selling your stuff on Amazon...part four...

elona

Is there an ISBN number on it? Or is that a really stupid question?

numberthree

Hi Soolin,

I'd have thought there may be a niche market for those books in Arabic. I think I'd be tempted to pop them on Ebay if you aren't able to list them on Amazon.

After all we are very much a multi-racial country these days and I should think that books in Arabic are pretty hard to come by in the UK and could well be snapped up at the drop of a hat.

Mind you , you might need some help in deciphering the titles!

Chell

HELP!!!!!!!!!!:eek:

I listed a mobile phone the other night. I had an email asking for a picture of it which I sent. I thought the seller was just asking for evidence that I have the phone. He then emailed to say he had paid and I had an email suposidly from Amazon.

The address was Nigeria :eek: , this set alarm bells ringing from my ebay experience. I logged into Amazon and found my item still for sale. This is obviously a scam. IS there address which I forward the emails to at Amazon? I'll copy the emai below deleting some of my info.

Dear .....................

Your Amazon.co.uk Marketplace sale has been confirmed. We've deposited your earnings from the sale of this item into our Payments account, but it's yet to be transfered into your amazon account.This includes a postage credit of £15.00. If you haven't already provided us with your bank account information, please do so at your earliest convenience; we cannot transfer funds to you until you provide your bank account details.

Please dispatch item immediately.


1 of .................... - Pay As You Go - Black [Electronics]


You have agreed to dispatch no later than two working days after the buyer's purchase on 10.05.2006. In the unfortunate case that you cannot
provide the item that you have sold, you should issue a full refund through your Payments
account:http://s1.amazon.co.uk/exec/varzea/subst/your-account/seller-account-payments.html

Your buyer's delivery address is below (please use your own address as the
return address and enclose the packing slip for your buyer's reference):

Note: You'll have to ship item and email us the tracking reference
number of the shipment for the release of funds to be authorised to your current account. Also item will be ended up once this is done. Get back to us on:cus-o4-ser :(amazon-sales@emailaccount.com).


Here are the details of your completed Amazon Marketplace sale:

Order #: ....................
Listings: 1
Total Item Count: 1
Listing 1: ........................ Pay As You Go - Black [Electronics]

http://s1.amazon.co.uk/exec/varzea/ts/exchange-glance/Y01Y2488872Y1743238/203-3476338-4151959
Listing ID: ...............
SKU: Quantity: 1
Buyer's Price: £89.99



Postage & Handling: £15.00
Total Amount: (£104.99)
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Less Amazon.co.uk Marketplace Fees:                (£7.76)
Less VAT on Amazon.co.uk Marketplace:   (£1.17)
Total Due Seller: £95.49

For general questions about Amazon.co.uk Marketplace, you will find more
information here:http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/3149141/

Amazon.co.uk Marketplace -- Amazon Services Europe S.a.r.l.Sell Your Stuff
http://www.amazon.co.uk/marketplace

PACKING SLIP:
Amazon.co.uk Marketplace Item: .......................- Pay As You Go -
Black [Electronics] Listing ID: 0509K578726
SKU: Quantity: 1


Purchased on: 10.05.2006
Dispatched by: ..........................

Invoice Address
Name: Adeniyi Ajala
Address Line 1: 21 oluwatoyin street shasha Address Line 2: Town / City : Ipaja
County: Lagos
Post Code: 23401
Country: Nigeria

Delivery address:
Dispatch to : Adeniyi Ajala
Address Line 1: 21 oluwatoyin street shasha Address Line 2:
Town / City : Ipaja
County: Lagos
Post Code: 23401
Country: Nigeria

Buyer Name: Ben Jack
Buyer e-mail: benshop2@gmail.com

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DISPATCH LABEL
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Adeniyi Ajala
21 oluwatoyin street shasha
Ipaja
Lagos
23401
Nigeria

larmy16

AT I sent her the correct book today enclosing a note saying just what you said but I also said that though I hoped she was happy with the book, if she was not to return within 7 days and I would refund her. That may give her time to read the book and get a refund but you know what? I DON'T CARE!!!!!!!!!! Finicky pernickity buyers go away

In_Search_Of_Me

Just looking in...have listed about 20 books today but as most are fiction & at 1p dont think I'll make much but every penny counts. Also wanted to try gently as used to ebay but not this!! Will keep you updated!

purplepatch

fishface-69 wrote:

Just looking in...have listed about 20 books today but as most are fiction & at 1p dont think I'll make much but every penny counts. Also wanted to try gently as used to ebay but not this!! Will keep you updated!

Hi fishface! Welcome to the Amazon thread.

You probably have considered this, but just wanted to be sure that you are aware that amazon only give you £2.30 ish for postage, no matter how heavy the book is. We've seen a few people on here caught out when selling 1p books as the postage ends up being more than the amazon credit/fees and they end up out of pocket.

And you can't go by the prices other sellers are asking as often you will see heavy hardbacks going for a penny and there's no way that the seller is going to make anything out of it

juno

soolin wrote:

Any suggestions as to what I can do with books written in Arabic? I can't bring myself to just add them to the recycling as they appear brand new, but I can't see them going on ebay or Amazon, and none of my local charity shops will take foreign books.

Soo (been to the auctions again!)

I had some learning arabic books, and as soon as I put them on Ebay they went!

In_Search_Of_Me

Thanks for the tip purple patch! I did wonder! If thats the case do the books ever sell if you list them above the 0.01p & if not is it worth putting them on? Will edit a few of them as cutting it fine on some!

apprentice_tycoon

cheltune - well done on having your radar attuned to a scam - is there nowhere safe? did you manage to report it to Amazon?

fishface - purple was right to ask you to look at the weight of your books, it's the critical thing between making a small profit, no profit or even a loss - some of the heavy books you see with silly low prices will actually cost money to sell because of the postage, it would be cheaper to throw them in the bin, literally!..... giving them to a charity shop would be better of course but it doesn't sound as dramatic :rolleyes:

Also don't think that when you list a book for 1p it gets put at the bottom of the list and won't get seen for months, not so, the first page is rotated so every book will eventually get to the first page.

You will be able to 'convert' to Aamzon very quickly from ebay selling, it's much easier in many ways like no paypal etc, annoying in others such as there are no counters on your books so you don't know if they are being seen and passed over because they are too expensive, you have to make a judgement on that if they don't sell in a reasonable period of time...good luck with the sales.

Chell

Thanks AP, I have had two more idiots asking for info this evening, looking at their grammar they are obvious not British. I haven't reported it so far but will try now.

Make sure when you get emails from Amazon that you don't click links from them. Go to https://www.amazon.co.uk, log in and find the relevant info there.