Selling Your Stuff on Amazon Part 11 - Advice for newbies in first two posts

pinkgem

samibabe wrote: »

Actually you can print your POP!

it's not valid unless stamped by a post office and items handed over the post office counter.

rare_stuff

boston_uk wrote: »

woot - just sold a £75 book to Italy - fortune to send international signed for with compensation but still worth it for a small paperback!

And you're not going to share with us the title of this?


Well Done Though.

I just had an enquiry from New Zealand about a £95 book, but due to the size/weight of it, the shipping costs may well put them off!

RuthMarianna

Very interesting to read the experiences of everyone on this thread. I've been selling on Amazon for about 3 weeks now and went pro after the first week. Should have done it sooner but lacked the confidence. So far I've sold almost 100 items but CDs and DVDs seem to sell so much better than books and have the advantage of no heavy items. What I cannot understand is why other sellers constantly reduce their prices to beat yours even though in the end you are both losing out. At the moment I am simply selling our own stuff not buying anything in and as I don't work I get the orders to the post office that day so get good feedback. I must say I am enjoying it so far especially when I get to send a book to Australia or another part of Europe. I have stopped bothering with padded envelopes now that I've no more to recycle and wrap with bubble wrap and brown paper and always get good feedback about the packaging. The only problem I have now is convincing my OH to release more books from his library but guess there is not much chance of that.

boston_uk

rare_stuff wrote: »

And you're not going to share with us the title of this?

ummm .... nope

funkyfunkymonkey

rare_stuff wrote: »

And you're not going to share with us the title of this?


Well Done Though.

I just had an enquiry from New Zealand about a £95 book, but due to the size/weight of it, the shipping costs may well put them off!

Should bloomin think not - cheeky beggar

Good luck with your enquiry though - rootin for yer!

FFM

emweaver

Hi, Ive a problem with amazon and hoping someone can help. I sold an item and its brand new in box but buyer is saying its been used now I know its not. Theyre trying to get their money back. Im not prepared to refund as I know they are lieing and suspect maybe they have swapped my new one with an old one they had that could possible be damaged.

Will / can Amazon take the money back out of my bank without my permission to refund the buyer?

funkyfunkymonkey

Hi emweaver

Unfortunately Amazon often side with the buyer and have been known to refund without waiting to hear the buyers side of the story (I've been at the receiving end of this ).

If I was you I would phone them first thing on Monday and talk to a seller representative. It may not help but it is worth a go.

Probably the best you can hope for is that they return the item to you. That's not much consolation if they are sending you an 'old' one back.

Do check out to see if they have had any previous bad feedback from sellers - if I have to refund due to non delivery I leave a comment such as "excellent buyer - very understanding when item failed to arrive" or words to that effect. Then if they are genuine I have thanked them for their patience, if they were trying it on, it will hopefully be a warning to others.

FFM

Eager_Elephant

Yesterday my husband orders a penny book from Amazon, one that he needs for a course.

Later in the day he is in the shed getting the books out we have sold ready for packaging, he moves a couple of bags full of books (collected Thurs but not sorted yet) and out falls the very book he has just ordered!!!!

Moral of this story, always sort your new books asap!!!

EE

rare_stuff

RuthMarianna wrote: »

What I cannot understand is why other sellers constantly reduce their prices to beat yours even though in the end you are both losing out.

Other sellers, particularly big sellers use automatic pricing software that can adjust their prices to match yours. Often they can set this adjustment to happen every hour. There was a list of sellers that undercut prices using software, but can't find the address at the moment!
The moral of this is if you are going to undercut the current lowest price prepare to be be undercut by a penny within hours on popular titles. It is always best to price-match rather than undercut. It's also a well known fact that the cheapest items don't always sell first, especially if the seller has low feedback, is American and is usuing a generic description such as 'nice book'. I have sold many books for more than £5 above american sellers, yet I still see lots of people matching them on price.

RuthMarianna wrote: »

At the moment I am simply selling our own stuff not buying anything in

The minute you start to buy stock it can be seen as 'trading' by the Inland Revenue and you should register as self-employed and keep records of all expenses and income.

Happy Selling!

tsharp

Wow, i bought 3 books yesterday for 50p each, and sold 2 of them already. Considering I have about 19 books in my inventory at the moment, to buy some and sell them so quick puts those that have been sitting there for so long to shame!