selling your stuff on Amazon - part 7 - advice for newbies in the first post

funkyfunkymonkey

I've taken this direct off the Amazon Notice Board

FFM or should it be

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Greetings from Amazon,

We will be conducting an emergency Marketplace maintenance on Tuesday November 14th from 22:00 to 23:00 GMT.

During the activity, Marketplace orders will not be processed. This will also delay the sending of "Sold Dispatch Now" emails and the posting of order reports for orders placed during this time.

This activity however will not impact customer's ability to place orders on the websites


We apologise for the somwhat short notice here and we thank you for your understanding.



Duncan W.


Technical Account Management
Amazon Services

sara2323

Thanks FFM I was wondering why I could'nt access my account.

I could see the closed items although could'nt view individual transactions or print labels so this will have to wait until tommorrow.

A 10p book(Adoptive Parents) bought from the Library sale sold earlier for £29.99 still can't quiet believe I've sold it. It's probably the highest amount I've sold a book for!

numberthree

Thanks FFM

I spotted it around 22:30. Although I notice its 23:30 now and things are still not back to normal!

A real shame as my sales just seemed to be picking up again after an absolutely terrible 4 weeks.

Oh hum.

Still at least I shifted some stuff on Ebay tonight.

numberthree

I tell a lie - 23:39 and it looks as though things may be back working properly again!!

I wait with baited breath for all the SDN emails which are queued and will be sent out tonight (not).

Tweek_1984

Guys, had my best sale so far today.

Sold a kids book for 26.99!!

Unfortunately about 5 mins later my phone bill came through for 21 quid. But still, I'm buzzing! :beer:

numberthree

Tweek

Well done, that's a great sale

larmy16

A 10p book(Adoptive Parents) bought from the Library sale sold earlier for £29.99 still can't quiet believe I've sold it. It's probably the highest amount I've sold a book for!

That is fantastic, but unfortunately has set me on a bit of a whinge. I bought a few books from my library recently (none of them were worth v. much :mad: ) but they have taken to writing the price in thick black biro and on back pages where on some there is an index. I am not sure now whether to try and sell them as I dont want someone saying how dare I charge so much when they cost 40p. What does everyone else think???

Also one of my trusted charity shops has been upping their book prices, especially the paperbacks which are now virtually all £1.00 irrespective of condition. I used to take a chance when they were 50p but at a £1 it gets expensive to make a mistake.

I think I will start doing the telephone ISBN numbers, but would feel very obvious as there are loads of people milling around!

Only sale this week a £1.50 book, was given it (luckily) and after postage made 94 pence.!!! Whoopie Doo.:rolleyes: Fed up bookseller here.;)

Anastasia

larmy16 wrote:

Also one of my trusted charity shops has been upping their book prices, especially the paperbacks which are now virtually all £1.00 irrespective of condition. I used to take a chance when they were 50p but at a £1 it gets expensive to make a mistake.

I think I will start doing the telephone ISBN numbers, but would feel very obvious as there are loads of people milling around!

Oh dear! I feel for you. For me car boot sales are the best apart from my house clearance man. Especially when they say everything in the box is 20p.
I've just sold one of those finds for £8.50.

If I don't use my phone for ISBNs I try to remember the book and write it down when I come out of the shop. I can remember a couple at a time.

Hope things improve for you soon.

Ana

tee_pee_2

i have received a paperback in some gift thingie it says on the back promo copy not for reslae, can I sell it ?

funkyfunkymonkey

tee_pee wrote:

i have received a paperback in some gift thingie it says on the back promo copy not for reslae, can I sell it ?

Hi Teepee

'Fraid not

Amazon's rules say "What we will not accept for sale at Amazon.co.uk: mouldy, badly stained or unclean copies; copies with missing pages or obscured text; promotional books, including advance reading copies. Uncorrected proof copies are prohibited."


You can find more detail here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=3149161

FFM