Comments on: A Review of Book Scouting Services: Media Scouter

By: adbertram

adbertram — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:54:32 +0000

Not that I'm aware of.

By: adbertram

adbertram — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:54:32 +0000

Not that I'm aware of.

By: Eden E

Eden E — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:25:52 +0000

Is there any book scouting software out there that is Mac compatable?

By: sean

sean — Tue, 18 May 2010 13:30:15 +0000

I don't and never will use a scanner. For antiquarian books even those with a barcode good old fashioned experience seems to work for me. I've no problem with those using scanners I just implore all of you who do to be courteous when scanning in a large book sale environment. Please don't: hoard while you scan, cover the books your looking at with a sheet in order to slowly scan or the worst, just throw a book aside if your little box says it's worth nothing according to some disembodied computer. We can all get along, those with portable scanners and those with scanners in our heads. To new booksellers remember, scanners miss more than you know, beware of bargains that slip away!

By: adbertram

adbertram — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 01:53:06 +0000

I have no experience using the Blackberry but I believe there is an option
for the scanner to input a carriage return when it puts in the barcode. You
may get the manual because they sometimes have barcodes that you can scan
that configures the scanner. The beeping has nothing to do with Socket.
That is a feature of Scoutpal. I believe that has to be a formula you use
for Scoutpal Live and am not sure if it's available in the offline version.

By: momricci2

momricci2 — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 23:38:28 +0000

i just bought the socket mobile ring scanner 9P series and a blackberry curve 8310 , i used to use an ipaq pda with the 5P scan card. i am a bit disappointed b/c it is much slower to get a value live than it was going thru scoutpal, even if i had to upload once a week all the new data from amazon.com. also, i cannnot figure out how to be able to scan a second book without having to go up and delete the isbn number just scanned, it doesnt automaticallly do it. i wanted to be able to be hands free, use a bluetooth earpiece and set it at a certain value, say 10.00 so that it woud only beep if the value was 10 dollars or more. socket knows nothing about how to do that, i dont know if its a separate source that allows one to do that, at this point it is slower than my pda and i am disappointed, help!!!

By: Lauren

Lauren — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:15:00 +0000

Thanks for getting back to me. Rather than look at price on a plug in, would it be better (or as good) to use wireless with an earpiece where you can hear audio feedback? I heard that Socket is not even making plug in scanners anymore (only wireless) so I hate to invest in something that is going to be archaic shortly. Also, according to Scoutpal, their downloadable Amazon database only shows the one lowest used price and one lowest new price. I was concerned that that may not be enough information. What if the lowest price is a penny and the third lowest price is $3.00 and the fifth lowest price is $12.00? Other services like Asellerstool and Mediascouter show 5 lowest new and used prices. What are your thoughts? I’d like to make an investment in one of the services, but want to make sure I am getting sufficient information. Also, if I do decide to use audio feedback, does it matter if they show 1 or 5 lowest prices? b/c I wouldn’t actually be looking at the prices I would be listening for the audio. Thanks again for your help!

By: adbertram

adbertram — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:19:38 +0000

For a beginner that's looking at price a plugin is the way to go. I've
bought refurbished previously so I see no problem with that. Just make
sure there is a 30 day warranty. Scoutpal's online service shows 3
lowest prices but I don't remember about the PDA version.

By: Angie Beal

Angie Beal — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:56:00 +0000

What makes a person choose to buy that $10 book u r selling, compared to the person selling it for $3 or $4. How can I compete with the people that r established on Amazon? I dont want to go out and buy up a bunch of used books and get stuck with them because people are buying elswhere from other people.
Advice?

By: Lauren

Lauren — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:37:43 +0000

If a beginner was going to invest in book scouting hardware, do you think a wireless scanner or a plug in is better? Would you buy refurbished hardware or only new? Also, I did some of my own research and Scoutpal's service only provides 1 lowest used price and 1 lowest new price on Amazon per ISBN whereas some of the others offer 5 used/new prices. Do you think Scoutpal's service provides enough info?
Thanks for all of your help. This blog is great!