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It is more than likely the repricer. Amazon will remove prices eventually. The reason nobody catches these is that they are slow moving books. We used to onl
by beauzero 8y ago
It is more than likely the repricer. Amazon will remove prices eventually. The reason nobody catches these is that they are slow moving books. We used to only clean them up once a week sometimes as much as once a month. It happens with all the repricing software. Some are better than others and you can always add caps. I think our cap was $4000. You have to set the cap that high because there are certain architectural, medical, and occasionally historical texts or sets that will run this high. ...and books are a volume game. The more you process the more you sell.
Software generally used...
Monsoon
Fillz
SellerCentral
NeatoScan
Thrift books (close to the largest is primarily in house software).
When I worked there we ran close to 120k skus (sku = ean, condition combo). We were not the largest but, for a time in the top 10% of third party new and used book sellers. We got our books from remainders, closeouts, and auction. Most of the time we could process ~15-25 pallets/gaylords of books per week.
It's a repricing issue that no one has caught yet because it's a crappy title and no one is worried about losing a sale. Titles with a rank of < 10k are monitored daily for mispricing issues. Other than that...scan more books, get them listed, it's all about the numbers.