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On 17 Mar, 05:45, Aftermath Fan <survival...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Idiots-Guide-Submarines/dp/0028644719/... Some of the sellers listed won't have a copy (the generic or absent If somebody with an Amazon seller's account listed a copy at (say)
> Does anyone know why this book (The Complete Idiot's Guide to The price was set by one seller, the others have price matched using
> Submarines) is $450!?!? I can't find a copy for less than that, which
> seems absurd.
listing software, thus establishing this "finger in the air" price as
the de facto market price. In fact it's a bubble, in part driven by
pre-orders placed by would-be buyers, most of whom will be dealers
(who have visibility of the Amazon pre-order list) , all chasing after
what may only have been a single genuine customer.
descriptions of condition are a dead giveaway), and are pricing
speculatively in the hope that should they get an order, they can pick
one up elsewhere and drop ship it (Amazon buyers often don't
necessarily buy the cheapest copy, sometimes because not all listings
are visible, other times because of factors like feedback, shipping
location, condition, etc).
$20, the prices could well drop accordingly, depending on how astute
the price matching software is (I've seen this work before).