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Posted By: Jason Mishelow

Max I really think that until the booksellers come down to reasonable levels there are not going to be that many of us. It simply makes no sence for someone to start collecting books if they have to pay the current "market". As a result all of the books stay in the hands of the proffesional seller and no one gets to see how entertaning they can be. I started collecting books about 3 years ago and if I go to the major bookselling sites and do a search for the top 20 most epenseive book it is all the same books from the same sellers that were listed 3 years ago- the prices just make it so that the inventory does not move and that stiffles the hobby ( I think that you commented that some of the copies of Wards book have been sitting for 7 years from the same seller) I just don't get it- if something doesn't sell for years when do you start to think that maybe it isn't worth what you think it is. So there my rant as to the problem- I just don't have any idea how you fix it