crazy auction

jackiegibbo

last week i listed on ebay for the first time, im trying to make some pin money for the old style money saving expert forum challenge. I got all my books that im bored with now and put them on for 99p and would you believe that one went for £19.51p you can get it cheaper on amazon!!

Babbler

What was the book?

Thefunkygibbons

Hello Mr Gift horse, how are your teeth?

:rotfl:

jackiegibbo

Babbler wrote:

What was the book?

it was the kenneth williams diaries

snax

Was it a 1st edition with its dustjacket?

edit ... the one on amazon is a paperback I think

soolin

jackiegibbo wrote:

it was the kenneth williams diaries

The full set or just one as your auction doesn't make it entirely clear.

I believe there were several editions, but the more common ones are sold seperately as back drops and acid drops, and there is also a third, an autobiography called Just William which may or may not form part of a set.

Soo

Edit, just notice you have used the word diaries, so I assumed you were selling more than one in the set, but your text appears to refer to a book in the singular. There is an outside chance that your buyer might not have bought what they think they were bidding on.

jackiegibbo

soolin wrote:

The full set or just one as your auction doesn't make it entirely clear.

I believe there were several editions, but the more common ones are sold seperately as back drops and acid drops, and there is also a third, an autobiography called Just William which may or may not form part of a set.

Soo

Edit, just notice you have used the word diaries, so I assumed you were selling more than one in the set, but your text appears to refer to a book in the singular. There is an outside chance that your buyer might not have bought what they think they were bidding on.

No it is one hard back book which i bought a few years ago, now im worried that he will think im ripping him off, he has sent an email saying that he is paying by cheque and i have replied that i will send off the book when it clears

Mr_Clingford

Probably sending off a quick email just to make absolutely clear what the bidder has won would be a good idea then?

alice's_mum

If this is "THE KENNETH WILLIAMS DIARIES" hard back with cover then the price sounds right to me. Its not Acid Drops or Back Drops which are snippets of his diaries which he published while he was alive. This sounds like his complete "well almost" diaries condensed by Russell Davies after his death. In which case you got a fair price and your buyer got a good deal.

MyUserNamesTaken

I picked up a copy of the Kenneth Williams Diaries a couple of months back. Think it's worth selling on Ebay, then? Mine has the dust jacket, too.

soolin

MyUserNamesTaken wrote:

I picked up a copy of the Kenneth Williams Diaries a couple of months back. Think it's worth selling on Ebay, then? Mine has the dust jacket, too.

It seems like you might have a nice little earner there :T

I don't mean to be rude to the OP, but if you do intend listing this book, and it certainly looks worth your while, may I suggest slightly more in the way of a description so the buyer knows what they are getting, and a photo if at all possible.

Soo