Post by waysoftheearth on Sept 6, 2023 18:23:10 GMT -6
In another thread distortedhumor mentioned:
We are using DDv4, per the printed rules off Amazon.
Well, I had no idea that DD was listed on Amazon, so I went and checked up on it.
rredmond supplied me this link: www.amazon.com/Delving-Deeper-Reference-Rules-Compendium/dp/B00S8PG8XC and sure enough, there it is.
I don't recall ever listing DD on Amazon, so what is happening?
The first thing I thought was that I must have checked a box on Lulu enabling them to distribute it through their network of distribution channels (which includes Amazon). However, I just went over to Lulu and found that this box is not checked. So... in theory, DDv4 should not have been listed on Amazon by Lulu.
My next thought was perhaps it was left behind on Amazon after being previously listed by Lulu (when it was first published, over 10 years ago now), and then never de-listed when the global distribution option became a user control that I never ticked, or explicitly un-ticked. I don't recall doing either.
Or, I guess it is remotely possible that it has been fraudulently listed by someone else on Amazon. If this is the case, there may also be a non-zero chance it could be related to an earlier hack of my Lulu account, whereby a low-life somewhere redirected all the (meagre) sales earnings of the first 7 or 8 hundred copies of DD v4 to someone else's bank account. You may have guessed I'm not exactly in it for the money, but as a result of their handling of this incident, Lulu is not my favourite place on Earth.
In any event, I have now raised a support ticket with Amazon to verify how DD was listed there.
Meanwhile, worth noting that the DD V4 on Amazon is listed at SIX TIMES the price that the same product sells for on Lulu. $29.95 versus $4.95.
So, if you don't like being ripped off, don't buy DD V4 from Amazon at least until I figure out what is going on here, and why the price is so high.
Well, I had no idea that DD was listed on Amazon, so I went and checked up on it.
rredmond supplied me this link: www.amazon.com/Delving-Deeper-Reference-Rules-Compendium/dp/B00S8PG8XC and sure enough, there it is.
I don't recall ever listing DD on Amazon, so what is happening?
The first thing I thought was that I must have checked a box on Lulu enabling them to distribute it through their network of distribution channels (which includes Amazon). However, I just went over to Lulu and found that this box is not checked. So... in theory, DDv4 should not have been listed on Amazon by Lulu.
My next thought was perhaps it was left behind on Amazon after being previously listed by Lulu (when it was first published, over 10 years ago now), and then never de-listed when the global distribution option became a user control that I never ticked, or explicitly un-ticked. I don't recall doing either.
Or, I guess it is remotely possible that it has been fraudulently listed by someone else on Amazon. If this is the case, there may also be a non-zero chance it could be related to an earlier hack of my Lulu account, whereby a low-life somewhere redirected all the (meagre) sales earnings of the first 7 or 8 hundred copies of DD v4 to someone else's bank account. You may have guessed I'm not exactly in it for the money, but as a result of their handling of this incident, Lulu is not my favourite place on Earth.
In any event, I have now raised a support ticket with Amazon to verify how DD was listed there.
Meanwhile, worth noting that the DD V4 on Amazon is listed at SIX TIMES the price that the same product sells for on Lulu. $29.95 versus $4.95.
So, if you don't like being ripped off, don't buy DD V4 from Amazon at least until I figure out what is going on here, and why the price is so high.
