[ModLib] FREE POSTAGE!

[Michael Watson]

We need to face the fact that there are a small 
percentage of folks out there who are 
anti-social. They don't care about other people, 
what they do to other people, and the grief they 
cause. In the mind of the anti-social person...

Since other people don't matter, the anti-social 
person doesn't need to care. Since other people 
don't operate like the anti-social person, they 
are of no consequence, and **they deserve what happens to them.**

...and this allows the anti-social person to 
perpetrate advance fee frauds, charge for repairs 
that were never done, steal identity, bilk old 
folks out of their savings, and any number of things.

You can judge for yourself as to whether or not 
there is an element of these folks who operate 
within the bookselling world, how they regard 
other booksellers, and how they regard the customer.

-Michael

At 10:21 PM 3/9/2008, you wrote:
>Thank you so much for the link!!!
>I always thought . I was hip to what goes 
>...still see I have much to learn, even at my age.
>Why do I  still think, it is easier to just buy 
>and sell  a book then to go through all that flim-flam?
>
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>From: Michael Watson
>Sent: Sunday, March 9, 2008 6:16 PM
>To: For collectors of Modern Library books
>Subject: Re: [ModLib] FREE POSTAGE!
>
>It's the megalisters who aggregate other folks' 
>listings, generally. Some have actual physical 
>inventory, many (if not most) simply use 'bots' 
>that traverse the big listing sites and slurp up 
>book listings. They are then posted as seemingly 
>legitimate listings even though the lister 
>doesn't own the books. The pricing is usually 
>done automatically as a percentage of the price 
>of other copies, thus the wacky increments. 
>Often the same copy will get two or three 
>listings at different price points. It may be 
>offered at $8.00, 80.00, and 800.00, the latter 
>two for the potential buyers who equate price 
>with value. Occasionally the megalister gets 
>lucky. Several good articles about this in a previous IOBA Standard...
>
>http://www.ioba.org/newsletter/archive/7(2)/
>
>-Michael
>
>At 11:16 PM 3/8/2008, you wrote:
>>I must confess that i have stopped using ABE 
>>for most of my price comparison (speaking as a 
>>book seller) due to this flooding with crazy 
>>prices.  Looks like ebay is the next target for 
>>these scammers/spammers.   I buy several books 
>>a week off ebay, and the postage gouging is becoming rampant, too.
>>
>>My chief concern is not to let greed or loose 
>>grading infect my listings.  It is hard enough 
>>to be fair in pricing and diligent in grading 
>>(especially late at night) without these crazy 
>>competing listings popping up everywhere.
>>
>>Oh well, back to turbolister.....
>>
>>Brian
>>
>>
>>On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 8:20 PM, 
>>TheBookScene.com <<mailto:bookscene at gmail.com>bookscene at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>'This morning I started a letter to the list 
>>about a book store on ABE listing a dozen or so 
>>ML's, mostly 90's for $199.44 each.  I thought 
>>better of it, but now I am sharing.  My thought 
>>was the same � Who are these people?  Are they hoping to land a few suckers?
>>John Wolansky'
>>
>>
>>That was their bargain section. For $5467.35 
>>you can get the top-top. All expertly graded as 
>>'Dust Jacket Condition: Unknown'.
>>
>>Neal Fenty
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  Michael Watson, bookman                           Indianapolis IN USA
  archetype at 20ants.com       www.20ants.com        (317)514-3829
  20th Century & Antiquarian Books for the Reader & Collector
  Fine press, limiteds & unusual non-fiction. Appraisal & cataloging
  Traditional courtesies to the trade. Always seeking better books.
  Member IOBA: Independent Online Booksellers Association
  www.ioba.org
  Offering a safe, secure bookbuying experience at
  www.iobabooks.com/browse_books.php?id=47132
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