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Vinicius is a co-founder of Yipit, a place where New Yorkers help New Yorkers discover deals.
Vinicius also created UnHub which helps you share your various web profiles from one place and 140it which helps people shrink their tweet to less than 140 characters.
Before Yipit, Vinicius was a private equity professional at Quadrangle Group where he helped the firm evaluate Internet investment opportunities.

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How to Get Amazon Books Same Day For Free

Warning:  I’m pretty sure this is wrong — potentially legally, but certainly ethically.

Everyone knows that when you buy a book, you can either pick it up at your local bookstore today or you can save around $10 on Amazon and get it delivered for free in a week or two.  But, there’s a sneaky way to get your book that same day while still paying the Amazon price.

Here’s how you do it:

  1. Buy the book at Barnes and Noble / Borders / your local bookstore and save the receipt
  2. Order the same book on Amazon and get free delivery (which should be about a week or so)
  3. When the Amazon book arrives, return the Amazon book to your local bookstore

Note:  Make sure to confirm that the ISBN numbers are the same on the version you buy from Amazon and your local bookstore.

Yes, it’s wrong and it’s bad.  I don’t think people should do this; local bookstores are struggling as it is.  But, if you are in a bind of some reason, a literary emergency, this may be for you.

One last caution:  I can’t guarantee this will work for you, but I do know that it works.  Also, worst case scenario, you can just return the book to Amazon.

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