Something is rotten in Denmark, when you see the following on Jeff Bezos’ Amazon.com website.
Why would you buy a paperback book for $134 when you can go to Missing 411 website and buy it for $24.99?
This book has details in it about the Missing 411 cases that are in the Eastern United States, to include the Midwestern States like Minnesota and Wisconsin. I, Publius Jr, had looked to see if it the Ramsey County Library had any of these on their shelves or on their Cloud reader–the Libby App and they do not.
Barnes & Noble doesn’t have it but Amazon does if you want to shell out 4-5 times what it costs on the author’s website you can purchase it from them.
So is this a glitch? or is it something else?
It’s Something Else
So clicking on the Book Reseller it gives the name and address of the account.
Book_hunter_d username, real name Jeremy P Lopez Winnetca, CA
Don’t bother looking up the address of this reseller because it is a rented office next to the Winnetca, California Post Office. Mr Lopez according to an internet search has moved to Palmdale California.
Here is a response from one of Mr Lopez’ customers:
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How does a billion dollar Fortune 500 company allow a seedy reseller to gouge customers for 4-5 times what the author sells them for from his own website? It’s a good question. Are there other resellers who get away with this sort of practice on Amazon?
Price Gouging Complaints at Amazon
Price gouging at Amazon tends to be a common complaint. In 2020 the Amazon PPE cost tended to be a lot higher on Amazon than say what you could get at Walgreens or CVS. So there is a huge class action lawsuit out there right now. Amazon started to follow up on the complaints of resellers who were price gouging, but why have they neglected to go after the reseller of David Paulides’ Missing 411 books? Good question.
Just doing a regular search on Amazon and you’ll see author David Paulides’ books other than his Missing 411 books are sold at regular book store prices. Those other books are about Bigfoot/Sasquatch in Hoopa California.
There seems to be someone at Amazon with an ax to grind on these Missing 411 books. What’s in them that causes someone to try to paint the author David Paulides as being a bad guy?
What is a Missing 411 Case?
There is a weird set of criteria that makes a missing persons case a Missing 411 Case. Here they are:
- Point of Separation
- Time Disappearance
- Boulder Fields (Granite usually)
- Near Water
- Weather Event
- Disability or Illness
- Canines can’t track
- Found in Area Previously Searched (if they are found)
- Missing Clothing
- Unknown Cause of Death (if they are found)
- Geographical Clustering
Not all of these criteria are present in cases that fall into the cases he calls Missing 411 cases.
One more criteria…
The Missing 411 books are critical of the way the National Parks Service operates especially when people go missing inside the park. There is a precedent too in Yosemite National Park, it has the highest number of Missing 411 cases of any park in the United States. When author David Paulides first was asked to review a case from Yosemite from 1980, decades later, the records of the open case were kept from him and over the years he has been stonewalled on obtaining the files. Why the reluctance?
There are too many questions why the National Park Service runs interference more often than helping people find missing people in their national parks. Remember the Gabby Petito missing person case? It was at a National Park, the Grand Tetons. While searching for her, there were other cases of missing people that seemed to pop up from that area too. A double murder of a couple, and also a hiker who had gone missing months earlier.
An Effort to Discredit David Paulides
It’s speculative that the National Park Service has an ax to grind with Mr Paulides, but someone at Amazon looks the other way when someone wants one of his books from them.
Then there are the customer reviews which tend to be the same. They argue about the high cost of a book that has grammatical errors and do not provide credible solutions to the cases. They claim the author believes Bigfoot or the paranormal abducts people. No where in any of the books these claims are made.
Don’t Buy Missing 411 Books from Amazon Go to David Paulides Website
I, Publius Jr, will say up front I, nor the website, do not get any sort of money from pointing out any of what I’ve reported here. If you want to get a gift for some one who likes the Missing 411 books, or you want to get it for yourself or your local public library do not purchase it from Amazon as they have not policed the horrible business practices of the reseller.
Do not buy from Amazon the Missing 411 Books. Also the 2 documentary videos are free on YouTube.
Here is the link to the Author’s online bookstore at Missing 411 Bookstore Link.
David Paulides also promotes the purchase of Personal Locator Beacons and RECCO reflectors for outdoor enthusiasts, it makes a great gift for you and a loved one.
As stated saintpaulrepublicans.us does not have any association or deal on compensation with the author David Paulides. I do watch his YouTube videos (Canam Missing Project Channel) which he talks about mental health, and about the Missing 411 cases. He’s a very positive, pro-law enforcement person and he advocates for personal locator beacons and RECCO reflectors. ~~ Publius Jr.