It was also suggested in the article I liked to, that the price goes up if
there are a lot of page views for the book, so it's not just about demand, it's
also about possible demand.
Peter Shute
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> On 27 Jul 2015, at 3:40 pm, Carl Clifford <> wrote:
>
> Out of curiosity, I just looked up Birds of Wallacea on Amazon. They want USD
> 899.97 for it. Needless to say, my copy is going to chained and padlocked to
> my bookcase. I believe that the prices for books of this type on Amazon are
> priced on the basis of the laws of supply and demand, and the philosophy of
> "there is a sucker born every minute".
>
> Carl Clifford
>
>
>> On 27 Jul 2015, at 1:20 pm, wrote:
>>
>> This appears to be a not irregular scam with 'out of print' books.
>>
>> I found a copy of the out of print 'Albatrosses and Petrels Across the
>> World' a couple of years back on ebay, sold from the US. IIRC there
>> was a $500 'Buy it now' option but they would only sell to the US so I
>> needed to set up a proxy mailbox.
>>
>> While I was doing that it sold.
>>
>> And was immediately relisted for $2500 by the new 'owner'.
>>
>> I emailed the new seller and wished them luck selling an obscure
>> ornithological text book at about 10 times the original RRP.
>>
>> A few days later they had obviously reneged on the deal and it was
>> back for sale at $500 through the original seller. I'd sorted out my
>> proxy mailbox by then so it now sits in my bookcase :)
>>
>> mjh
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