I Felt Like Cheated!!!

Crap.

I just paid IDR 138.000,00 for DIGITAL CAMERA WORLD October 2008 edition at Aksara Kemang while I paid just IDR 110.000,00 for its August 2008 edition at Periplus Plaza Senayan. All of it because I thought I could save IDR 2.000,00 buying WIRED October 2008 at that hype bookstore!

I just felt being swindled.

But maybe not.

You see, taking into account the amount of time I spent reading at Aksara (that is, while being seated somewhere) versus standing up inside the Periplus booth at Plaza Senayan -- plus the parking fee -- I saw a little bit of relief.

The cost run like this:

Shopping at Aksara Kemang:
WIRED Magazine IDR 76,000.00
DCW Magazine IDR 138,000.00
Parking Fee IDR 2,000.00
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TOTAL IDR 216,000.00

Shopping at Periplus Plaza Senayan:
WIRED Magazine IDR 78,000.00
DCW Magazine IDR 110,000.00
Parking Fee IDR 12,000.00
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TOTAL IDR 200,000.00

Ouch.

Even though I paid flat rate parking at Kemang and a time-based rate at Plaza Senayan, plus assuming that the October edition of DIGITAL CAMERA WORLD October 2008 cost as much as the last one, it was obvious that I'd better off shopped at Periplus Plaza Senayan!

Please remind me to check this month's price of DCW magazine at Periplus!

If the above numbers are true, coming this November I'd be shopping at Periplus instead!