Half.com: Refunds Via Volume Sellers

Being the literal and worldly genius that the DEAL MESSIAH is (and also being bored) he has embarked on reading the entire Random Houses Top 100 Readers list. Avoiding books penned by Scientology and Objectivity GOONS took him a ways down the list.

Anyways, I went to Half.com, as any good hustler does, and bought some books ON THE CHEAP. For value, I bought from the VERY GOOD category, not NEW category. DUH. Buying multiple books from these volume sellers also drops the shipping charges down.

I ALWAYS buys from volume sellers. This helps the HUSTLE, particularly when “To Kill A Mockingbird” shows up and the pages are all jacked up.

The layup for refunding success lies in doing business with the volume seller. The SECRET here is that volume sellers rarely even both trying to track returns.
So SEND the email and whine to the volume seller instead, and BAM, instant refund = free book. Here is real text from the email correspondence that I just had with a volume seller on Half.com:

Response (Nidhi Jindal) 10/21/2009 02:06 AM
Hello,
Thank you for contacting (omitted) regarding your order number 45888….
I’m sorry to hear that you didn’t receive what you were expecting. There’s no need to return it to us; I’ll issue a full refund on Half.com for your order. Please allow 1-3 business days for Half.com to post the credit to your account.
We do appreciate your business and hope you’ll shop with us again!
Sincerely,
Client Services