenan on September 07, 2009, 02:10 PM
    I just bought hardback edition of The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins for ?5 in store at WHS. RRP is ?20, currently on offer for ?10. But if you use a voucher found here: http://marketing.whsmith.co.uk/images/7/1.8.50_WHSmith_Welcome_Voucher.pdf or here:http://www.hotukdeals.com/visit/?m=80&q=197891 you get additional ?5 off. This really is a bargain; even the cashier was a bit suspicious.


    Did you just print out the vouchers from the pdf file. The voucher says 'Photocopies will not be accepted' wouldn't printouts be just like a photocopy?
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  • Re: The Greatest Show On Earth (Hardback) only ?5 instore at WH Smith
     Reply #3 - September 07, 2009, 03:23 PM
    That is just so they dont overdo the special offer and can control it.  In reality they will be indistinguishable as the print quality / photocopy quality will vary from machine to machine
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  • Re: The Greatest Show On Earth (Hardback) only ?5 instore at WH Smith
     Reply #4 - September 07, 2009, 03:25 PM
    Quote from: Kenan on September 07, 2009, 02:10 PM
    I just bought hardback edition of The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins for ?5 in store at WHS. RRP is ?20, currently on offer for ?10. But if you use a voucher found here: http://marketing.whsmith.co.uk/images/7/1.8.50_WHSmith_Welcome_Voucher.pdf or here:http://www.hotukdeals.com/visit/?m=80&q=197891 you get additional ?5 off. This really is a bargain; even the cashier was a bit suspicious.

    cheers for the pointer
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  • Re: The Greatest Show On Earth (Hardback) only ?5 instore at WH Smith
     Reply #5 - September 07, 2009, 04:03 PM
    Is Richard Dawkins getting sponsorships or endorsments from somewhere? Because I honestly don't think he can cover the printing cost of his book with such low prices!  Huh?
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  • Re: The Greatest Show On Earth (Hardback) only ?5 instore at WH Smith
     Reply #6 - September 07, 2009, 04:15 PM
    Quote from: RIBS on September 07, 2009, 04:03 PM
    Is Richard Dawkins getting sponsorships or endorsments from somewhere? Because I honestly don't think he can cover the printing cost of his book with such low prices!  Huh?


    Surely his sales are massive and so would cover the costs. I doubt they would price them at below cost price. He is in that select category of bestselling authors - is he not?
  • Re: The Greatest Show On Earth (Hardback) only ?5 instore at WH Smith
     Reply #7 - September 07, 2009, 04:21 PM
    Quote from: Hassan on September 07, 2009, 04:15 PM
    Surely his sales are massive and so would cover the costs. I doubt they would price them at below cost price. He is in that select category of bestselling authors - is he not?


    Really? This is gr8 news.... Many people reading about evolution and Atheism then? Cool Afro
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  • Re: The Greatest Show On Earth (Hardback) only ?5 instore at WH Smith
     Reply #8 - September 07, 2009, 04:57 PM
    Quote from: Hassan on September 07, 2009, 04:15 PM
    Surely his sales are massive and so would cover the costs. I doubt they would price them at below cost price. He is in that select category of bestselling authors - is he not?

    Not necessarily - its more likely to be a 'loss leader' - a popular item that brings people into the store (much like some newsagents and cigarettes, where they only make a few pence on each packet sold, but its a regular purchase and is usually bought with sweets/newspapers/magazines or whatever)
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  • Re: The Greatest Show On Earth (Hardback) only ?5 instore at WH Smith
     Reply #9 - September 07, 2009, 04:59 PM
    Quote from: RIBS on September 07, 2009, 04:21 PM
    Really? This is gr8 news.... Many people reading about evolution and Atheism then? Cool Afro


    The best book I've read on evolution is "Why Evolution is True" by Jerry A Coyne.

    http://www.amazon.com/Why-Evolution-True-Jerry-Coyne/dp/0670020532/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1252342714&sr=8-1

    It's objective and unbiased.
  • Re: The Greatest Show On Earth (Hardback) only ?5 instore at WH Smith
     Reply #10 - September 07, 2009, 06:03 PM
    Quote from: a.ghazali on September 07, 2009, 03:18 PM
    Did you just print out the vouchers from the pdf file. The voucher says 'Photocopies will not be accepted' wouldn't printouts be just like a photocopy?

    Sorry for a late response, was afk. Yeah, I just printed out the vouchers from the pdf file.
  • Re: The Greatest Show On Earth (Hardback) only ?5 instore at WH Smith
     Reply #11 - September 07, 2009, 07:29 PM
    Yes printed out hte voucher, and picked it up at whs for an amzazing fiver. Thanks for the heads up.
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  • Re: The Greatest Show On Earth (Hardback) only ?5 instore at WH Smith
     Reply #12 - September 12, 2009, 07:53 AM
    Guys, this offer still on? I just asked a relative in the UK to get me the book and send it to me as I can not get it here from home, and they sold her the book for 15 pounds? They said it was 20 pounds original price, and with the voucher they took 5 pounds off-------> 15 pounds!  Huh?
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  • Re: The Greatest Show On Earth (Hardback) only ?5 instore at WH Smith
     Reply #13 - September 12, 2009, 07:59 AM
    yeah the voucher is still ?5, but they may have realised that the Dawkins book was already at half price or changed their minds, and stopped the half price offer as well.  It worked for me at that time though..
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  • Re: The Greatest Show On Earth (Hardback) only ?5 instore at WH Smith
     Reply #14 - October 11, 2009, 05:56 PM
    YIPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPI!!!!!

    Got my copy today! Can't wait to start reading it at bedtime. parrot parrot parrot bunny bunny bunny
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  • Re: The Greatest Show On Earth (Hardback) only ?5 instore at WH Smith
     Reply #15 - October 11, 2009, 06:03 PM
    I have already read it two weeks ago  Tongue
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  • Re: The Greatest Show On Earth (Hardback) only ?5 instore at WH Smith
     Reply #16 - October 11, 2009, 06:30 PM
    I've still got my copy lying next to my bed - didnt inspire me during the first few pages tbh.  What did you think Nineberry, or anyone else that has read it?
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  • Re: The Greatest Show On Earth (Hardback) only ?5 instore at WH Smith
     Reply #17 - October 11, 2009, 06:45 PM
    It's on my reading list somewhere!!!
  • Re: The Greatest Show On Earth (Hardback) only ?5 instore at WH Smith
     Reply #18 - October 11, 2009, 07:06 PM
    Quote from: IsLame on October 11, 2009, 06:30 PM
    I've still got my copy lying next to my bed - didnt inspire me during the first few pages tbh.  What did you think Nineberry, or anyone else that has read it?


    I enjoyed it, the last two chapters are the best where he's talking about the evolutionary arms race.  I felt very brainy after I'd finished it, I now understand dendochronology.   dance
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  • Re: The Greatest Show On Earth (Hardback) only ?5 instore at WH Smith
     Reply #19 - October 11, 2009, 07:11 PM
    There's a lot in it that I had already known and understood, so I found the first chapters quite boring, but then it got better because he then used some examples that I hadn't heard of before.

    It is definitely great for someone who hadn't known so much about evolution before. But if you want the full monty, I recommend reading "The Ancestor's Tale"
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  • Re: The Greatest Show On Earth (Hardback) only ?5 instore at WH Smith
     Reply #20 - October 11, 2009, 07:14 PM
    Quote from: NineBerry on October 11, 2009, 07:11 PM
    There's a lot in it that I had already known and understood, so I found the first chapters quite boring, but then it got better because he then used some examples that I hadn't heard of before.

    It is definitely great for someone who hadn't known so much about evolution before. But if you want the full monty, I recommend reading "The Ancestor's Tale"


    I would also recommend "Why Evolution is True" by Jerry A Coyne. It's probably one of the best introductions I've read so far.
  • Re: The Greatest Show On Earth (Hardback) only ?5 instore at WH Smith
     Reply #21 - October 11, 2009, 08:48 PM
    Quote from: Cheetah on October 11, 2009, 07:06 PM
    I now understand dendochronology.   dance


    I remember learning about this and thinking it is so cool - at some museum years ago. Seeing the circles in a slice from an old tree with notes on it saying things like "The Battle of Hastings took place in the year this circle was formed"  or - "The Magna Carta was signed here" and stuff like that. There was also one that showed the "overlap" so a particularly good or bad year was matched with an older tree that had the same good or bad year and so one could take it back further and further.

    I'm still reading the book - and although there is much I already knew, I am really enjoying it and it is certainly making the whole thing clearer in my mind.

    Just clarifying things like the common mistake; 'we evolved from monkeys'. I was aware we did not evolve from modern monkeys - but such a saying is of course inaccurate - humans and monkey's evolved from a common ancestor.
  • Re: The Greatest Show On Earth (Hardback) only ?5 instore at WH Smith
     Reply #22 - October 11, 2009, 08:51 PM
    same here, when I read the beginning and leafed through the middle it just seemed like a book that was preaching to the already converted..  but will try to motivate myself to dedicate some time towards it after some of the comments I have read here...
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  • Re: The Greatest Show On Earth (Hardback) only ?5 instore at WH Smith
     Reply #23 - October 11, 2009, 10:11 PM
    RD reading part of the book and Q&A session:

    http://fora.tv/2009/10/07/Richard_Dawkins_The_Greatest_Show_on_Earth#fullprogram
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