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Taloola78

Can anyone help me. I generally research any items I am going to sell and usually can do it from Ebay but I found an old book from my younger days in my attic.
When I looked in Ebay there was one for auction which is sitting at £6 the now, so i thought 'hey thats ok, it's just an old book.'
Went to double check and get a decent pic from amazon only to find that this book is very rare and is listed on there 4 times and none of them are less than £86.
I was well pleased but I dont now how to look at closed auctions on amazon, to see what previous books have sold at? Anybody know?
I am watching the auction on ebay to see what that buyer eventually gets. But would really like to see how folk came to this amount for this book, as it was only £9.99 to buy 5 years ago.
Any help appreciated.:o

teapot2

Hi Taloola,

as far as I know you can't look for previously sold items on Amazon - maybe cos they're bought rather than auctioned???? Have to say there are some VERY silly prices on Amazon particularly with American sellers. Some books that I've got listed for less than £10 are on offer from some sellers for 7 or 8 times that amount and i can't imagine they'll sell.

There's no definite way to tell exactly how long Amazon items have been listed for and how many folk have looked at them either. You could try looking on Abebooks.co.uk or bookFinder.com to get some idea of what it might sell for.

If you are not in a hurry you could stick it on Amazon to see if it sells - no fees and easy to list. Look for the 'selling your books on Amazon thread 7' for tips on selling.

Good luck with it
Teapot

Hintza

I've got a book listed on Amazon just now at £99.99 cheapest on there brand new 1st edition. I have had the price down to £39.99 before and it hasn't sold. So I just put it back up and start all over again...it will sell eventually!!

But to be honest don't pay too much notice to the prices on there. Start it high and reduce by £10 evrey week.

Taloola78

Thanks for the advice. Will wait and see what the ebay seller gets and then list mine. They have already got a few bids and it still has 4 days to go.
My initial euphoria has now worn off and I knew it would be too good to be true.

Taloola78

Have just checked both those sites you mentioned teapot and they are the same, none less than £80.
Maybe I have got a little golden egg.

teapot2

Taloola78 wrote:

Have just checked both those sites you mentioned teapot and they are the same, none less than £80.
Maybe I have got a little golden egg.

Good for you - hope it sells :j mind you if it does I suspect you'll be hooked on Amazon selling and looking for other little nuggets to sell :rotfl:

Amazombie

Taloola78 wrote:

Have just checked both those sites you mentioned teapot and they are the same, none less than £80.
Maybe I have got a little golden egg.

Have no wish to dampen your enthusiasm but for many reasons high internet prices can be very misleading. You may find that its the same sellers listing the book at high prices on Amazon and ABE and the results you see on Bookfinder may in fact just be the same books with the same sellers.

There are many American sellers who put crazy prices on books with no chance of them ever selling but as they quite often dont even possess the book they can just carry on listing at the ludicrously high prices.

Other factors to be taken into consideration are is your book academic or non-fiction and if so are the contents out of date and has it been superseded by a more uptodate edition by the same author. Many older out of date books are listed on the net at silly prices but they will never sell.

However, if your book is fiction and a First Edition its possible the prices are accurate. Its all a can of worms.

If you would like me to give you a more detailed opinion you can either give more details here or just send me the details direct.