(urth) The Perils of Partnership

[Fred Kiesche]

In other news: If anybody is looking for "reading quality" copies of these
three (one, two, or all three), please let me know. As soon as I get my
other copies, I'll be happy to give them to somebody who does not already
own.

On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Matthew Weber <palaeologos at gmail.com>wrote:

>
>   Greetings:
>>>> Just got my first three replacement copies of my missing Wolfe's:
>>>> Innocents Abroad, Starwater Strains, and Strange Travellers--all short
>>>> story collections in case any of the titles in these are on the May Is
>>>> Gene Wolfe Shorts Month project.
>>>> Annoyed as they are all ex-library books: which the Amazon "partner" did
>>>> not mention in his/her description. I did not pay a lot, and these are
>>>> all fine "reading copies", but given a choice between a ex-library book
>>>> with stickers, mylar wrap and stamps and things inside...and a actual
>>>> "new" copy without any of that, I'll choose the new one.
>>>> Am I a cranky book collector or what?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> F.P. Kiesche III "Ah Mr. Gibbon, another damned, fat, square book.
>>>> Always, scribble, scribble, scribble, eh?" (The Duke of Gloucester, on
>>>> being presented with Volume 2 of The Decline and Fall of the Roman
>>>> Empire.) Blogging at The Lensman's Children
>>>> (http://theeternalgoldenbraid.**blogspot.com/<http://theeternalgoldenbraid.blogspot.com/>
>>>> ).
>>>>
>>>>
> Fred, there are Amazon Marketplace vendors that pull this crap all the
> time--listing books in "good" or "very good" condition when they've been
> defaced with library stamps, written in, etc.  I suggest being a complete
> pain in the ass and giving the seller a "poor" rating (and giving specific
> reasons why the seller earned that rating).  Quite often the seller will
> contact you and ask that you revise the rating, which you should only do on
> condition that they pay for return postage and a refund.
>
> On the one hand, it's good that Amazon Marketplace has allowed all kinds
> of booksellers to piggyback on Amazon's infrastructure and keep their
> businesses going.  The downside is that any schmuck with a stack of
> withdrawn library books can go online and sell them, and in so doing muddy
> the waters for experienced bookmen who know their trade and are trying to
> do a conscientious job of describing what they're selling.  I've been where
> you are several times, and it's extremely annoying.
>
>
>
> --
> Matt +
>
> Give a sop to Cerberus.
>     Greek and Roman saying
>
>
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-- 
F.P. Kiesche III  "Ah Mr. Gibbon, another damned, fat, square book. Always,
scribble, scribble, scribble, eh?" (The Duke of Gloucester, on being
presented with Volume 2 of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.)
Blogging at The Lensman's Children (
http://theeternalgoldenbraid.blogspot.com/).
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