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Online orders: 2

Orders found: 1

Only one Amazon order, and no Abe orders again today, so no doubt Monsoon has encountered another technical glitch. With initial enthusiasm (which soon deteriorated into indifference, and has now become extreme reluctance) we began selling books online a few years ago. We use a database called Monsoon, through which we manage our stock, upload to websites and receive orders.

An elderly woman asked, ‘Can you get that copy of Mrs Beaton down from that shelf and tell me the price and publication date?’ I did as requested, only to be told, ‘I have the same edition at home. Now I know what it’s worth.’ I’m going to introduce a time-waster tax.

Till Total £39.49

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