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Bargain Books Aren’t “New”

I ordered this from Amazon. It said shipped by Amazon, but I didn’t realize that its origins were a third-party seller. Regardless, it was listed as “new.” It wasn’t, it was a beat-up bargain book with stickers. I gave the seller a one-star review and Amazon’s response was “we shipped it so it’s our responsibility.” Well, that sure makes it ok. The kicker, I exchanged it for another “new” copy and it showed up just like the first one. So much so, I didn’t even bother taking new photos.

Published by Michael Sauers

Michael Sauers is the Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.

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