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

soolin

juno wrote:

I was in our expensive charity shop the other day, and they had a sign up saying they price things cheaply, but if you feel its worth more you can give them an extra donation. And they sell really tatty books at £2.50, but most are £3.30+!

Sounds like the shops round here. I often buy brand new from Tesco for less than charity shops want second hand. I wanted to read the Sue Thownsend book 'Queen Camilla' and the library waiting list is yards long, so decided to buy. Cut price shops are selling it as low as £9.99, even WH Smiths had it for £12.99 yet there is one in the charity shop I pass daily that has been sitting in the window for weeks priced at £14 and with a ripped cover.

Soo

boston_uk

The ones in our town are, par for the course, expensive but our local one in an "unfashionable" area is more sensible - and has a BOGOF at the moment!! We do get a charity stall in the Market each Saturday which is usually worth a look too.

So far I've made a few errors but learning all the time!

Ann
( Now looking for a cheap copy of Queen Camilla to list !!

tescodisco

After more then a month with 100+ books listed at the lowest price I've finally had a bit of interest. But I need some advice from you guys.

I have a book called 'Disco Bloodbath'. It's in mint condition, but is a recent paperback. I was amazed to find that the only other seller (a UK seller) had it listed for £50. I assume that it's because it's out of print and appeals to a niche audience.
I had a look on Ebay, and it regulally sells on there for over £20.
So I thought I'd try it at £45.
Someone has sent me a question asking if I would sell it for £20. It was a bit of an agressive email - saying that I wanted a ridiculous price for such a recent paperback.
I haven't answered yet - but am considering answering, explaining that it's a rare out-of-print book and that I might be willing to negogiate on price but that £20 is too low.

Am I being greedy by asking for more than £20? Or should I be patient and wait for a seller to come along willing to pay the higher price.

apprentice_tycoon

Hi tesco, I'd pass on this offer, they don't sound nice people!
Did you check www.bookfinder.com to see what everyone else is selling at? if you're comparable with the others I'd keep the price where it is too.

tescodisco

The cheapest I can find it on Bookfinder is £93 - though that might be a hardback..

Kaminari_2

Tescodisco, I wouldn't sell to them on principle. I'm much more responsive to people that are nice. I would write politely back and say - Thank you for your enquiry. Disco bloodbath, although recently printed, is now out of print and rare. I would like to thank you for your offer of £20 and your advice that it is over priced however i can not accept £20. If you believe that £20 is realistic for this title then you will have no problems finding it in the wider market at this price. Thanks again for your email and good luck with the search.

teapot2

numberthree wrote:

I have stopped going into my local British Heart Foundation shop (as well as a couple of others where I live) as the book prices have just gone through the roof. Often books are now being sold at £2, which doesn't allow any margin for error - even if you happen to come across a top 100 book!

Fortunately I still have 2 or 3 I can visit which are still selling for 50-80p so that is a lot better, but sadly our Red Cross shop has closed and they were a brilliant source of books for 10p!!!

I thought it just might be this area but obviously not - all the charity shops round here sell books for £2.50 - £3+ even paperbacks and write the price on the flyleaf in pen :eek:

I have tended to get withdrawn books from the library and have had some good finds for 10p but then stock gets low and i have to go back to the charity shops. The nearest car boot to me is about 30 miles away and its nearly £8 in fares so not really worth going

At the mo one of the charity shops has a sale of paperbacks - 3 for £1 but they are no good for Amazon as all 1p with loaaadddssss of listings so have bought a few and stuck them on GM.

Think I'll always have quite a limited number of books cos of this but it ticks over ok though slowed right down at the moment. Guess everyone is buying new stuff for Xmas and I don't have much of that

larmy16

Same here for me with expensive charity shops. One I looked at recently, a medical book, heavy and probably saleable on Amazon was priced at £10.00!!!

Best to stock up on the fetes in summer I think. Then they sell them off 3 for a pound and later in the day 5 for a pound.

burnoutbabe

sold a large item on amazon last Friday, and posted it off Sat. From the tracking on the royal mail site, the item was attempted delivery on Tuesday, they were not in so a card left.

I just find it weird that they have not responded to any emails to confirm address, tell them its shipped. I know i have the money (well amazon does) but usually people email me back to say its arrived after i email to say i have sent it.

Should i bother emailing again to check its arrived or just leave it?

Amazombie

burnoutbabe wrote:

I just find it weird that they have not responded to any emails to confirm address, tell them its shipped. I know i have the money (well amazon does) but usually people email me back to say its arrived after i email to say i have sent it.

Im surprised you think other people would use or access email as a means of correspondence on a regular basis?

A very significant proportion of Amazon buyers do not use email at all so they wouldnt even know you had tried to contact them.