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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by Muddy Creek</i> <br />[As a seller of "discontinued items" (used & rare books) I won't haggle, though I have offered a discount to repeat buyers if there is some volume, but I don't generally entertain requests for discounts. Rare books may "gather dust" for years while the right buyer comes along, and unless a flood of the same edition comes on the market, it doesn't lose its value. Wayne <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />May I ask you a question re rare books? A few years ago on the RMR (rec.modelsrailroad) newsgroup someone pointed out that two model railroad books authored by Wayne Wesolowski - Scratch Building Structures, and Scratch Building Railroad Cars - were being offered at extremely high prices. I did a search through bookfinder.com, and sure enough one was listed for $325.00 and I think the other was around $250-275. <br /> <br />Since I have both of these books, I thought I'd offer them on eBay, with a reserve of $200.00. The bidding only got up to around $40.00 or so, and they did not sell. I tried to contact one of the book sellers with the high prices to ask what sort of price would they offer for the books, assuming quite a bit less than they were asking. I never got a reply and forgot about the whole thing. <br /> <br />My question is - who does buy such "rare" books? Where could I get a decent price for mine? Are the prices on their sites way out of line? <br /> <br />Thanks! <br /> <br />Bob Boudreau
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