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Re:Amazon sellers marking products as collectible to get aro... by rhizome on Friday May 29, 2020 @07:50PM (#23357009)
There are all kinds of $1000+ books on Amazon because they're out of print with only one available used. I'm pretty sure it's a default feature of seller management software, automated as "juice the price if mine is the only one available."
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Re:Amazon sellers marking products as collectible to get aro... by CamelCaseName on Friday May 29, 2020 @11:55PM (#23358336)
Indeed. These are called repricers, for those curious.
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