I don't know about this particular case, but traffic and page views are
down on eBay, and prices seem to be down, too.
I sold a book for $15 on Amazon that I had already sold there (which
happens on Amazon; its software is glitchy, and its volume is high) and
looked all over for the same book in the same condition or better; it
had to contain a 45 record, and no books listed in the usual places
stated having it, whatever the price of the copy. I was willing to pay
$20 or $25 to satisfy the customer and avoid the wrath of Amazon.
Eventually, I found the book, with the record, on an active eBay auction
with no bids and a Buy It Now price of $2.95, and I had it dropshipped.
There seem to be arbitrage opportunities on eBay these days, if only
I didn't need my day job to pay the mortgage. Did you check other book
sales venues, Jeff, to see the going prices?
Joy
Jeff Vorzimmer wrote:
> I just picked up an original Gold Medal copy of Whip Hand in excellent condition on eBay for $2.25. Starting bid was 75 cents. My question is why all of a sudden can I get it so cheap? Was there a newly-discovered cache of mint-condition copies found, thereby driving the price down? Was the market for all extant copies so small, that everybody who wanted a copy has managed to procure one? Did the existence of the Black Mask PoD/Kindle version and Deliver Me from Dallas help satisfy the demand for this book?
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