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Re:Amazon’s Curious Case of the $2,630.52 Used Paperback by gwern on Monday July 16, 2018 @04:05PM (#17544608)
I ran into what apparently is the same scam, but for shipping: https://twitter.com/gwern/status/1009609380877225984 You offer a reasonable price for the item and then charge $1k for shipping or something like that, and apparently Amazon will enforce it.
Re:Amazon’s Curious Case of the $2,630.52 Used Paperback by nathancahill on Monday July 16, 2018 @04:18PM (#17544721)
Common scam on Instagram too. Run a "contest" that anyone who likes a photo immediately "wins". They choose 6 out of 20 products as a prize, with listed values from $10-60, but actually mass produced in China for <$3. All good until you enter your shipping information, and shipping is $30.