I searched for completed Samantha and the Missing Pearls auctions. One copy sold for $6.49 and another for $7.04. There were two copies with BIN prices of $101.19 and $78.49 that did not sell before the listing ran out.
Well we could always go the way of the conspiracy theory... maybe these books are being used to traffic money inconspicuously... hehehe but who knows... for more than one site to have it posted like that... strange.
I searched for completed Samantha and the Missing Pearls auctions. One copy sold for $6.49 and another for $7.04. There were two copies with BIN prices of $101.19 and $78.49 that did not sell before the listing ran out.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks for letting us know. I am not surprised that those two books didn't sell. I cannot imagine someone paying that kind of money for a short story. Even if it was the last SS book you needed for your collection, there has to be other sources for that book.Originally posted by rebecca191:
I searched for completed Samantha and the Missing Pearls auctions. One copy sold for $6.49 and another for $7.04. There were two copies with BIN prices of $101.19 and $78.49 that did not sell before the listing ran out.
I have a theory about these enormously priced books now, after looking for an out-of-print book my family wants, and noticing a trend.
Some online booksellers will search for an out-of-print/rare book for you, and you tell them ahead of time how much money you're willing to pay. Before you give your price, they show an average of what the book has been offered for in the past.
By pricing books really high, the sellers might be (1) drumming up the average price the book goes for and (2) leaving it so high that no one will buy it at that cost, but will say they're willing to pay more, since the book apparently goes for a lot.
The book I'm looking for is a $7 book originally. Most sellers (there are many) have it up at around $220, whereas one seller has it for one cent. I feel the one cent price is the reasonable one.
It's too bad, but I think this might be done in order to drum up prices for used books. It seems to be a common practice. [img]frown.gif[/img]
I'm putting in an offer of $2 for the book, and won't be surprised if one of the sellers trying to sell it for hundreds takes me up on it.
<font color="#051E50" size="1">[ March 05, 2006 06:55 PM: Message edited by: Melissa ]</font>
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