<div dir="ltr"> Somehow, Amazon is still making a profit.
Sounds like the Milo Minderbinder egg scheme.<div><br></div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milo_Minderbinder#:~:text=At%20the%20beginning%20of%20the,mess%20halls%20for%20five%20cents">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milo_Minderbinder#:~:text=At%20the%20beginning%20of%20the,mess%20halls%20for%20five%20cents</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Dec 22, 2024 at 2:17 PM Gerry J. Elman via Pct <<a href="mailto:pct@oppedahl-lists.com">pct@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg4354828088633953798">
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<div dir="auto">Looks like she is a target of a BRUSHING scam. (Same thing happened to my wife earlier this year.)</div>
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<div dir="auto">The weird thing is that the perpetrators set up fake carge cards, so the recipient of deliveries aren't charged for the producte they are delivered. Reports are that the perpetrators leverage the deliveries into fake 5-star product ratings.</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Perhaps a similar odd Amazon pricing explains this</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://x.com/LangmanVince/status/1870623387519012869" target="_blank">https://x.com/LangmanVince/status/1870623387519012869</a>
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<p>As best I can see, I could turn quite a profit even if I merely discarded the books upon receipt. :)</p>
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<p>Hello listserv members. I just released the second edition of <i>Oppedahl on PCT Forms and PCT Docketing</i>. Like the original edition, it is priced at $89 and I earn a royalty of about $48 per book. But what I don’t understand is that Amazon has placed
this book on sale for about $21. Yes, it looks like if you order this book right now, you will only have to pay about $21 to Amazon, and they will pay me about $48, and you will receive a copy of this book. I am baffled by Amazon’s pricing decision. See
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https://blog.oppedahl.com/odd-amazon-pricing-for-second-edition-of-my-pct-forms-and-docketing-book/</a> .</p>
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