A used book store based search specialist in our network might quote $13.00 to $15.00 for a book they had priced on the shelf at $10.00. This mark-up covers their extra labor in searching, quoting, and shipping. We would then add our commission to cover our time. The final quote to you might be $17.00 to $20.00 or so depending upon the amount of effort involved.

A catalog or store scout with no inventory of his or her own might quote a little higher depending on how much time he took in his search.

An on-line computer matching specialist, also working with no inventory of his or her own, but rather from various on-line inventories, would also tend to be on the higher side.

The bottom line is this: Search services are for hard to find books. To get the best price on a used copy of a common book, stroll into your local or on-line used bookstore first. Contact us after you have determined that the book in the condition or edition you want is hard-to-find or rare. Many of our customers are grateful for our ability to rapidly locate titles that have eluded them for years, but they DO NOT COME HERE FOR ROCK BOTTOM PRICES! OK?