On Mar 1, 2016 8:19 PM, "Toby Thain" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2016-03-01 7:36 PM, Sean Conner wrote: >> >> It was thus said that the Great Rich Alderson once stated: >>> >>> >>> For most hobbyists, even $100 is too much. I was simply astounded at the >>> chutzpah of the seller--right there on the Amazon list--who was asking >>> nearly $1500 for a copy. >> >> >> I think that comes from an unchecked computer algorithm, not simple greed. >> I think what's happening here is someone (some Amazon third party) offered >> the book for, say, $5. Another third party scans Amazon for such books, and >> offers it for say, $6, with the hope that you (the potential buyer) will >> only see their their offer for $6 and buy from them, at which point they >> will buy it for $5 from the original seller, sell it to you for $6 and >> pocket the $1 profit. The problem comes when a third third-party seller >> sees the offer for $6 and does the same thing as the second one, only now >> they're offering it for $7, will pay $6 for it and pocket $1 profit. >> >> Keep repeating that process and you end up with books selling for $1500. > > > Or more: > http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=358 > etc. > > Remind me why HFT is a great idea... > >> >> -spc (Who knows? If you keep searching, you might find the original >> seller selling it for $5 ... ) >> >
I would think pdp 10 original books / manuals are hard to find.
