Those of you who'd been thinking of splashing out a few quid on albums or books could have availed yourselves yesterday of a sensational offer which wowed customers down at the UK tentacle of etailer Amazon:

Remarkable. Thanks very much to all those who wrote to selflessly share this once-in-a-lifetime offer with other readers. Sadly, it had already been withdrawn from much of Amazon's site by late afternoon yesterday, doubtless due to the stampede of punters wishing to take the opportunity to save what one correspondent calculated as a hefty 0.00002 per cent saving. ®

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