[78-L] Berliner reproductions [fwd]

[Michael Biel]

From: Kristjan Saag <saag at telia.com>
> Most of these "crazy" offers were probably made at a time when there 
> were no new CD's available. Demand and supply.
> And when new pressings are out it takes some time to withdraw the $ 999 
> offer.

Not at all.  I'm talking about things (mainly books) that were still in
print, had never gone out of print, were still available from Amazon
itself at regular price, and were also available from dozens of Amazon
dealers for very small prices.  And like Mike Harkin said, some of the
expensive copies are used when the inexpensive copies are new.

> Good business idea - for those who wish to profit from other people's 
> desperate needs.  Kristjan
 
That does happen when things are truly out of print and not available
from anybody else, but I'm talking about things that are obviously not
rare but that dealers who don't check think could not possibly be
available.  I think that some of these dealers are cross-posting things
on every site such as Abe Books, B&N, Alibris, etc. and on some of these
there might not be another copy.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com



On 2012-06-09 09:12, Michael Biel wrote:
> I've frequently noticed on Amazon where a book or CD is still available
> new from Amazon for $10 or $15, and/or from numerous community dealers
> for even less, that some idiot will have a copy listed for $999.99!!!!!
> And a few others will be in the $200-$400 range! Some people are CRAZY!
>
> But Dave, I was also interested in the prices for the Berliner
> reproductions. Do you remember them. Were they all the same or
> different?
>
> Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
>
> From: Mike Harkin<xxm.harkin at yahoo.com>
>> Also frequently noted on Amazon: sellers offering used copies of a CD for [sometimes
>> considerably] more than other sellers are offering a new copy of which for. Go know....
>> Mike in Plovdiv