tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post4012780228050046170..comments2024-03-19T10:12:43.882+00:00Comments on Bookride: Grossly Over Priced Web Operators / Rant du JourBookridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05881971821359627382noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-60439074314754833342009-02-01T12:35:00.000+00:002009-02-01T12:35:00.000+00:00What a splendid illustration, love it - is it Juli...What a splendid illustration, love it - is it Julie Andrews? <BR/><BR/>I too wondered about the dramatic differences in web prices for books. There are some eyepopping prices in Amazon for some really ordinary books - thank you pat and Segovia for the explanatory posts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-9262285864741820472009-01-19T09:57:00.000+00:002009-01-19T09:57:00.000+00:00These people really do offer a silver service to t...These people really do offer a silver service to their customers and somehow have to cover the cost of employing Matthew, Aletta, Julianne, Mary, Laura, Alex, Thomas and Rachel who will rush within seconds of receiving the order for Fundamentals of Fiddle Playing to gift wrap it and include an appropriate message suitable for all occasions and ages. Just read their terms of business:<BR/><BR/>About Inkt: Trowbridge, WIL, United Kingdom<BR/>We operate SAME DAY DESPATCH, 6 days a week. If we receive your order by 4.30 pm UK time, it will normally be despatched that day. ***However, serious delays often occur on the Abebooks site (affecting order processing) and regrettably we cannot alter this.*** Our staff - Matthew, Aletta, Julianne, Mary, Laura, Alex, Thomas and Rachel - are ready to pick and pack your order within minutes if required. We have over 100,000 books in stock and available for immediate purchase. (Multiple copies of titles do not show up on the site.) We are therefore currently the largest stock-holding and stock-owning online bookseller covering the areas of Wiltshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Berkshire, Devon and Cornwall. The fastest, safest and indeed only way to buy our books is by ordering and paying ONLINE. We only accept online payments at Abebooks, and via Paypal to our normal email address (inkt@btconnect.com): we do not accept any other forms of payment. At any one time, 99.9% of our books are available. We maintain strict stock control, and online updates are sent several times each day. Even with the high number of books we despatch, we can still maintain an order fulfilment rate of nearly 100%. However, although rare, it is possible that the book you order becomes unavailable in the time between your ordering it online and our receiving the order online, which may be several hours. Please bear in mind that we list our books on a variety of websites. If the book you order is not available, we will mark the order as 'Already sold' and your credit card will not be charged. The price of any item is liable to change at any time. Please note that we do not normally reserve books under £20.00 in price (owing to the large number of such enquiries that are not completed by the buyer). Postage and packing are charged according to our online rates, and are not negotiable, either for single or multiple items. Processing, picking, packing, posting and servicing your order in every way involve human labour, time, materials, transportation and general overheads, and all this is included in the online charge. The posting and packing charge is not just for the 'actual cost of the postage'. The appropriate amount is now displayed in the book search results, or by clicking 'Rates & Speeds' near the price of the book. Books on a multiple order are sent in one package. All overseas orders are sent by airmail: we do not use surface post. We ship internationally. All books are securely and protectively packaged, using sturdy packaging and boxes where necessary. We want to hear from you if your book arrives damaged in transit. Orders above £20 are sent by 'Signed For' mail. We can drop-ship internationally as required. Please advise us at the time of ordering. We can also gift-wrap your order with an accompanying gift tag and brief personal message - all free-of-charge. Simply email us when ordering by using the 'Special Instructions' box (in stage 4, 'Checkout: Confirm Order'), stating the message you would like handwritten on the tag, and which gift-wrapping service you require: 'Birthday' (standard 'Happy Birthday' wrapping paper suitable for all ages), 'Christmas' (standard Christmas wrapping paper suitable for all ages) or 'ordinary' (plain coloured wrapping paper). We are happy to provide scans of front covers etc. of books priced at £20 or above. Normally we will refund any item, within 7 days of receipt, if the book is not as described. We regret that we do not process refunds or returns after one month from the order date, if you have not contacted us during that time. We usually offer a dealer discount for books priced at £20 or over. *** WE REGRET THAT WE CANNOT ENTER INTO LONG DISCUSSIONS OR NEGOTIATIONS ABOUT OUR TERMS OF SALE. ***Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-73960152580860476372009-01-19T09:09:00.000+00:002009-01-19T09:09:00.000+00:00hmm, I'm afraid the neo-dadaism is indeed largely ...hmm, I'm afraid the neo-dadaism is indeed largely Babel's doing ... ;-)<BR/><BR/>a nice surprise to find myself mentioned on your magnificent blog, though :-)Occyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964478750487733263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-68122124989351052852009-01-18T09:06:00.000+00:002009-01-18T09:06:00.000+00:00You can usually tell the software generated listin...You can usually tell the software generated listings - from the generic description and the prices which usually are an unlikely figure (other than in the obvious sense) and end in .17 or .23 or similar.<BR/><BR/>Maybe the software will adjust the price downwards when another copy is listed.<BR/><BR/>Or maybe it's all just madness with no rhyme or reason at all!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-49723639095910131102009-01-18T02:37:00.000+00:002009-01-18T02:37:00.000+00:00Oh man, you are like the guru of rare books but ha...Oh man, you are like the guru of rare books but haven't you read about the methods of drop-shippers? In most cases they aren't real prices for real books. Those guys are speculating that someone somewhere will enter an order, and then they can source the book from a real source and drop-ship it without ever seeing it. Many of them have software that spiders the net for listings in one place that have a significant difference in another. They are stealthy software operators more than book sellers, juggling figures of money and keeping some of it, basing sales on customer inexperience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-24118100062912583662009-01-17T12:03:00.000+00:002009-01-17T12:03:00.000+00:00I heartily concur with you on these mad charges-- ...I heartily concur with you on these mad charges-- right on! Keep on scribbling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com