"Papercavalier" is listing my book as their own
I recently listed a copy of a very rare book. Amazon had no copies available until I created my listing. Within a day or so, another copy of the book in the same condition appeared, from seller "Papercavalier." I checked my inventory, and found other examples of this happening. It's pretty obvious they are listing my books as their own at greatly inflated prices. I submitted a report on the product page, but I'm skeptical that anything will be done. Is what they are doing allowed under Amazon seller rules?
"Papercavalier" is listing my book as their own
I recently listed a copy of a very rare book. Amazon had no copies available until I created my listing. Within a day or so, another copy of the book in the same condition appeared, from seller "Papercavalier." I checked my inventory, and found other examples of this happening. It's pretty obvious they are listing my books as their own at greatly inflated prices. I submitted a report on the product page, but I'm skeptical that anything will be done. Is what they are doing allowed under Amazon seller rules?
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Seller_z3XfkorVSmnEY
Seller_Hi7wbO2Kbo6bl
You are not special.
Bookjackers prey upon all legitimate booksellers.
Their victims are both the fools who pass over the $40 copy to purchse the same book for $200, and of course the sellers who actually have the books they offer for sale.
Bookjackers in general will claim non-receipt as often as possible to avoid paying anything at all for their imaginary inventory with jacked up prices. On Amazon they won't file a to z but try to pressure seller into refunding without that.
No, Amazon will not do anything about it. They already know. Bookjackers have been around almost as long as the real booksellers have started selling online. And they are the protected darlings on all the sites.
On the old forum here there was a long running thread that followed the appearance and overnight disappearance of all their well-earned negative feedback.
Seller_LyYw7fQRKc5G7
"It's pretty obvious they are listing my books as their own at greatly inflated prices."
Okay, they are listing on a page that you created in the common catalog? Remember, this is not Ebay where the page you create is exclusively yours. When you create a page and save it to the catalog it becomes part of the common catalog and whoever has the product can list on it per Amazon policy. Manufacturers and Brands have different options then you and I do and can sometimes whitelist sellers to sell on their Brand ASIN.
Having said this, if you feel that these people do not have the item in question and you suspect that they are dropshipping then what you choose to do is up to you. At this point I feel that I need to throw out the reminder of the Seller Code of Conduct and note that choices sometimes backfire on us.
If you are listed at a lower price then the sale will likely go to you, regardless of how many listings they choose to list on.
Seller_ITSm6TMeixAhB
I recently listed a copy of a very rare book. Amazon had no copies available until I created my listing. Within a day or so, another copy of the book in the same condition appeared, from seller "Papercavalier." I checked my inventory, and found other examples of this happening. It's pretty obvious they are listing my books as their own at greatly inflated prices. I submitted a report on the product page, but I'm skeptical that anything will be done. Is what they are doing allowed under Amazon seller rules?
Thanks for this info .. very much appreciated. Seems to confirm something I've also noticed previously.
KJ @ BookshopByTheFalls
Seller_EXuhrAKFLHPpw
I try not to dwell on who buys my books, I'm just happy that they're off my shelf and I got my asking price. They've bought a lot of books from me over the years and I've never had any issues with them. At least in my experience they're one of the better book-jackers on Amazon (good lord, did I really just say that?).
Seller_bLpzUne3tRjkG
And to add insult to injury, their FAKE listing is the FEATURED OFFER. Unreal.
Seller_gQ0c6kCtoX2ON
Have sold mutliple 100s of books to them over the years. Handful of non-delivery claims and returns. I am surprised they are not getting hit more often with high pricing errors
Seller_keSnEDesLFVwv
Papercavalier used to be a reliable high end bookseller. They changed about 5 or 10 years ago. ( Change of ownership, I think )
They, and other bookjackers, harm Amazon customers. Why Amazon cannot see this is beyond me.
What you can do is send a message to Papercavalier, requesting that they not 'jack your books, and informing them that you will include an invoice with every book, and a note to the customer explaining how they have been scammed.
Seller_keSnEDesLFVwv
They are running a bot that continually checks for the existence of all the books that they are listing. It runs 24/7. When it gets to the end of the list, it starts at the beginning.
Seller_ToPPYvOWlyp9j
Sold aggregator Paper Cavalier approx 50 titles over the years; usually LIKE NEW or V/G+/NEAR FINE. Yeah, we all know why, selling it as "New" to the uninitiated. Always add Sig, Con. as we do any aggregator.
Prior pandemic, they returned one title-reported was stained when received. This rarely happens to us, so remember the transaction well.
When returned, sure enough, had a huge coffee/cola stain. Doubt we sent it out in that condition-have a reputation to uphold-but kept my tongue between my teeth. No issues since. We make mistakes, ourselves, though we don't expect others to pay for them!!
Also do business w/ the folks in Oregon, who provide a repricing tool to on-line sellers and apparently aggregate/drop-ship as a side-hustle, and Rutherford N.J. No problems there either.
Will check the titles where we're listing against PC. Never noticed the OP's complaint but when listing against them, good policy to use a price larger than theirs.
