Way OT: Just received the weirdest book ever from Amazon

[Relayer]

Have no idea who sent it. It's hard to describe. Title is Conspiracy amateurs by Jason Williams. Did a google search and nothing. No publisher, no intro, no page numbers, nothing. It's like something Jack Nicholson started typing from the Overlook Hotel. Print looks like an old type writer. Formatting is awful. Reading it made little sense.

The only information about its whereabouts is at the end where it says Made in the USA, Middletown, DE. 27 June 2019 which was yesterday. Like I said, bizarre.

 

[odshowtime]

Probably has your future. When do you die?

 

[dmk228]

Looks like you got a heck of a deal if it just showed up. Seems to be listed for $185.79 on Amazon.

 

[UncleLar]

Have no idea who sent it. It's hard to describe. Title is Conspiracy amateurs by Jason Williams. Did a google search and nothing. No publisher, no intro, no page numbers, nothing. It's like something Jack Nicholson started typing from the Overlook Hotel. Print looks like an old type writer. Formatting is awful. Reading it made little sense.

The only information about its whereabouts is at the end where it says Made in the USA, Middletown, DE. 27 June 2019 which was yesterday. Like I said, bizarre.

You can self publish on Amazon. I assume that's what happened with this book.

 

[Relayer]

Or $245 Canadian. That's where I saw it listed.

Trying to figure out how it landed in my mailbox. Name and address were spot on.

 

[Lion Lineage]

Have no idea who sent it. It's hard to describe. Title is Conspiracy amateurs by Jason Williams. Did a google search and nothing. No publisher, no intro, no page numbers, nothing. It's like something Jack Nicholson started typing from the Overlook Hotel. Print looks like an old type writer. Formatting is awful. Reading it made little sense.

The only information about its whereabouts is at the end where it says Made in the USA, Middletown, DE. 27 June 2019 which was yesterday. Like I said, bizarre.

When you’re done reading it, send it my way.

 

[Pardlion]

Have no idea who sent it. It's hard to describe. Title is Conspiracy amateurs by Jason Williams. Did a google search and nothing. No publisher, no intro, no page numbers, nothing. It's like something Jack Nicholson started typing from the Overlook Hotel. Print looks like an old type writer. Formatting is awful. Reading it made little sense.

The only information about its whereabouts is at the end where it says Made in the USA, Middletown, DE. 27 June 2019 which was yesterday. Like I said, bizarre.

Are the pages stuck together?

 

[Jovialgent]

Have no idea who sent it. It's hard to describe. Title is Conspiracy amateurs by Jason Williams. Did a google search and nothing. No publisher, no intro, no page numbers, nothing. It's like something Jack Nicholson started typing from the Overlook Hotel. Print looks like an old type writer. Formatting is awful. Reading it made little sense.

The only information about its whereabouts is at the end where it says Made in the USA, Middletown, DE. 27 June 2019 which was yesterday. Like I said, bizarre.

 

[PearlSUJam]

Or $245 Canadian. That's where I saw it listed.

Trying to figure out how it landed in my mailbox. Name and address were spot on.

Return it and get your money back quickly.

 

[interrobang]

Someone steal your credit card but didn't change the delivery address?

 

[Fac]

Maybe something in the binding reading your computer keystrokes. Imagine the old mission Impossible TV show.

 

[Relayer]

Someone steal your credit card but didn't change the delivery address?

Good call. A purchase of $244 showed up on my statement. Just filed a fraud claim and I will be returning this book to Amazon.

 

[anon_xdc8rmuek44eq]

Good call. A purchase of $244 showed up on my statement. Just filed a fraud claim and I will be returning this book to Amazon.

Something similar happened to me earlier this year but it was Barnes and Noble. I found out because I received notification that stuff I didn’t order was shipping. They did change the mailing address and I was refunded immediately. I then went into my account and removed the credit card I had on file and changed the password. I no longer keep CCs on file with websites.

 

[SUPERTODD]

Good call. A purchase of $244 showed up on my statement. Just filed a fraud claim and I will be returning this book to Amazon.

I looked it up. I work for a bookseller. There have been a lot of these kinds of books being independently published over the last, maybe 5 years or so. As nearly as I can tell, lunatics from the Internet are banding together to create virtual collectives and publishing their manifestos. The books are almost never available anywhere but Amazon and the customer usually ranges from inappropriately angry to outright crazy in their reactions when we can not get it.

 

[Relayer]

Not sure what's going on, but I just had another Amazon delivery from UPS. This time it's a Hotor car vacuum, sells for $28 and was shipped from Las Vegas. Nothing on the credit cards yet.

 

[psuken]

Not sure what's going on, but I just had another Amazon delivery from UPS. This time it's a Hotor car vacuum, sells for $28 and was shipped from Las Vegas. Nothing on the credit cards yet.

Time to cancel that card.

 

[Relayer]

Time to cancel that card.

Already cancelled and the fraud account on Amazon has also been flagged. There are no other items ordered on that account. The irony is I can use a new car vacuum.

 

[Wandering Spectator]

This is a standard fraud scheme. The “author” is paid by Amazon after the books are ordered. So they essentially convert your stolen card to cash by receiving royalties from Amazon.

On top of that, you will want to check with Amazon as they may have you as the Author. If so, they will be sending you a 1099 for the royalties even though the payments went to a different bank account.

I’d get on this quick.

If you’re lucky, it’s just a stolen card. They may have listed someone else as they author.