I think you didn't look at the right ones. Most of them do list the titles. The ones that don't are usually being offered for sale by book dealers who have a tremendous number of books that they want to get rid of without taking the time to sort through them. Those are the ones that will probably not be bid up very high and so on a book by book basis they are real bargains, but without doubt you are buying a pig in a poke.
_ _ _ "Socialism is an attack on poverty." - W. E. B. Du Bois The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com Pathfinder Press: http://www.pathfinderpress.com Granma International: http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html----- Original Message ----- From: "Melissa Smith" <mdsmith25@xxxxxxxx>
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You know, I was recently looking at the bulk lots on ebay, and several of the descriptions didn't even list the titles that were included in the lot. That was very annoying. I was thinking about buying a lot off EBay and scanning what wasn't on Bookshare. Then I was going to use them to start trading on paperbackswap.com or bookmooch.com. I backed off after several descriptions didn't have the titles. Maybe I just didn't look at the right ones.Melissa Smith On 6/14/2010 11:25 PM, Roger Loran Bailey wrote:The minimum price for a book at HDC is seventy-five cents. I forget what the shipping charge is, but it is nothing spectacular. The advantage is that when you buy multiple books from the same seller you get a discount on shipping. That way, if you buy enough books at once, you could very well be better off than at Amazon where you are charged $3.99 per book for shipping no matter how many you buy. Again though, if you are going to buy a large number of books your best bet is a library sale, a thrift store or a bulk lot from eBay. That can be very cheap, but if you are looking for a specific title you are not likely to find it that way unless you are very lucky._ _ _ "Socialism is an attack on poverty." - W. E. B. Du Bois The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com Pathfinder Press: http://www.pathfinderpress.com Granma International: http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan" <slumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 12:14 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Ot: book buyingWhat about half.com? Do you know anything about their prices and have youever used them? Susan To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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