selling your stuff on Amazon...part 2

mike55_2

larmy16 wrote:

Mike & All Amz

Just a note for the future. It cost me £2.90 to send the Haynes Manual. It was too heavy to go second class! I did reuse a puffy jiffy and that may have been heavier than some you can get, but I suppose either way they cost a fair bit to send.

I got a book this morning priced £1.00 and there are only two others on Amazon.
The cheapest is £24.83 and they are both in America!!

Now where is that buyer???:)

I like the bit about not wanting a "larmy" against your rating!:D Perhaps it should be know as being "larmed" or getting a "larm" instead of a negative.

great idea about 'getting a larmy' but lets hope none of us do get 'larmed' or 'alarmed'


now get that book listed and the buyer might find you

and just a question to all if that's ok

does anyone refuse bfpo? I've seen it mentioned in listings, and have sent one out myself to a bfpo address in the uk but can't remember if it cost more i'll have to check if i get time.

i don't like discriminating against buyers in a listing, but whats the answer? and do you think sellers only say no to bfpo if they're stationed abroad?

apprentice_tycoon

Mike - BFPO - here are the weights etc and pricing

mike55_2

apprentice_tycoon wrote:

Mike - BFPO - here are the weights etc and pricing

thanks apprentice tycoon , its not a vast difference in price is it? i'm not sure i'd want to risk offending anyone for a few pence, but i suppose it helps if people need to know the exact postage cost.

i'm not too sure, but i think the same seller said the same about 'C.I.' any idea what ci is? i thought it might have been a typing error for southern ireland, who i think really are discriminated against postal wise.

southern ireland? that's not what its called either is it? but you get the drift?

apprentice_tycoon

Channel islands

mike55_2

apprentice_tycoon wrote:

Channel islands

i've sent to there as well and can't say i've noticed a huge difference. i'd look for the c.o.p.'s but theres no point now is there?

it's all good info for future reference, so thanks apprentice tycoon.

larmy16

I once sent a book to someone with an army type address, but I think it cost the same

mike55_2

larmy16 wrote:

I once sent a book to someone with an army type address, but I think it cost the same

now are you really sure larmy? seriously, i don't think i did pay anymore for the bfpo, but if i did, it can't have been noticeably more.

Bernie

BFPO destinations are treated as mainland UK.

I served in Germany with the RAF and regularly had to debated this with various suppliers. For example, it took me a while to persuade Dell to send a PC system to me via Royal Mail because they thought there would be high postage charges. There were not and they did deliver in the end.

mike55_2

Bernie wrote:

BFPO destinations are treated as mainland UK.

I served in Germany with the RAF and regularly had to debated this with various suppliers. For example, it took me a while to persuade Dell to send a PC system to me via Royal Mail because they thought there would be high postage charges. There were not and they did deliver in the end.

thanks for that Bernie :beer:

if i'm ever up against a seller that won't sell to bfpo, i'll match the price.

and to everyone else, i feel like that reporter outside of the old bailey, drenched, soaked through, numerous kids, and full of cold. :rolleyes:

so, being as things are, i looked on ebay. how sad but if anyone wants to be on a sure-fire winner, sell the 'how to stop smoking/eating' books. they seem to be flying out of the place

happy new year

hornetgirl

Just wanted to say Happy New Year and also a big thank you to everyone who has posted on this and the other Amazon thread.

Thanks to all the useful information offered, I've managed to make about £75 profit since September. Here's to even bigger and better things in 2006 :beer: