Maybe the seller meant $9.99.

It would have to be a really, really rare puzzle (a Used one at that) to ask that price. Surely it's a typo?

no I've seen many crazy items like this. I thiink they are just hoping someone will fall for it. remember that pb&j sandwich someone was selling for a lot of money?

I see that often and I see it on amazon too. One price of a normal number like $10 but other listings for thousands, not just one but several.

And what about an item that is listed as a very reasonable price, with shipping in the hundreds of dollars? I've seen that both on eBay and Amazon? Ridiculous!

Ebay has recently made a bigger deal about sellers shipping on time. There are some ways that you can 'vacation' a listing, so as not to inadvertently sell the item while away and not be able to ship it on time, but raising the price temporarily may be another way to handle the issue.

He has lousy feedback, and he's using the Best Offer option, so maybe he's hoping someone will make him an offer he likes. Definitely not someone I'd buy from.

I, too, see this all the time with books. I buy and sell on Amazon, and someone will come along and list a book for $2,000--the same book others are selling for $5 or less. I don't get it either. Are they so bored this is all they have to do?

Donna, eBay didn't used to let sellers overcharge for shipping. Perhaps that has changed.

I'd offer one dollar for it.

He has a bunch of other puzzles for $500.00. I love puzzles, but not that much!

I saw some broken jewelry listed for $10,000 on Etsy the other day. It was worth $10 tops. At first, I thought it must have been a typo, but when I looked at the seller's other listings, they all had similar prices. Go figure!

donna, over charging on shipping is usually a form of fee avoidance (seller trying to avoid paying commission to the hosting site) and it is not allowed. I thought ebay had started including the shipping costs in the fees they charge sellers in order to eliminate this type of fee avoidance, but perhaps I'm thinking of another selling site

I'll admit, I haven't checked ebay in a while. Probably before the change you mention. But I do still see it at amazon.

I assume money laundering.

Ebay now charges fees on the shipping also. I think Ebay is the only one making any money. Shipping costs have gotten so high no one is buying. and sellers aren't making the money they should. (I am talking lower priced items)

I didn't know about the fees on shipping, JoAnn. I'll have to read up on that as I'm giving a talk on eBay selling at the library this spring. I thought they've been charging me a flat 10% of the selling price, but I haven't paid close attention.

I sold my last thing ever before Christmas on EBay. Buyers can now return purchases for simply saying "not as listed". It was a Coach bag that was listed as used and I showed five pictures of the worn areas on the red leather. I had to pay the return shipping that was almost double the amount that I paid to ship to the buyer. Still had to pay the 10% on the total sale (including) shipping for the final sale amount to Ebay. I'll never sell on Ebay again. Sorry to rant but I'm still mad about this!!!

I wondered if it was a code for something not very legal. And there's the used socks for a ghastly amount of money with happy buyers. Really? USED Socks? Must be someone with a fetish!

A lot of storefronts on eBay use drop shippers. When they are out of stock on an item they will raise the price to an unrealistic level until more stock comes in. This way they can just change the price when the item becomes available instead of taking it out of inventory.

The Charles Wysocki puzzles I buy are usually 8.00 or so at Walmart. That guy is weird!

Yes this one surprised me.

$7,050,327.04?? That must include insurance on the shipment.

What is that saying about "a sucker born every minute". I looked at the ebay puzzle offerings. There is one there that I just ordered from Bits and Pieces puzzle catalog for 6.99. The seller on ebay wants 12.95. Sure, I pay shipping, but I will also get a free puzzle along with the one I ordered from the catalog. Yep, every minute one is born.

Maybe it has to due with sellers of other countries. They put in a price based on their currency, not ours; for example the other day, I saw a picture of a gas station in Mexico and the sign said a gallon of gas was 363.00 (pesos).