--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, fivespot <fivespot55@...> wrote:
>the company listing your book at $178 sold over 5000 books on amazon
> in the last year. i doubt they've even glanced at it, let alone read
> it and become offended at your views on gambling.
>
> amazon marketplace sellers rely on competitive price listings to
> decide how to price their items. your book has no competitive price
> listings, because you don't distribute it anywhere that they can find
> it. so, they pick a big number out of the air and see if anyone bites,
> and gradually lower it over time when no one does. it's effectively a
> reverse auction. it doesn't harm anyone.
>
> you'll see the same pattern of fluke huge sale prices on amazon with
> many obscure titles with only one or two sellers.
>
> cheers,
>
> five
>
It's a great hustle. It plays on ingorance and greed. I remember when blackjack books used to command exorbitant prices.
