selling your stuff on Amazon - part 8 - advice for newbies in the first 2 posts

Esoog

D'oh scratch that, first refund since I've managed to rip the damn thing

bukup

Bumped into a guy yesterday at an auction(I was having an item valued)and I overheard the auctioneer tell this chap that the box of book were nothing more than tat...! I casually asked the man if I could have a quick look in the box,to which he said,take them on -they're rubbish.Right I thought,these are going straight on Amazon.....!

Well talk about falling off my chair ! All I can think is the auctioneer is blind....

Book 1: Winnie the Pooh-1926 first edition,no d/j condition good+
value-£150-£200+

BOOK 2-The naturalist's library Mammalia Vol.V. Pachydermes 1836
value-£100-£150 but the condition was tatty so I'm listing the 30 hand coloured pictures individually.

Book 3-The 'booke' of common prayer-date ' 1596 ' 411 years old,
(one that is dated 1599 in USA in very good condition is at $4500.00)
I dont want to be greedy,so due to the state of mine I will try a buy it now for £799.99 with offers on Thursday/10p listing day on Ebay.

There is several more good books that I have to investigate yet,so I will update you all....

As the old saying goes "if you don't ask,you don't get" !

Amazon-sales trickling-1 more video sold/1 more book...

have a good day

boston_uk

bukup -- wow!!!!!! well done!!!! Good luck on your listings!

juno

I listed some new books yesterday, and then woke up this morning to find one had sold

Esoog

Jesus bukup, you're in luck there!

bukup

Esoog wrote:

Jesus bukup, you're in luck there!

thank the Lord !

apprentice_tycoon

Sometimes auctioneers have a blind spot like bukup has found and can describe things in the catalogue in a very poor, offhand way and then shove them under the tables - that's where I can be found, sitting on the floor, rummaging (I've given up dressing 'posh' for auction sales, it's comfy jeans now) there's usually a treasure in there somewhere.

I think that bukups timing was incredible, 5 minutes later and the man would have gone off to the tip with that box :eek:

110frankie

can I have a quick whinge please?
Not sold a thing for a whole week...
...an that's after spending most of last weekend filing and storing everything properly. Maybe I should go back to haphazard piles.

boston_uk

Maybe I should go back to haphazard piles

Sounds very painful....

(sorry - couldn't resist )

mishkanorman

Is there anyone here with a clever tax brain ??

Ive decided to register for tax (after thinking i really didnt need to as i was getting so little back)

however im confused as to how you work out the 'profit' on books, if i purchased a 2nd hand book and paid 10p, and after fees and postage was given £1.10, is it as easy as taking the 2 figures away from each other ie £1 profit. how do i then factor in things like the packing, paper for printing address etc I also read on the Amazon boards that it was the original RRP price thats used as its cost, so the book is at a loss, but that made even less sense.:o

It just seems so much hassle for the £15 per week i average


Are there any sites for idiot guides I can turn to ???

TIA

mishka