 |
|
|
|
Next: James Hertbert - question
|
| Author |
Message |
External
Since: Oct 29, 2003
Posts: 56
|
(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 12:10 am
Post subject: Stupid Prices
Archived from groups: rec>collecting>books (more info?)
|
|
|
It makes me wonder who actually buys from dealers on Addall. There is a copy
of Friedrich Nietzsche - The Dionysian Spirit of the Age by A.R. Orage up
for over £100 on Addall. On ebay the guy is selling it for £7.50 and might
make £15.00 if his lucky. I have three copies of the same book and would
expect no more than the ebay seller. Do these dealers on Addall ever get the
sale, or is it just for show?
Diane
http://www.stores.ebay.co.uk/aaaworldofbooks |
|
| Back to top |
|
 | |
External
Since: Mar 13, 2004
Posts: 659
|
(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 1:29 am
Post subject: Re: Stupid Prices [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
|
|
|
Hi Diane,
Addall is not a listing service. It is a search service and
it lists the 15 or so listing services that it searches. So
don't blame Addall. As to the listing services, some of
them have imposed minimum value requirements, e.g., you
cannot list books having less than an aggregate value of,
say, $30,000, if I remember what one of them said last year
when I looked. So, some people cheat. They list 300 books,
for instance, at $100 each and they meet the requirement.
Besides, when the eBay bargain (?) copy is purchased, what
will be the remaining market?
Francis A. Miniter
Diane wrote:
> It makes me wonder who actually buys from dealers on Addall. There is a copy
> of Friedrich Nietzsche - The Dionysian Spirit of the Age by A.R. Orage up
> for over £100 on Addall. On ebay the guy is selling it for £7.50 and might
> make £15.00 if his lucky. I have three copies of the same book and would
> expect no more than the ebay seller. Do these dealers on Addall ever get the
> sale, or is it just for show?
> Diane
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.stores.ebay.co.uk/aaaworldofbooks</font" target="_blank">http://www.stores.ebay.co.uk/aaaworldofbooks</font</a>>
>
><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> |
|
| Back to top |
|
| |
External
Since: Aug 11, 2003
Posts: 32
|
(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 7:17 am
Post subject: Re: Stupid Prices [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
|
|
|
On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 20:10:31 UTC, "Diane" <diane.walker.DeleteThis@tiscali.co.uk>
wrote:
> It makes me wonder who actually buys from dealers on Addall. There is a copy
> of Friedrich Nietzsche - The Dionysian Spirit of the Age by A.R. Orage up
> for over £100 on Addall. On ebay the guy is selling it for £7.50 and might
> make £15.00 if his lucky. I have three copies of the same book and would
> expect no more than the ebay seller. Do these dealers on Addall ever get the
> sale, or is it just for show?
> Diane
Yoy don't say what listing service has it. If it is one of the
olderones it could be an ancient listing. Where I work if we can't
find a
comprable we guess insanely high. You never know you might get it and
you can always mark it down later.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Stupid Prices |
|
| Back to top |
|
| |
External
Since: Jul 02, 2004
Posts: 60
|
(Msg. 4) Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 8:09 am
Post subject: Re: Stupid Prices [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
|
|
|
On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 04:17:39 GMT, die RemoveThis @spammer.die (Mark Healey) wrote:
>On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 20:10:31 UTC, "Diane" <diane.walker RemoveThis @tiscali.co.uk>
>wrote:
>
>> It makes me wonder who actually buys from dealers on Addall. There is a copy
>> of Friedrich Nietzsche - The Dionysian Spirit of the Age by A.R. Orage up
>> for over £100 on Addall. On ebay the guy is selling it for £7.50 and might
>> make £15.00 if his lucky. I have three copies of the same book and would
>> expect no more than the ebay seller. Do these dealers on Addall ever get the
>> sale, or is it just for show?
>> Diane
>
>Yoy don't say what listing service has it. If it is one of the
>olderones it could be an ancient listing. Where I work if we can't
>find a
>comprable we guess insanely high. You never know you might get it and
>you can always mark it down later.
>
Heh, then another flea market picker as cluefree as some folks where
you work comes along and says "Golly Gee, Myrtle, that book on
techniuwupicul morphophographics we got at the thrift store for a buck
is going for $300 on the Internet! Mine only got some of that yellow
marks on the page, so I'll make mine $260 and somebody will snap it up
in a flash".
Lather, rinse and repeat until half.com / Amazon copies are down to
$0.03.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Stupid Prices |
|
| Back to top |
|
| |
External
Since: Oct 29, 2003
Posts: 56
|
(Msg. 5) Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 11:53 am
Post subject: Re: Stupid Prices [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
|
|
|
So they just think of a figure and double it. Very scientific. I have a
similar policy, I think of a figure and halve it. Works for me.
Diane
"Francis A. Miniter" <miniter.RemoveThis@attglobalZZ.net> wrote in message
news:40ca6c57_3@news1.prserv.net...
> Hi Diane,
>
> Addall is not a listing service. It is a search service and
> it lists the 15 or so listing services that it searches. So
> don't blame Addall. As to the listing services, some of
> them have imposed minimum value requirements, e.g., you
> cannot list books having less than an aggregate value of,
> say, $30,000, if I remember what one of them said last year
> when I looked. So, some people cheat. They list 300 books,
> for instance, at $100 each and they meet the requirement.
> Besides, when the eBay bargain (?) copy is purchased, what
> will be the remaining market?
>
>
> Francis A. Miniter
>
>
> Diane wrote:
> > It makes me wonder who actually buys from dealers on Addall. There is a
copy
> > of Friedrich Nietzsche - The Dionysian Spirit of the Age by A.R. Orage
up
> > for over £100 on Addall. On ebay the guy is selling it for £7.50 and
might
> > make £15.00 if his lucky. I have three copies of the same book and would
> > expect no more than the ebay seller. Do these dealers on Addall ever get
the
> > sale, or is it just for show?
> > Diane
<font color=green> > > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.stores.ebay.co.uk/aaaworldofbooks</font" target="_blank">http://www.stores.ebay.co.uk/aaaworldofbooks</font</a>>
> >
> >
><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Stupid Prices |
|
| Back to top |
|
| |
External
Since: May 15, 2004
Posts: 220
|
(Msg. 6) Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 7:57 pm
Post subject: Re: Stupid Prices [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
|
|
|
On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 21:10:31 +0100, "Diane"
<diane.walker RemoveThis @tiscali.co.uk> declared:
>On ebay the guy is selling it for £7.50 and might
>make £15.00 if his lucky.
guess he is more than lucky, the copy closed at £28.50.
Robert
--
The sound of gunfire, off in the distance, I'm getting used to it now
Lived in a brownstone, lived in the ghetto, I've lived all over this town
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Stupid Prices |
|
| Back to top |
|
| |
External
Since: May 15, 2004
Posts: 220
|
(Msg. 7) Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 7:58 pm
Post subject: Re: Stupid Prices [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
|
|
|
On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 08:53:07 +0100, "Diane"
<diane.walker.TakeThisOut@tiscali.co.uk> declared:
>So they just think of a figure and double it. Very scientific. I have a
>similar policy, I think of a figure and halve it. Works for me.
it may work, but it's also insanely foolish...
Robert
--
The sound of gunfire, off in the distance, I'm getting used to it now
Lived in a brownstone, lived in the ghetto, I've lived all over this town
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Stupid Prices |
|
| Back to top |
|
| |
External
Since: Dec 08, 2003
Posts: 65
|
(Msg. 8) Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 9:32 pm
Post subject: Re: Stupid Prices [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
|
|
|
MindElec <MindElec.RemoveThis@aol.com> wrote in message news:<l1vmc0h8bt59i3lsk9eccnh2do9v4ub1ca.RemoveThis@4ax.com>...
> On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 21:10:31 +0100, "Diane"
> <diane.walker.RemoveThis@tiscali.co.uk> declared:
>
> >On ebay the guy is selling it for £7.50 and might
> >make £15.00 if his lucky.
>
> guess he is more than lucky, the copy closed at £28.50.
>
>
> Robert
This title is listed in Ahearn for $125 in the year 2000 and credited
as the author's first book under his name.
The longer I'm in the trade the less I worry about people who charge a
lot of money for their books. Nobody that I know has got nearly as
rich in books as they would have in real estate. And many, but not
all books that seem overpriced now look like bargains 10 years down
the line...<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Stupid Prices |
|
| Back to top |
|
| |
External
Since: Jul 02, 2004
Posts: 60
|
(Msg. 9) Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2004 7:38 am
Post subject: Re: Stupid Prices [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
|
|
|
On 12 Jun 2004 18:32:17 -0700, drhbooks DeleteThis @yahoo.com (hollowayd) wrote:
>MindElec <MindElec DeleteThis @aol.com> wrote in message news:<l1vmc0h8bt59i3lsk9eccnh2do9v4ub1ca DeleteThis @4ax.com>...
>> On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 21:10:31 +0100, "Diane"
>> <diane.walker DeleteThis @tiscali.co.uk> declared:
>>
>> >On ebay the guy is selling it for £7.50 and might
>> >make £15.00 if his lucky.
>>
>> guess he is more than lucky, the copy closed at £28.50.
>>
>>
>> Robert
>
>This title is listed in Ahearn for $125 in the year 2000 and credited
>as the author's first book under his name.
Proving yet again (and this is remarkably consistent) the best thing
to do with any suggested price you see in an Ahearn guide is divide it
by three.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Stupid Prices |
|
| Back to top |
|
| |
External
Since: Dec 08, 2003
Posts: 65
|
(Msg. 10) Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 8:17 am
Post subject: Re: Stupid Prices [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
|
|
|
R. Totale <slangtruth RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<mfmnc0tk8ij12hgepjg387bua5ji45k5ta RemoveThis @4ax.com>...
> On 12 Jun 2004 18:32:17 -0700, drhbooks RemoveThis @yahoo.com (hollowayd) wrote:
>
> >MindElec <MindElec RemoveThis @aol.com> wrote in message news:<l1vmc0h8bt59i3lsk9eccnh2do9v4ub1ca RemoveThis @4ax.com>...
> >> On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 21:10:31 +0100, "Diane"
> >> <diane.walker RemoveThis @tiscali.co.uk> declared:
> >>
> >> >On ebay the guy is selling it for £7.50 and might
> >> >make £15.00 if his lucky.
> >>
> >> guess he is more than lucky, the copy closed at £28.50.
> >>
> >>
> >> Robert
> >
> >This title is listed in Ahearn for $125 in the year 2000 and credited
> >as the author's first book under his name.
>
Nice that you've found the guide to be consistent, if inflated for your market.
David
> Proving yet again (and this is remarkably consistent) the best thing
> to do with any suggested price you see in an Ahearn guide is divide it
> by three.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Stupid Prices |
|
| Back to top |
|
| |
| Related Topics: | Printed prices on books? - Maybe no longer: http://publishersweekly.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?articleid=CA327356 William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com
Guide To First Edition Prices 2004/5 - Tartarus Press has published the 5th edition of "Guide To First Edition Prices 2004/5" by R. B. Russell. I mention this because although I contributed but little to the guide, he continues to acknowledge me in the book. For someone who is never...
What's with Book Fair prices? - Just left St. Petersburg Antiquarian Book Fair and didn't buy a single book....What's with prices from these dealers? Most of the books were outrageously priced! Ichecked the internet and found many of these books at much lower prices. Don't these..
Why the insane prices for this book? - ISBN 0061011703 - Postcards from France Is this book really worth $200+ ? I can't seem to find it anywhere online for less than that. In other words, is this a genuine rare book or just a handful of sellers listing it for high prices and waiting for..
American Book Prices Current - I'm curious to know opinions of people who have purchased the CD. Do you feel it is worth it? Regards - Annie |
|
You can post new topics in this forum
You can reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FAQ
Profile
Private Messages
Log in
