UNIVERSAL BOOKS - Anybody heard of this store?

[sayeo]

Hi, I came across this store at Abebooks.com. Can't seem to find any other info on thme elsewhere on the web. They are selling an Engineering textbook, international edition, used, for a good but IMO not ridiculously cheap price. They are selling over 300 books on Abebooks and do not seem to have their own website. Their address is East 73th Street, New York, NY, U.S.A., 10021.

Does anyone have any info on this store? Thanks!

Hello sayeo,

Universal Books. Bookseller uses a generic @yahoo.com email address. A Google search of the listed phone number comes back empty.

They have no BBB entry and they (at the address above) are not in the NYS Dept. of State Corporation and Business Entity Database.

Just be sure to use a credit card when ordering so that you are protected.

Here's some info on abebooks.com, fwiw:

abebooks.com reviews:
http://www.resellerratings.com/store/ABE_Books

Whois record:
http://whois.domaintools.com/abebooks.com
Registrant:
Abebooks inc.
John Palmason
Suite #4, 410 Garbally Rd
Victoria, BC V8T 2K1
CA
+1.2504123273 Fax: +1.2504756014

BBB report:
http://www.bbbvanisland.org/commonre...l?ID=180304863

updated reply.

[nomaxim]

Per Whitepages.com,

(516) 459-9974
Type: Cell Phone
Provider: Verizon Wireless
Location: Nassau Zone 5, NY

Due to number portability, some numbers have been transferred to a new service provider.

International Calling Plans concurs,

Information on phone number range +1 516 459XXXX

Number billable as mobile number
Country or destination United States
City or exchange location Nassau Zone 5, NY
Original network provider* Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Ny

*) Number portability has not been taken into account

I'd also point out that per SellerInfoPL,

Bookseller: Universal Books
Contact: Govind Ram
Address: East 73th Street, New York, NY, U.S.A., 10021
E-mail: universal.books @yahoo.com (edited, remove space)
Phone #: 516-459-9974

That is a incomplete address, no postal address number (house/building) is given.
I have also located a phone listing for a Govinda Ram in the Bronx. However, it is a home listing so I will not post it here. So except for the missing "a" it appears to be a real person.