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Old May 28th 05, 03:31 AM
Robert Harmon
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I just bought a book on eBay from a book dealer, monkfish2 - "The Curious
Mongoose" - of Cleveland, OH. Based on the number of books sold I assumed
them to be a reputable book dealer. To make a long story short I bought a
book purported to be a 1st edition in "excellant" condition. What I got was
a book club edition (no MSRP on dust jacket, black instead of grey spine, &
20% thicker that it was supposed to be. In addition this book absolutely
reeked of tobacco smoke.

From now on I'll stick to specialist search engines to find the books I
want. I use & recommend AddAll.com.
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Robert Harmon
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Not meaning to sound sarcastic, but do you *really* expect that to
apply to eBay listings?

Bubba the seller has no idea what professional book dealers consider
first editions. All he knows is that the book is a first edition
"'cuz it sayz sew rit 'chere" and points at the copyright page . And
shouldn't he? eBay has no information that I can find anywhere about
when to apply the "special attributes" like first edition, and there
sure as heck is no information on distinguishing different printings
or editions.

I'm just impressed that the listing included number line
information... that's more information than many sellers bother with.

Bill


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