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		hypercube33 53 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon accused of widespread scheme to inflate pri... The thing I noticed and is not talked about is used books on Amazon. There was a golden time when they were effectively a buck each due to companies processing so many systematically and now you can't find a used book there that isn't a few dollars off new at best. Does anyone know what happened here?

terminalshort 53 days ago | [–]

The market realized that a used book in good condition is practically the same as a new one. The rest is just supply / demand.

rationalist 53 days ago | [–]

I buy my used (and sometimes new) books off of eBay.

eBay is a better bookstore than Amazon now.

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