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#173358 20-May-2015 15:41
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Have a look at the books section on Trade Me.

Select everything and then put them in highest price order...!

There are simple 350 page text books with price tags over $4,000 per copy. Surely that can't be right?





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  #1308563 20-May-2015 15:41
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Hmmmm. Here we go.




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  #1308579 20-May-2015 15:52
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Some seem to be someone taking the piss (no reserve start price of $16, but $19k buy now), while others are genuinely high-priced textbooks such as the Landolt-Bornstein series - H2O (HOH) Part 1 for instance is about $5800 even on Amazon.

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  #1308718 20-May-2015 18:29

Geektastic: Have a look at the books section on Trade Me.

Select everything and then put them in highest price order...!

There are simple 350 page text books with price tags over $4,000 per copy. Surely that can't be right?


I can't understand most of those prices.

Especially, the Science textbooks.

Perhaps buying this may shed some light (also in the Trademe list) ...

"The Essence of Value - Secrets of Desired Products"

A steal at a mere $3,125.09 per item.



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  #1308875 20-May-2015 21:21
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Books at that price deserve to be pirated.

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  #1308896 20-May-2015 21:37
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Journeyman: Books at that price deserve to be pirated.


This.

Unless they are uber-esoteric specialist books which may sell only a few hundred copies.





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  #1308924 20-May-2015 22:17
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JWR: Perhaps buying this may shed some light (also in the Trademe list) ...

"The Essence of Value - Secrets of Desired Products"

A steal at a mere $3,125.09 per item.


That must be a stupid currency tranfer mistake. That book is around $70 in Aus or US.

 
 
 
 

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  #1308933 20-May-2015 22:24
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perhaps the price was increased instead of pulling the auction?




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  #1309139 21-May-2015 10:01
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Anyone pre-ordering this? 

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  #1309247 21-May-2015 13:06
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Yep, thought I would snag a couple - not! Hope postage is free.

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  #1309287 21-May-2015 13:46
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linw: Yep, thought I would snag a couple - not! Hope postage is free.


Yes if you give Amazon another $99 for Prime..!





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