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fortdixlover
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 Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:00 am Post subject: Amazon.com deception? |
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http://www.americanthinker.com/comments.php?comments_id=517
Not a bestseller?
Reader Ken Smith of Portland, OR, writes with distressing news about Amazon.com, where I buy 90% of my books.
I just went to Amazon to check on the Sales Rank of Unfit for Command. It does not appear on the Bestsellers list anywhere.
The 9/11 Commission report is the first entry! Its sales rank is #2. In the "other books" under the 9/11 report is a link to Unfit.
It's sales rank is #1. This is the most blatant scam I have ever seen.
Please publicize this gross deception. I have already sent Amazon an email, asking them what's going on.
If they're taking sides this blatantly, they've lost a customer for life.
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You GottaBeKidding
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| Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:03 am Post subject: |
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| I just checked and it's showing up #1 for me. |
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joe_madeup
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| Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:04 am Post subject: |
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Went to www.amazon.com....clicked on the "Top Sellers" tab....it comes up with "Bushworld: Enter At Your Own Risk" by Maureen Dowd, under Books -> Nonfiction. Tried it a couple times....same result. Boy, that's weird.
Then I clicked on the "Books" link to the left....there is "Unfit For Command", clearly right at number 1. "Usually ships in 5 to 7 weeks" which tells me the book is indeed selling well 
I am not arguing for the idea that Amazon is engaged in a conspiracy against UFC....Neither am I arguing against the idea. |
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Chuck Z Ombie AC2000
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It shows up as #3 on the NYT bestseller list
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/
Ill admit 3rd place isnt number one but the week ending for the NYT was just when the book started selling. I expect this week for it to be #1 on the Spew York times list.
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manofaiki
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Here's where the NYTimes has Unfit For Command right now:
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
Top 5 at a Glance
1. AMERICAN SOLDIER, by Tommy Franks with Malcolm McConnell
2. MY LIFE, by Bill Clinton
3. UNFIT FOR COMMAND, by John E. O'Neill and Jerome R. Corsi
4. BUSHWORLD, by Maureen Dowd
5. EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES, by Lynne Truss
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ProudMilitaryWifeDaughter
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I plan on buying a few to send to my friends who are voting for Kerry because they dont think Bush has been honest about the war.
HA lets talk about honesty now 
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vietnamvet173
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| Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 3:07 am Post subject: |
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I found the following error. Are the web programmers up to tricks again?
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by John E. O'Neill, Jerome R. Corsi
Usually ships in 5 to 7 weeks |
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joe_madeup
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| No...I have been checking Amazon daily for the past week....I watched UFC go from "ships in 1-2 days" to "ships in 1-3 weeks" to "ships in 5-7 weeks"....now and then, briefly it will bounce down to "ships in 1-3 weeks".....it is a matter of supply and demand.....it is a good problem to have, i.e., high demand.....they need a big shipment from Regnery or whoever, then it will bounce down again. |
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mascari
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damn...5-7 weeks!
glad I ordered mine 3 weeks ago and got it already
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Guys, it may be true that they ALREADY ran out of books.
I read on the Drudge Report, perhaps 2 days ago, that the Publisher had ordered the printing of 550,000 new books have been ordered! |
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Actually, it's FANTASTIC news. DEMAND is there - DEMAND for the book, DEMAND for TRUTH.
Also, Amazon ain't the only place to pick up a copy (although I got mine Friday),
It's a great read so far!
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| Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 10:07 am Post subject: |
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I sent Amazon this note:
| Quote: | ...I ordered the book "Unfit for Command" on 8/6 and it is
showing in my que as shipping on 8/26-8/28; however, I do have a
question: I have three friends that live within 20 miles of me that
ordered their books on 8/10 and 8/13 (repsectively) and they received
their copies yesterday. Does amazon.com ship the orders in the order
that they are received?... |
and got this response:
| Quote: | Thanks for writing to Amazon.com.
"Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry"
has proven to be a very popular item.
We have many customer orders for this item, and we've just begun
receiving copies from our suppliers. We are filling orders as
quickly as we can on a first-come, first-served basis.
We expect to ship your order in the next few business days. On the
date of shipment, we'll send you an e-mail message confirming the
date, contents, and method of your shipment.
Thanks for shopping at Amazon.com.
Please let us know if this e-mail resolved your question: |
LOL, looks like demand is high enouh 
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...And I just bet several copies were purchased by the Kerry Kamp in order to prep some needed responses.
I imagine them going over the book line by line, hoping, praying that they'll find something that isn't accurate.
All it will do is place additional doubt in some poor Kerry-ites head, the fact that he/she has backed the wrong guy seared, SEARED into them.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 11:54 am Post subject: Re: Amazon.com deception? |
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| fortdixlover wrote: |
Reader Ken Smith of Portland, OR, writes with distressing news about Amazon.com, where I buy 90% of my books.
I just went to Amazon to check on the Sales Rank of Unfit for Command. It does not appear on the Bestsellers list anywhere.
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Bestselling books. It's still #1. And the five reviews that have been there, are still there - three 5-star reviews, one 4-star, and a goofy 1-star that you have to click on 'complete list' to see. |
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