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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290203103988
I just don't get it. If it was two bidders getting caught up, sure, but there are 10 bidders or more (last I looked) all getting into it. All five books I can find online for at most $10 for the set of five. What am I missing?
Posted on: 2008/2/3 1:00
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[Rowns] Some of the price on Ebay are just a bit strange really. $100+ for a few paperbacks! What are they missing!
You know to pull out of the bidding when the price gets anywhere near Abebooks prices. If reputible dealers (with ABEs 13.5% fees) can sell for whatever; not much point in paying that on Ebay (unless its a reputible dealer on Ebay also!). I've been watching HoME prices for a long while now, and the prices people pay for these books are highly variable. They've all been gradually going down in price (I think). But the other day, a fairly normal copy of Sauron Defeated went for £100; which is pretty high. And, did anyone see the copy of Peoples of Middle-earth (usually goes for ~£300-500), that ADCbooks sold last year for £830!  . Whats that all about!?The crazy world of Ebay... BH
Posted on: 2008/2/3 3:44
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Yes, the current auction is really bizarre.
I have never fully got my head around HoMe prices / scarcity. Partly because I've never really been in the market for them. I have replaced the one book that I didn't buy as a first edition (I think), and upgraded another one that had a worn jacket, but other than that I've only followed the market intermittently.
Posted on: 2008/2/3 5:05
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Yes, that auction really was bizarre. And HoMe prices have always struck me as odd, that they have fluctuated so much.
Posted on: 2008/2/3 5:23
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Okay, here's another one...
The Making of Lord of the Rings Rayner Unwin 1 of 100 Item number: 160203238326 Finished a week or so ago. dunedain8 took it for $83.77 (~£43)!! I don't understand this either. A quick look in bookfinder.com reveals four copies available; all <$42 (Thornton's copy ~$12!!). So whether its worth $80 odd or not; you can buy it on ABE or Amazon for ~$40  And more than likely you buy from a dealer who actually sells books for a living...BH
Posted on: 2008/2/9 4:27
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