Hi Yahoo brothers and Sisters,
I want to sell my collection of books i built up as a teenager - ahh the good days - and am getting ripped off selling them on Amazon as a standard seller.
Can any body advise where i can sell my books for a fair price ie. 1.50 each after commision and P&P payed?
2007-03-27 22:52:36 · 11 answers · asked by Mr Corky 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Rent a stall at the local market
2007-03-27 22:54:59 · answer #1 · answered by k 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
.
The link below is Amazon's Sell Your Stuff. On eBay, you hit the Sell tab.
Other sites for book pricing are www.fetchbook.info and www.addall.com. Sometimes you'll come across a book that either isn't on Amazon or is currently not available. You need to research to make sure you have a fair price for yourself.
If you decide to look into this more, you might check out the second site, which is run by a man that started selling on-line and was so successful he does it full-time (plus he wrote and sold a book about the whole thing.)
hope can help you.
2007-03-27 23:52:13 · answer #2 · answered by My code 0 178 356 7433 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The difficulty in selling personal books is that often the person has an inflated view of what each book is worth. Everything depends on condition, paperback/hardback, subject matter, author, first edition, etc., etc. You can check your prices on Amazon. They don't rip you off, as you put it. Their fees are clearly quoted and you can immediately see what other similar books are fetching. If you're dissatisfied with those prices, you won't get better prices on eBay, frankly, except just occasionally.
2007-03-31 10:47:38 · answer #3 · answered by michael w 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they are just normal books, your best option is to go to a car boot sale. Any dealers, including bookshops, Amazon and eBay, will charge a large commission.
If you have any particularly valuable books (say, a 1st edition of Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone), you should speak to a professional dealer. In fact, if you have that one, you should really speak to an auction house - it's worth around £10,000!
2007-03-27 23:00:14 · answer #4 · answered by Saint Bee 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try e bay. And if you cannot sell them, consider donating them to Books for Soldiers. They have a website. It is wonderful to see how happy you can make a soldier in Iraq or Afghanastan by sending them a used paperback to read. You will make a new friend and help a soldier deal with very trying times. I have sent several. Pax - C.
2007-03-27 22:58:47 · answer #5 · answered by Persiphone_Hellecat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why dont you try taking them to a collectors auction, althought they will charge vendor commission. Alternatively do a book fair / fleamarket / antiques fair and put your own prices on them, that way you only have your stall money as overheads and you can charge what you like for them.
2007-03-27 22:56:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the place to do that is through eBay ...
I've sold quite a lot of books through eBay and had no problems as the buyer has to pay in advance and pay your shipping costs.
happy trading
Philip
2007-03-27 23:05:30 · answer #7 · answered by Our Man In Bananas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sell them on consignment at a local used bookstore. They will sell slower but you'll get more out of it.
2007-03-28 00:00:58 · answer #8 · answered by sandpanther1%er 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try a car boot sale
2007-03-29 09:29:14 · answer #9 · answered by Granny 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Ebay.
2007-03-27 22:59:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋