Support PF: Buy your textbooks here

Greg Bernhardt

Physics Forums has opened an affiliate account with Amazon.com

6% of any purchase you make is sent to Physics Forums. Think about buying your school text books and materials this way.

Just click this link and the tracking system will register that PF sent you. Thanks!!

http://www.amazon.com or http://www.amazon.co.uk

Caramon

DAMMIT. I just bought like $600 worth of textbooks and stuff right before I saw this post. :( OMFG, so unfortunate.

cristo

Does it work if you then click through to the UK (or other non-US) site?

Greg Bernhardt

Quote by Caramon

DAMMIT. I just bought like $600 worth of textbooks and stuff right before I saw this post. :( OMFG, so unfortunate.

ah well, next time, thanks anyway :)

Quote by cristo

Does it work if you then click through to the UK (or other non-US) site?

Yes it should as long as you click here first.

MathematicalPhysicist

I don't understand, why would amazon share the cost of a book with others?
Unless ofcourse they're raising the price of the books when you purchase through the link. :-D

Greg Bernhardt

Quote by MathematicalPhysicist

I don't understand, why would amazon share the cost of a book with others?
Unless ofcourse they're raising the price of the books when you purchase through the link. :-D

You are welcome to check :) Amazon figures I'm advertising for them.

MathematicalPhysicist

Amazon needs advertisement?!

I believe that everyone that uses the web, knows:
Amazon,Google, Facebook.

Greg Bernhardt

Quote by MathematicalPhysicist

Amazon needs advertisement?!

I believe that everyone that uses the web, knows:
Amazon,Google, Facebook.

When you are a publicly traded company, every little bit helps make those earnings look better :)

deluks917

Next semester fall 2011 I'll buy my books through this (about 400 dollars).

fluidistic

How nice. I just bought a book a few days ago by amazon though for the second time in 4 years. However I'm planning to buy a few more books if I get no problem with the customers of the country I live in.
Just curious about your link Greg. It redirects to Amazon.com. How could they track I've accessed amazon from PF?!

berkeman

Quote by Greg Bernhardt

Physics Forums has opened an affiliate account with Amazon.com

6% of any purchase you make is sent to Physics Forums. Think about buying your school text books and materials this way.

Just click this link and the tracking system will register that PF sent you. Thanks!!

http://www.amazon.com

Very cool. It applies to other stuff that we buy through Amazon too, right? I buy my jeans through Amazon!

Greg Bernhardt

Quote by berkeman

Very cool. It applies to other stuff that we buy through Amazon too, right? I buy my jeans through Amazon!

Yup, everything :) I think you need a new 60in 3D HDTV too right? :D

Just curious about your link Greg. It redirects to Amazon.com. How could they track I've accessed amazon from PF?!

Click the link and you'll see an ID is attached.

Fredrik

The link itself doesn't contain an ID, so there must be a cookie involved. I also noticed that if I right-click and choose to open the link in a new tab (Firefox), the ID isn't included in the URL that appears in the address bar. The obvious "workaround" is of course to just click it. It still opens in a different tab.

Greg Bernhardt

Quote by Fredrik

The link itself doesn't contain an ID, so there must be a cookie involved. I also noticed that if I right-click and choose to open the link in a new tab (Firefox), the ID isn't included in the URL that appears in the address bar. The obvious "workaround" is of course to just click it. It still opens in a different tab.

oh you scientists, always gotta tinker around, ruining the fun for everyone. Just assume it's magic :) No cookies though, but javascript.

lisab

Is it just textbooks, or anything on Amazon?

Edit: Just saw the thread in Feedback - it applies to anything. Fantastic

!

TylerH

You don't need cookies to obtain the referring url. Your browser is happy to give it away. Javascript even has a built-in interface for it. http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/prop_doc_referrer.asp

217 MeV

As a full-time lurker of physicsforums, I replaced my amazon bookmark with a bookmark of this thread. Before I leave to uni, I was going to buy EVERYTHING I needed off amazon, so prepare to receive 6% of my wage packet for the next 11 weeks (I wouldn't be too excited).

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Greg Bernhardt Admin Blog Entries: 5	Support PF: Buy your textbooks here Tweet Physics Forums has opened an affiliate account with Amazon.com 6% of any purchase you make is sent to Physics Forums. Think about buying your school text books and materials this way. Just click this link and the tracking system will register that PF sent you. Thanks!! http://www.amazon.com or http://www.amazon.co.uk

Caramon	DAMMIT. I just bought like $600 worth of textbooks and stuff right before I saw this post. :( OMFG, so unfortunate.

cristo Mentor	Does it work if you then click through to the UK (or other non-US) site?

MathematicalPhysicist	I don't understand, why would amazon share the cost of a book with others? Unless ofcourse they're raising the price of the books when you purchase through the link. :-D

deluks917	Next semester fall 2011 I'll buy my books through this (about 400 dollars).

fluidistic Recognitions: Gold Member	How nice. I just bought a book a few days ago by amazon though for the second time in 4 years. However I'm planning to buy a few more books if I get no problem with the customers of the country I live in. Just curious about your link Greg. It redirects to Amazon.com. How could they track I've accessed amazon from PF?!

Fredrik Mentor	The link itself doesn't contain an ID, so there must be a cookie involved. I also noticed that if I right-click and choose to open the link in a new tab (Firefox), the ID isn't included in the URL that appears in the address bar. The obvious "workaround" is of course to just click it. It still opens in a different tab.

lisab Mentor	Is it just textbooks, or anything on Amazon? Edit: Just saw the thread in Feedback - it applies to anything. Fantastic !

TylerH	You don't need cookies to obtain the referring url. Your browser is happy to give it away. Javascript even has a built-in interface for it. http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/prop_doc_referrer.asp

217 MeV	As a full-time lurker of physicsforums, I replaced my amazon bookmark with a bookmark of this thread. Before I leave to uni, I was going to buy EVERYTHING I needed off amazon, so prepare to receive 6% of my wage packet for the next 11 weeks (I wouldn't be too excited).