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Amazon buyer asks, ‘Who polices online seller-scammers?’

Just read a fascinating (and lengthy!) rant by an Amazon Marketplace buyer who was shafted by a mega-seller/drop-shipper. All the gory details are in this blog post on Bioepherma. So if any_book routinely does this kind of thing – lying about their merchandise, not shipping it on time, etc. – why was their positive feedback [...]
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Bookseller busted for selling forgeries on eBay

Boy, this is starting to sound familiar. An eBay bookseller was busted for selling signed books — with the signatures forged. Forrest R. Smith III, 48, of Exeter Pa., got 33 months in prison and will pay $120,000 in restitution by auctioning books with fake signatures of Truman Capote, Michael Crichton, Tom Clancy, Kurt Vonnengut, [...]
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Online bookselling roundup for Saturday

Believe it or not, the textbook selling season is just two weeks away! News from Amazon Seller Support: Find out more about selling textbooks during Textbook Season by attending our July 29th Webinar on Selling Textbooks on Amazon.com (10:00 am PDT). We’ll cover lots of topics that will help you sell textbooks. The webinar is [...]
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eBay popping up on Amazon and Google searches

I could not believe my eyes when I saw this story on AuctionBytes about eBay’s Browser Highlighter download software. As the article indicates, it “allows integration of listings within product and search pages on competing websites, including Amazon and Google.” Amazon is going to have these guys in court within weeks, that’s my prediction (for [...]
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Bonanzle … eBay replacement or classic TV western?

Are you selling many books these days on eBay? I still have an eBay store and pay about $30 in fees a month, but the sales (a couple per week?) hardly cover the rent these days. It seems that eBay has gotten away from what made it great — collectibles, auctions, and a growing user [...]
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