I just read an article about a practice Amazon seemingly uses quite
often- say you go in, put a few books on your wish list, go back a
few days later to finish the order, and the prices have gone up in
the interim. If they find a book is in demand (by you) they up the
price. So if you order from Amazon, buy it when you select it. Other
book sellers do it, too, but not as often. Supposedly it is legal,
but it's still pretty shoddy, IMO.
Nancy
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On Jan 3, 2007, at 10:34 PM, James Brothers wrote:
> Amazon and eBay have similar issues. Not long ago The Archeological
> Society of Virginia found that a number of its publications were
> being offered on eBay for lots more than the ASV was asking. In order
> to forestal this one of the Chapters started offering the books on
> eBay. Just because a vendor on Amazon is offering it at a particular
> price, doesn't mean that it isn't available elsewhere for a lot less.
> Buyer beware is still true.
>
> James Brothers, RPA
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> On Jan 3, 2007, at 10:05, Tom Reedy wrote:
>
>>> Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 09:34:08 -0500
>>> From: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: VA-HIST Digest - 30 Dec 2006 to 31 Dec 2006 (#2007-1)
>>>
>>> The following is Edward Haile's comments on the availability of
>>> his book.
>>> I
>>> snatched this off of the amazon page that lists his book for up to
>>> $500.00:
>>>
>>> Dear Reader, This is an excellent book whose virtues I cannot
>>> begin to
>>> cite
>>> except to say that it is good and cheap. Namely, it is here terribly
>>> misrepresented in price and availability. It is in print, has
>>> never been
>>> out
>>> of print, and the list price new is thirty-four fifty. If the dear
>>> chaps
>>> at
>>> Amazon have not got the point after seven or eight years of
>>> listing it,
>>> despite years of advisories, be advised for your part that it can be
>>> ordered
>>> at the correct price through various Jamestown related websites of
>>> the
>>> Jamestown APVA or Jamestown Settlement or Colonial Williamsburg,
>>> or the
>>> Library of Virginia gift shop, and so on, or even through the
>>> publisher
>>> itself. Why then is it listed here? My friend, a book not listed
>>> here does
>>> not exist in the lexicon of literature. And who knows. There may
>>> be a
>>> turnaround. The information did correct itself for a whole week I
>>> believe
>>> back in 2002. Yours, Th' Pres't of the Co'cil of Virg.
>>>
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>>>
>>> Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 12:33:10 -0500
>>> From: Bess Haile <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Subject: Re: Jamestown Narratives
>>>
>>> JN is readily available, regularly reprinted, and same price as
>>> always.
>>> EWH
>>
>> Thanks to every one who replied to my query. If it is still in
>> print, the
>> marketing strategy seems mysterious to me. It was not listed on the
>> web
>> sites of Amazon or B&N, except as used books, nor did the gift
>> shops of the
>> Library of Virginia, Jamestown APVA or Jamestown Settlement list it
>> on their
>> Web sites, but of course I could be just not finding it. I finally
>> was able
>> to purchase a copy from the Colonial Williamsburg gift shop.
>>
>> I used if for research on a project through interlibrary loan, and
>> it is
>> well worth owning.
>>
>> Tom Reedy
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