Diary > Sunday 12th July

[Caw1]

I managed to get it from eBay of all,places for £1.99... don't know if it's still available from there.. it was a download onto my kindle app on my iPad... it did say I would get a copy in the post too but that didn't come and I got a message from eBay to say it wasn't available but I'd least downloaded it so don't know what happened there.... maybe worth a look!
Yes, I enjoyed The American Fround too... in fact I've enjoyed all his books... I met him when I went to one of the Family history shown at the NEC in Birmingham, he's a lovely chap.

Caroline

[Roobarb]

I would never have thought of looking on eBay for books! Just had a look to see how much the paperbacks are - how about this, a 'pre owned' copy for £101.99!!    Free postage though 
Ill have a look tomorrow and see if there are any sales from people who live in the real world.....

[Caw1]

😳😳😳😱😱😱 that is go smackingky expensive.... do you think they've made a mistake!
When I put the title into Google it came up with a whole load of different places to get it from and eBay were the cheapest... as you say would never have thought they sold books!

If you put it i tom Google then look on the top row where it says shopping click on that and scroll down and you'll see it there for $0.99 roughly .78p!
Then you can download it.... have a look and tell me if you see what I see...

Caroline

[Roobarb]

I don't think it's a mistake Caroline, there was another at £67.99 (or something like that) and others at equally ridiculous prices. When I was browsing on Amazon for paperbacks I came across some where the price for a used copy was higher than a new one. Why on earth would anyone buy them? The world has gone mad!
I'll have a go with the Google search tomorrow, thanks for the tips. 

[Mowsehowse]

Possibly first editions?
They often sell for crazy money.

[Roobarb]

The advert for one priced  £101.99 says last one available.  It's from a book seller I've used several times, they're very good to deal with. Needless to say I haven't paid anywhere near that price!

[Caw1]

It's quite ridiculous.... do they think people are daft enough to pay those sort of prices.... well probably yes!

Good luck with the google search tomorrow..

Caroline

[Ruskie]

I’ve seen those ridiculous prices for many items on eBay and wondered how anyone would be stupid enough to buy them. The answer is, they don’t:

The reason for listing with ridiculous prices: Large sellers do that if their item is out of stock. In order to prevent/discourage people from buying the item, they hike the price to a ridiculous level and leave the listing where it is. This is called a placeholder listing

It still seems odd, but plenty do it. 

[Roobarb]

Ruskie, thank you for the explanation, that's mad! Really interesting though, what they get up to in the world of commerce beggars belief.