Friday, August 21, 2009

Does NEW Mean Wet With Musty Odor?

Today, we've got an Amazon marketplace seller listing a copy of an Abrams' cofee table book entitled British Campaign Furniture: Elegance Under Canvas.

They're priced fairly, at $31.29, except for the fact that their copy is the kind of junk you can't sell on Amazon, or Half.com.. or pretty much any major bookselling venue besides Ebay.
Note the description:

New
Seller: FIRESIDE_BOOKSTORE
Rating:98% positive over the past 12 months (102 ratings.) 509 lifetime ratings.
Shipping: In Stock. Ships from WA, United States. See Shipping Rates. See return policy.
Comments: New but HEAVILY LIQUID DAMAGED WITH STAINED WAVY PAGES (some stuck together AND NOT READABLE) AND MUSTY ODOR!

Is it perhaps possible that these Fireside intended that one of their competitors, with copies priced above $250, would accidentally match prices with Fireside in an attempt to get a deal on this book?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm............. for misgrading the book, these folks get a NO COOKIE! for sure. We can't be certain as to their intent, but we can be certain they've misgraded this book.

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