nalasgma can i ask yo ua question?? i was looking at your history and since 2001 youve made at most 149 sales and yet you appear to spend a lot of time complaining about other sellers and posting your complaints at this forum. why do you do that? it would seem like a waste of time for someone in your position. are you just the worlds biggest busybody?

ok thanks diskounters and thanks nalasgma!

As a fellow busybody of nalasgmaand the original poster, let me chime in that I love her, love her work, wish there were a dozen like her. If you have a business with management that communicates as poorly as the management here, it's a blessing of unparalleled magnitude to have someone as caring and helpful as she is.

Half.com has a large responsibility in the textbook scam fiasco....However, if someone has the intention of defrauding another and setting up a scam they are not neccesarily blatant about it. From the Textbook Advice thread..... those were some things to think about before you buy. It might have saved you a bit of money, if you would have had the tools to know what to look for before you clicked the buy button.

When I buy textbooks, I follow those same guidelines. Look at the sellers you bought from, would any of the points in the advice thread have made you think twice before clicking the buy button?

If you would have read many of my posts, instead of reacting to them...you would know I am not a HDC cheerleader. That being said, I like this venue. I and many other folks who post on this board want this place to be successful (for our own financial gain), we want HDC management to take a more active role in the scam/bad seller situation, and we want this to be a safe place for buyers to make purchases.

I recently sold a hardcover 1979 Stephen King book. It had not yet been removed as I am only up to the letter H in going through my inventory. It was a book club edition hardcover. In looking at the other copies available it appeared that all others were BCE with the exception of three paperbacks listed under the hardcover listing.

I reported the three paperbacks but left the BCE's there. At the very least they are all hardcovers. And I am not sure if the book ever was released as an official hardcover. I did not bother checking at the other websites to clarify that.

muchcat...
covers may be different as long as the ISBN and edition are an exact match.

Sometimes it is muze's error on cover or author...then click on details and follow through on the correction form



wish, I had better news for you.

Yes, I've experienced that. Ironically, I was never an EBay seller until I picked up a 1906 Ed. of Oscar Wilde's Salome and a couple of other treasures at a garage sale for 50 cents each. Salome was my very first listing, and it sold on EBay for $219 and two of the others went for $30-$60 and I've been addicted ever since. Now I can't hardly GIVE away a book on EBay. I've checked out Amazon (is that what's referred to here as "The River"?) and it looks like THEIR fees would eat me up for sure. Just vexes me that Half can't do better with older books.
muchcat

After you read the product description, please take a second to think about it.
This is an actual description for a 1984 paperback:
BRAND NEW FACTORY SEALED. 100% personal customer service support. in stock and ready to ship anywhere in the USA. Order it today and we will ship it today first class. Wholesale orders are now WELCOME. Our Reputation is our Legacy. DELIVERY 5-7 DAYS
Start with a 1984 paperback "Factory Sealed"? Go to a 1984 paperback available in "Wholesale" quanities? Then pick up on the 1st Class delivery taking "5 to 7 days" if shipped "today"?
Somebody was just too lazy to change their stock listing which probably means they don't have a clue what the book looks like.

It figures. I knew it was too good to be true. A book from my wishlist finally became available at an unbelievable price for it's purported condition (like new!). After checking feedback (99.4%), I bought it. Just received it....ex-library book with lots of acid marks ( from when labels weren't acid-free)bleeding through pages. Just chafes (chaps?) my hide!

Deb

http://shops.half.ebay.com/Lioness1964

Fritz,

Thanks, I wrote the seller through Half.com. No response yet (not everyone checks their e-mail as often as I do...haha). I think the 15th is the earliest I can file a claim.

http://shops.half.ebay.com/Lioness1964