Selling your stuff on Amazon - Part 6- Advice for newbies in first post

apprentice_tycoon

frivolous_fay wrote:

In a similar vein... I've just sold a large text book which is around 1.95 kg. I've been trying to get a price for Parcelfarce, but their site shows prices of £15+... and I take it that's only if you have the item collected? (First class is only likely to be £7-8)

Could anyone kindly point me in the right direction of a price chart for PO despatches?

RM Standard Parcels will cost you £5.31 and they're pretty quick these days.

frivolous_fay

apprentice_tycoon wrote:

RM Standard Parcels will cost you £5.31 and they're pretty quick these days.

Excellent, thanks!

apprentice_tycoon

Amazombie wrote:

Free bubble wrap from any supermarket fruit and veg department and cheap but strong gift wrapping paper reversed to show white rather than pattern.

Or wrap the bubbled book in an un-opened bin liner, it can look quite good if they are the sturdy ones and you pull it nice and tight and tape it neatly

dawn1

this one :

http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/content1?catId=400031&mediaId=23500721

~cleo~

apprentice_tycoon wrote:

Or wrap the bubbled book in an un-opened bin liner, it can look quite good if they are the sturdy ones and you pull it nice and tight and tape it neatly

yeah i use bin bags and they do look quite good if done neatly but make sure u use lots of bubble

apprentice_tycoon

~cleo~ wrote:

yeah i use bin bags and they do look quite good if done neatly but make sure u use lots of bubble

If no bin liners are to hand a thick plastic carrier bag, the sort that clothes shops use can be made to look pretty good too, either use it the right way out or inside out.
I use 'documents enclosed' pouches and they stick to anything but if you are just using an ordinary sticky label I think that it's best taped down for added security, and I put a blank label on (taped down too) for the post office stamp to stick to - I'm neurotic about this because one of my books lost it's PO sticker, in the post office sack I suppose and it caused no end of bother refunding the buyer who had to pay at his end.

niccy

or you could make something out of a cardoard box,in the same style as amazon uses

frivolous_fay

niccy wrote:

or you could make something out of a cardoard box,in the same style as amazon uses

I work in IT and have large supplies of cardboard

I flatten out a box, lay the book on it, use the folds from the box where possible, score more creases to fit the book, fold into place, trim where appropriate and tape the whole thing together.

Very satisfying - they look neat, compact and sturdy and I've done my bit for recycling

zeke

Wallpaper lining paper's good, and only £1 a roll at Wilko's. Also, our local decorating shop does cheap odd rolls of paper at 50p each

MattOsprey

Hi all from a happy bunny!

I ordered 5 copies of Peter Pan In Scarlet Signed Liited Edition of 1500. They were £8.57 each from Amazon.

They turned up today. I thought the order would be cancelled but no.

I am chuffed, these are selling for £150 - £200 on ebay and will probably go up when the film comes out in a couple of years.

Got to be my best buy yet!