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Can anyone help me understand this price difference? I just bought a local history book (new) for a bargain 4 quid. I clicked on the title again today just to see if the price remained, but used are now listed from 16 and new from 25! wtf
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The book?
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Is this like what they say happens with flight prices
even if you enquire about something the price starts to increase based of hits? |
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You’ve answerd your own question ?
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I never knew that wit-wam.
Makes sense and probably answers Hanks question. |
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There is a serious amount of ongoing research in to this topic, the topic being, in effect, online consumers bidding against themselves.
I actually contributed some data to a professor who writes about such issues, running an experiment over the course of two weeks. The US authorities are very interested in the pricing algorithms that drive the process displayed to repeat viewers. |
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Cheers guys - interesting about the research Angoose. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad to have picked up a bargain, but I certainly don't like the idea of the prices being manipulated on viewing etc
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Private sellers on Amazon price their own items. I assume that you got the last copy available at £4 and that the inflated prices are from other sellers.
I saw a used book selling at £350 on Amazon. I put mine up for sale and undercut him by £20 and it sold within one hour at £330. I only paid £9.99 new for it in 1980. Everything has it`s price.  |
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Cosmos?
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Was it the Art of telling jokes Mac?
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JC wrote that
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No. It was a biography of a very infamous WWII person (EK). Limited edition published by Princeton University Press.
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I was thinking of compiling a book of my jokes aka and publishing it. I`ll put you down for a signed copy.
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