What the???? Seller Tries To Sell Used Textbook On eBay for $85,720!!!

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		Human Biology by Sylvia S. Mader (2001)	Item number: 6920644253

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Price:	US $85,720.00
Ended:	Aug-25-04 23:16:44 PDT
Start time:	Aug-18-04 23:16:44 PDT
Item location:	Irvine, California United States
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Human Biology

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	Item Specifics - Textbooks, Education
	Author:	Sylvia S. Mader			Edition:	7
	Publisher:	McGraw-Hill College			Educational Level:	--
	ISBN:	0072324813			Publication Year:	2001
	Format:	Paperback			Condition:	Used
	Product Type:	--
	Category:	Science & Tech

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Height:	10.5 in.
Width:	8.8 in.
Thickness:	0.8 in.
Weight:	45.6 oz.
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A revised and updated text (2nd ed., 1990) for use in a one-semester biology course that emphasizes human physiology and the role humans play in the biosphere. Following an introductory chapter, the remaining 23 chapters are grouped in six parts: human organization, processing and transporting in humans, integration and coordination in humans, human reproduction, human genetics, and human evolution and ecology. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. SciTech Book News

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[PJ-Comix]

Can anybody out there give me a RATIONAL explanation as to why this seller tried to sell this used textbook on eBay for $85,720? I've been trying to figure this one out and just can't think of a reason. Plus this seller isn't a newbie making a dopey mistake. He has a feedback rating of over 4000. The listing fee alone on this auction must have been very high.

[FauxBlonde]

If I were going to pay $87K for a 14 year old textbook, I'd want free shipping. :-)

[rdl6989]

I'll just go to the library.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Well, shipping would be a whole lot cheaper than selling 1000 of them at $85.72 each.

[gcruse]

Is this the biology book that explained how to use telemerase to have eternal life? Nah...gotta be a coincidence.

[mmartins]

If you "buy" an item from a relative, are you liable for estate duty?

[nmh]

This must have been a typo. All the other zuctions by this seller are with in reason. Besides NO ONE bought the books.

[sushiman]

320 negative feedbacks ...

[newheart]

Autographed by Charles Darwin?

[Senator Pardek]

I used to pay that much in college - at least the college bookstore would offer me 50 cents at the end of the semester.

[sirchtruth]

How many bids?

[PJ-Comix]

If I were going to pay $87K for a 14 year old textbook, I'd want free shipping. :-)

LOL!!! I hadn't thought of that but you're right! This seller is charging $85,720 as the starting bid but still insists on the buyer paying $2.79 for the shipping. Hey, I often pay for the insurance on the books I sell if the bids go high enough even though I didn't offer insurance.

[Leroy S. Mort]

But, gosh, look at the shipping cost - VERY reasonable at $2.79.

[asgardshill]

Maybe he thought somebody would be stupid enough to actually pay it. A nasty divorce where the wife tries to drain the husband's bank account, a spurned lover with his paramour's credit card number, whatever.

EBay is on my fecal roster right now - a Power Seller suddenly "went out of business" and left me holding the bag for $40 worth of merchandise I paid for but never received. My CC company doesn't do chargebacks, the merchant is pleading empty pockets, and the most EBay will reimburse is $15 (with their standard $25 fee for recovery). This is of course after filling out a mountain of forms for the privilege of getting the $15 back.

Bas**rds.

[PJ-Comix]

This must have been a typo.

I thought of that myself but the listing fee must have been ENORMOUS. I'm sure he must have seen that. Plus it wasn't a matter of getting his decimel point wrong since I don't think he would be offering it for $85.72. You just don't often see that.

[mdittmar]

Damn,already ended!

I needed that book.

[PJ-Comix]

Maybe he thought somebody would be stupid enough to actually pay it. A nasty divorce where the wife tries to drain the husband's bank account, a spurned lover with his paramour's credit card number, whatever.

The only trouble is when the buyer doesn't pay, this guy is left eating the ENORMOUS final value fee.

a Power Seller suddenly "went out of business" and left me holding the bag for $40 worth of merchandise I paid for but never received. My CC company doesn't do chargebacks...

You should have used PayPal.

[doug from upland]

Unbelievable. THIS BOOK IS ONLY $6 AND IT WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH YOUR BUTT OFF

[Zeroisanumber]

I tried to sell a time machine on E-bay. It was a cardboard box for a fridge that we had sitting out in the garage. One night, while drinking Wild Turkey at a party I blacked out and the next thing I remember is standing in the garage next to the box three hours later. Being drunk, I took a moment to write "Time Machine" on the box. Two days later I posted the story (with major embellishments) and the box for sale on E-bay for $1 + shipping. I also offered a free bottle of "fuel" (Wild Turkey) to anyone who bid over $25.

I was up to $40 before E-Bay yanked the sale because, as they said, "Item does not work as advertised: Box will not actually travel through time."

At least they had a sense of humor about it.

[PJ-Comix]

Actually I am curious where this guy gets all his textbooks that he is selling. I specialize in textbooks myself. Selling them is easy (if they are within the last 5 years of publication) but finding them is a real chore. I am like a maniac when it comes to finding textbooks but I don't get anywhere the numbers this guy does. Any ideas on how he finds so many textbooks to sell?