In a message dated 9/24/2005 7:07:50 PM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hi All, Somebody mentioned the expensive book on Tonder being at ABEbooks > and I went to look www.abebooks.com The following book also showed up, I > think it was around $30.00USD and is from a bookstore in California. Hi All -- Just a word of warning to people buying books from ABEBooks or Add-All -- I just extricated myself from a horrible book deal gone bad using these services. They really don't really offer much in the way of assistance or guarantees. In my case, the order was placed through a small New Mexico "bookseller" that apparently was someone working out of his/her basement, and ordering books from someone else if the mood was right, though he/she was certainly prompt about charging my credit card! After months of attempting to find out what happened to the book I never got, I ended up putting the charge in dispute with my credit card company. The very next day, having been notified of this (although the "bookseller" never responded to my other attempts to contact him/her by phone or email) I received a notice that the book was going to be shipped. Voila! So I notified him/her again TWICE that the charge had been cancelled and NOT to ship the book. Long story short -- I found out after this that people are better off contacting the bookseller directly if they find one listed on one of these services, and making sure it's legit. In fact, sometimes the bookseller, if it really IS a bookseller, will even charge you less than the amount listed on ABE or Add-All, because those services take a surcharge. If they are there to respond to your order, they will presumably be there to send the order out, and stand by their business. And if something goes wrong, you'll know whom to contact. Regards, Ricki Utah - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
