Well, you could just come right out and ask for a free issue shipped to you. You are from the "Give Me" state of Washington, after all. And to add insult to injury, if you don't want to pay for shipping on a magazine there is no way in hell you want to pay for anything in the buyer's guide. No way. So, pretty please, with sugar on top, order your cheap ass a copy of the rag you want.

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Since seeing the ad in the latest issue that the Buyer's Guide was on newsstands now, I've visited two national chain bookstores on three occasions and a couple of other stores and none of them have it.

It's possible that as it hit the newsstands a month ago, those particular branches had sold out.

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I'd really like to get one but don't want to pay the high shipping and handling from Stereophile.

You mean from http://ssl.blueearth.net/primedia/home.php ?
I am afraid that the S&H charges are non-negotiable. Those are what the fullfilment house(a separate company) charges. But you could spread the charges across more than one item.

John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile

Ya read it here!

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Since seeing the ad in the latest issue that the Buyer's Guide was on newsstands now, I've visited two national chain bookstores on three occasions and a couple of other stores and none of them have it.

Saw it in a Border's store last week.