Can anyone explain this?

[cpm9ball]

I was just checking Barnes & Noble and Amazon for the book, The Official Price Guide to Mint Errors by Alan Herbert. New copies are selling for $200-$450 while used copies are selling for $20-$40. What is going on?

 

Chris

 

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...to+Mint+Errors

 

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-...bmint%2berrors

[bsshog40]

Niether link seems to be any good Chris. Are the new ones autographed or something? Leather bound?

[cpm9ball]

Amazon added all of that garbage. The book was at the top of the page, but now it's at the bottom (very small) and now you have to click on it to go to yet another page. These dang companies have all kinds of ways to insert their junk.

 

I don't know what the deal is with B&N. I'm going to try again.

 

Chris

 

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[RWB]

It means that someplace in the world there is a company trying to sell the book, in new condition, at that price. I've seen the same thing with my Renaissance books where you can buy a new copy for $500 even though Wizard Coin Supply has them for $55. Sellers usually try this with out-of-print books.

[Conder101]

I see things like that all the time, a few reasonably priced copies and then some with absolutely silly prices. If you look at all the sellers of the seventh edition of the book on Amazon you will find the last guy is offering an ex-library copy for $765.40 plus $4 shipping.

[e1cnr]

sellers with prices like that hope a deep pocket buyer will jump on the first they see and do not price compare and shop around

 

 

they do not have high turnover but the ones they sell make alot

 

 

some sellers listing like that, do not even have the copy, but can get one quickly to fill the occasional order

[jerseycat10]

This is a known phenomenon on Amazon.

 

Apparently, sellers use price-changing macros that anaylze similar products, and change the price accordingly.

 

Sometimes, this results in macro wars, leading to ridiculously high prices.

 

You don't see ridiculously low prices because they can cap the low price.

[WoodenJefferson]

Attention Amazon shoppers, now on sale at the gift shop, Alan Herbert's,

The Official Price Guide to Mint Errors, cheap!

[cpm9ball]

Attention Amazon shoppers, now on sake at the gift shop, Alan Herbert's,

The Official Price Guide to Mint Errors, cheap!

 

Attention Amazon shoppers! Alan Herbert's, The Official Price Guide to Mint Errors, will be available in the gift shop as soon as the amputations are completed.

 

Chris

[WoodenJefferson]

You saying its going to cost you an arm and a leg?

[JStull]

Someone should schedule an appointment with a proctologist and get a soothing ointment.

[cpm9ball]

You saying its going to cost you an arm and a leg?

 

Minimum!

 

Chris