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

jpvic

Im not one to point and laugh but, this plucky Amazon seller wont be going far.

Check his description of defragmentation software.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B0006LBWSC/ref=dp_olp_3/203-1013571-1695105

:rolleyes:

boston_uk

Happy belated Soolin!!!

Yorkielass

sold a dvd yesterday (a new one I'd got free from the play/independent thing before Christmas) priced myself just below amazon jersey but over £1 more than the lowest one and it sold in about a week and I made £3.68 after postage on it. I checked the others and they were all just launched or people with about 10 or less feedback (or low %'s) I've got 23 feedbacks at 100% positive - so guess this guy was willing to pay more to someone with some good feedback - hoping he leaves me feedback now

Mad_old_tory

Sold my first book today, truth be told wasn't expecting it to sell so quickly so had to buy a jiffy bag at the PO. It was a uni textbook, roughly A4 sized, think it was about 350g and it cost £5.59 to send first class . For next time, what's the cheapest way to send a book that sort of size and weight in about 2-3 working days ?

TIA

apprentice_tycoon

Hi there,

I think that the jiffy cost more than the stamp! if it was 350g the post would hae been £1.70 ist class or £1.39 second. Second class would have been OK if you'd sent it the same day or the next but after that it would have to be 1st.
I'd look for some cheaper jiffys, either viking (webside address in the first post) ebay or pound shops are your best bet

Mad_old_tory

Nah must have been a lot heavier than I thought then as it definitely cost £5.59 to send first class

pinkgem

it must have weighed between 1.25-1.5kg to cost £5.59!

you could have sent by standard parcels for £4.95

or sellers on ebay offer parcelforce 24 courier services for £4.99 sometimes

apprentice_tycoon

Did the £5 + include the jiffy though?

wombat678

when you post say.........a book, is it better to send it first class or standard parcel?

ps."do you need to put a stamp on first?"
sorry if i look dumb but ive never posted packages before:rolleyes:

im new to this game.......

Quackers

Hi,

I've got a question for you well oiled Amazon'ers

I've got a book to sell but the ISBN number doesn't come up on amazon. When I do a search for the book by the title name it is there. The publication year is the same but the ISBN no's are different. They are both hardbacks too.

Should I be checking anything else?

And can I still list the book as the other ISBN no? But it doesn't seem right to do this!

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks for all the great tips - I've sold a book for £8 today that has been sitting in a box in the garage - I'm well chuffed. If i'd have ebayed of boot saled it then I would have only got £2 at most for it