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Beware of Fake Books

Glenn

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Here's a little "code training" thread about buying code books. Be careful when you find a deal online.

 
Here's a follow up video with more clues to spot a fake and something else I discovered about the quality of the product.
 
How do you tell if you got a fake ICC CD? Got a CD on ebay with all of the 2015 ICC codes cheep. Don't know if used or not but it looked new.

I haven't seen a CD from ICC with all the Codes on it in like....never. The last on I saw/had was the 1997 UBC.

ICC Codes are always downloads of pdf's.

Maybe I am missing something?
 
I wouldn't know. Never bought anything from ICC. Always used Amazon and ebay to get used books because my state is always a couple editions behind.
Yeah it's ridiculous how cheap they can get. 2000 IBC's are going for $0.50 right now from some sellers.
 
I haven't seen a CD from ICC with all the Codes on it in like....never. The last on I saw/had was the 1997 UBC.

ICC Codes are always downloads of pdf's.

Maybe I am missing something?

I have a set here with the 2003 codes on it. A whole bunch of CD's in a fancy binder with ICC trademarks all over it. Somebody before me must have found it somewhere..
 
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