Sold a bunch of books through WeBuyBooks - Hermes turned up as scheduled and took the box on the 16th June. Yesterday (28th) was still listed as being 'en route' - WBB customer service advised me that my books had probably been lost in Hermes' system, and still credited me the £9.25 value that I had been quoted. Very happy with this and it wouldn't put me off trying again.
Also sent two boxes of stuff off to Ziffit - their courier didn't show up on the allocated day (a Friday) that I stayed in all day for...but they showed up early on Monday so it was OK, wish they'd contacted me though. Got my money, near enough £70 which I'm happy with.
I used We Buy Books based on MSE and TrustPilot. It was a mistake. Their courier damaged part of my sale, but We Buy Books refuse to accept fault, refuse to pay the original offer, and expect to charge me for return.
They where offering 7p for one book and 5p for another that new is about £20 - rip off
I understand your disappointment and these seem very low prices. If I personally had been offered those prices, I wouldn't bother. So either WBB are trying it on or genuinely don't really want that title. They may be inundated with some titles.
However there is no logic that a book's new price will necessarily reflect its secondhand value some years later. I have bought several books secondhand for £1 or £2,which had cost £60 brand new and even a brand new one from a "bargain books" shop for £5.
I think that the market for secondhand books has fallen in recent years, so any buyer is taking a risk in having potentially unsold stock.
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Also sent two boxes of stuff off to Ziffit - their courier didn't show up on the allocated day (a Friday) that I stayed in all day for...but they showed up early on Monday so it was OK, wish they'd contacted me though. Got my money, near enough £70 which I'm happy with.
I understand your disappointment and these seem very low prices. If I personally had been offered those prices, I wouldn't bother. So either WBB are trying it on or genuinely don't really want that title. They may be inundated with some titles.
However there is no logic that a book's new price will necessarily reflect its secondhand value some years later. I have bought several books secondhand for £1 or £2,which had cost £60 brand new and even a brand new one from a "bargain books" shop for £5.
I think that the market for secondhand books has fallen in recent years, so any buyer is taking a risk in having potentially unsold stock.