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

funkyfunkymonkey

twobfair wrote:

Im in Exeter in the week and West Midlands at the weekends.....the bootsales dont seem to have to have kicked off in the midlands as yet. Went to a couple in Taunton and they had about 6 stalls...! Do places still have jumble sales? They used to be everywhere when I was a lad.

Jumble sales do still exist, but I think it is mandatory to make sure you have greasy hair and smell before you attend.

My DD and I went to one recently and it was A W F U L, we kept getting squeezed out by rather smelly people (sorry if I'm coming over as rather 'ist' but it was really bad) and this bloke kept pushing himself against me!!! I tried to stand my ground but in the end I just had to move.

In spite of that though, the prices at Jumble Sales are usually very good no more than 10p per book, if you can get to the front of the crush or wait until the end.

FFM

twobfair

Are thier listings on the net of book sales/bootsales etc? I have been looking for library sales and checking the local papers and no luck....

Where do you guys usually here about "book selling events??"

boston_uk

Our local paper's web site has listings of indoor car boots etc. - and our freecycle Cafe group has a calendar where we encourage listing the jumbles etc. Googling iwth the name of the town and jumble etc often works but Google is hardly up to date by its very nature.

Never been to a book fair event on the basis that all the other sellers will be there too!!!

getcarter

Hi

I've just been going through one of these boxes in the vain hope something might be interesting and I've found this...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0099463903/203-4787634-2193509

Now I know people put silly prices up but i've checked on bookfinder and its the same

Any ideas (before I get too excited)

Carter

funkyfunkymonkey

getcarter wrote:

Hi

I've just been going through one of these boxes in the vain hope something might be interesting and I've found this...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0099463903/203-4787634-2193509

Now I know people put silly prices up but i've checked on bookfinder and its the same

Any ideas (before I get too excited)

Carter

Kenworthy Books is a well known seller, looks good to me!

FFM

twobfair

Just sold another book - Diet books sell a treat! Maybe I should read them first!

porkev

hi everyone,
i put this up once before but the search is failing to find it, i have used this in the past to find car boots
http://www.carbootjunction.com

don't know if it helps

originally posted by getcarter

Hi

I've just been going through one of these boxes in the vain hope something might be interesting and I've found this...

well done that looks a nice find good luck with it

tsharp

Does anyone know the link to the 'wanted books' list (or whatever it's called) in Amazon? I am sure there was a section where ppl listed the books they wanted to buy....

boston_uk

Does anyone know the link to the 'wanted books' list (or whatever it's called) in Amazon? I am sure there was a section where ppl listed the books they wanted to buy....

yep it a pro-seller perk - if you call a HUGE list a perk !!!

https://secure.amazon.co.uk/exec/panama/seller-admin/download/preorder-report

princessmoneysaver

Still no SDN emails :-(

Thanks for all the messages though!