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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 518505, member: 56&quot;]Of course you can always ask the sellers for additional info.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many of those who do show photos use stock images.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a particular example:&nbsp; 32 listings, 30 of them using the same stock photo that shows a torn dust jacket:</p><p><a href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bi=0&amp;bsi=0&amp;bx=off&amp;ds=30&amp;recentlyadded=all&amp;sortby=17&amp;tn=brancacci%20fresco%20cycles&amp;prevpage=2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bi=0&amp;bsi=0&amp;bx=off&amp;ds=30&amp;recentlyadded=all&amp;sortby=17&amp;tn=brancacci%20fresco%20cycles&amp;prevpage=2" rel="nofollow">https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bi=0&amp;bsi=0&amp;bx=off&amp;ds=30&amp;recentlyadded=all&amp;sortby=17&amp;tn=brancacci fresco cycles&amp;prevpage=2</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The descriptions are frequently of little help either.&nbsp; There are many sellers whose descriptions suggest little more than &#039;might be a good copy... might not be&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The few titles I&#039;ve compared between Abebooks and Amazon have been much less expensive on Abebooks.&nbsp; eBay is another source, but I&#039;ve rarely seen any advantage to buying there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Shipping costs often kill the deal.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was something I wanted to buy on Abebooks (an impulse buy so not important).&nbsp; I thought the shipping was higher than necessary, but decided I&#039;d buy anyhow.&nbsp; After I made the purchase, the dealer came back to me to say shipping wasn&#039;t high enough and I&#039;d have to pay an additional 50%.&nbsp; That killed the deal which, fortunately, died quietly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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