I think you misunderstood me. I know back-ordering is quite common and see it all the time in nearly every retail industry. Who hasn't?
I had to look up the name of the bookstore. It isn't Hacienda Books. It is Anybook. It is based out of Hialeah, FL so maybe that is where I got the name confusion. But google them. They are trouble. And I don't mean by backordering. To be more specific, Anybook NEVER had any inventory. Ever. They would troll online book sellers (probably using a bot) to source used books that were for sale online. They would then use a formula which would mark up the book by a great percentage. Then they would list the book for sale. Not the same title... the exact same used book. For example, They saw the Herald book for sale at Bob's Online Bookstore for $600 and their bot automatically made an entry on ABE Books offering that copy of the book at Bob's for $3,000. If Bob's also had a used copy of The Shining for $4, their bot would put that book up for sale also at a price of $20. If someone bought the book from them, they would then try to purchase it from Bob's Bookstore. Of course, usually it was already sold elsewhere. I really don't care if this is legal or not. But they won't get my business. I don't know if they are still in business, but when I see an excessively inflated price for a book, I always wonder if it is that company working under a new name. ________________________________ From: Lavolta Press <f...@lavoltapress.com> To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> Sent: Sat, October 9, 2010 5:54:11 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Renaissance Dress in Italy On 10/8/2010 1:45 AM, Beteena Paradise wrote: > Whenever I have seen it priced that high, it is because the seller is not > legitimate. They troll for other places selling the book, then offer it for >sale > at a zillion percent mark up. If you buy it, they will then buy it from the > other seller. You may well want to do your own price search on a book. But it is actually perfectly legal and common for a seller to back order when they do not have a book in stock. And as long as back ordering does not conflict with the contractual terms of ABE or whatever online service the book is listed on, it is also legitimate. As for Renaissance Dress in Italy, I bought it years ago when it was either still in print or recently out of print; not at a high price. Scholarly costuming books are often in print for such a short time that I always try to keep in touch with what is published and buy it right away. Fran Lavolta Press Two new books on 1880s clothing! www.lavoltapress.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
