10.24.2013

Today's Amazon Listing Fail

Today I came across this description under for a $61.05 'Collectible- Like New' copy of Maia by Richard Adams:

Collectible - Like New

  • Dust Jacket - Like New
**A WONDERFUL HARDBACK BOOK!** EARLY PRINT, BCE. HARDBACK BOOK, DUST JACKET AND PAGES ARE IN FINE CONDITION. SHIPS RAPIDLY. GREAT PACKAGING. PRIORITY AIR MAIL.

'BCE' is shorthand for Book Club Edition, which is longhand for Garbage.
And 'early print' is meaningless with book club editions, because they are (almost universally, and certainly in this case) garbage.

Some people have no shame.

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