On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 16:24:56 +0100, "Bert Coules"
wrote:

I've just bought a brand-new copy of an out-of-print book. It cost me
£12.95. Before tracking that particular copy down, I looked on Amazon:
there was one there for sale, described as "in acceptable condition" - at
£599.

I suppose as long as there's a chance that someone will pay an inflated
price, some sellers think it's worth giving it a go.

Because I've not yet looked into selling things on Amazon or eBay I
don't know how true it is but I have heard it said that, if you have
no stock of something, it is cheaper, or maybe easier, to ammend the
price of the thing you haven't got to such a level that nobody would
try and buy this out-of-stock item from you, then ammend it back down
again when you have got this product back on your shelves, than to
delist and then relist the item on the website.

Nick