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

tirlittan

Thanks teapot2.

Yeah, I'm already addicted. I was up way later than I was supposed to last night checking what my other books were going for on amazon. When I have time I shall be listing 5 others and 2 more dvd's and I also had a look at cd's. Obviously need to make comparisons with other sites, but I like the way amazon works.

4 ebay listings finishing tonight. Hoping for at least 3 sales, one hasn't generated any interest and all of them are re-listings. Will put more on on ebay on Sunday as well.

Show me the money!!!!:rotfl:

bluebell_lily

soolin wrote: »

For items over £34 sent within the UK you must use either special delivery or standard parcels with any additional insurance purchased.

Any receipt from the Royal mail Post Office counters that carries the recipients address and a post office official stamp or a receipt from the PO till with recipients address, is sufficient for a claim for loss. I use a mix of certificate of postage forms that I fill in at home and get stamped at the PO, and till receipts that another of my local post office prefers and which they actually leave black for me to fill out the customer details when I get home!

Whilst I have thousands of these things at home (kept of course for tax urposes) I rarely lose much post and in fact I only had three claims in about the last 6 months.

Hi, back here again on this forum. I noticed on post 362 that the PO gives a receipt for the "proof" of posting the item. I had queried this with the PO staff, and they said it is the POP. I also noticed that with some PO staff, the postcode is printed on the receipt whilst the majority, the receipt does not include the postcode or address for the recipient. However, for claims with the Royal Mail regarding lost, damaged or untracked items, is this also the receipt/would the receipt be sufficient? (as they state on their site a Certificate of Posting)?

Some of the items I sent were first class, some of them were first class recorded. On the recorded signed for tracking, a few cannot be shown on the postoffice.co.uk website, or is unavailable or problems with their system. I'm getting confused here. Anyone?

soolin

A valid certificate of posting from a till receipt must have the house number and post code either written on it or in the case of standard parcels printed on it by the Post Office, no address means no claim.

Recorded is different, the new system (not sure if it is fully rolled out yet though) also gives a paper till receipt and has the address printed on it plus a tracking number and you must have that till receipt to make a claim.

If the item shows as delivered then of course no claim can be made, however recorded is getting less and less useful as many times it is as you state and it shows no delivery yet the item might well have arrived. if you believe the item is lost then use your recorded delivery slip to start a claim with RM, it is exactly the same as a claim where the item was sent 1st or 2nd class. If you know the item has been received but it does not show as such online then you can claim back compensation for lack of signature, and you usually get a book of stamps back for each recorded un signed for.

Is that helpful or have I misunderstood the question?

EDIT: Also just to say that if you are making any claim then keep copies of the whole thing including till receipt as RM often lose claims forms within their offices.

bluebell_lily

Hi soolin,

Thanks for your help. Yes, I have the following receipts:

a) First class RM: 3 receipts without no of building or postcode: can I write it in the blank space?

b) i) First class RM Recorded: the same PO have different methods of doing this, some give you an orange slip with the number and postcode, the more technical people have validated address so no orange slip (saves paper! and the environment as well!)

b) i) RM Recorded: No orange slip or address on receipt, this was in August 2008. Also PO closed recently. Can I write in this blank space as barcode was scanned?

c) 1 SP: receipt + address validated on receipt.

Also, how far back can you go? 6 months? 1 month?

Thank You again :j soolin. :A

soolin

a) It depends on the receipt. If it is a plain till receipt that just shows the postage charged then no you cannot make that into a proof of postage for claiming purposes. If however it is a till receipt that shows the date and time of posting, the weight and how it was sent and there is then a blank bit below that, then yes you can add the address details. The two receipts look similar, however one is just a receipt for money paid and the other actually says it is 'proof of posting'. I have both types here in front of me , the POP one shows total cost of item, then there is a blank (my PO write in the details here) then after the written in address it says 'it is important that you retain this receipt as it is your proof of postage'. The other one just shows post label 1LL
1 @ 0.70
Total due to post office )£0 .70
and then either the cash tendered or for larger amounts the card used.

b1) Either the orange slip or the till receipt with the address is fine as a POP.
b2) Recorded must have a tracking number, it is very unusual for a PO not to show the address as this should be required for a claim, was this maybe the till receipt part of the transaction which means you are missing the orange slip? The old system would give you both, the stamped orange slip and then the till receipt for money paid, the till receipt alone will not support a claim.
c) yes that is fine

I have always thought that claims could be made for 6 months, but I have no idea where I got that from, maybe someone else can confirm it.

custardy

im sure i read 1 year the other day(on the retail site),though i wasnt looking at RD info at the time tbh

tirlittan

I've sold again on amazon! Sorry to be so excited,but a newbit to selling on amazon and this is my second sale in a week.

Then to my question. I have an equestrian book that's signed by the author and another respected horseman, but unfortunatly it's also signed "To me". Will it be worth anything and can I sell it as collectable?

Thanks for advice.

teapot2

tirlittan wrote: »

I've sold again on amazon! Sorry to be so excited,but a newbit to selling on amazon and this is my second sale in a week.

Then to my question. I have an equestrian book that's signed by the author and another respected horseman, but unfortunatly it's also signed "To me". Will it be worth anything and can I sell it as collectable?

Thanks for advice.

Well done on the sales :j Re the signed book - to be honest most signatures unless they are rare or a big celeb don't add much to the value. I guess it might be collected by other people into equestrian books but how many will be looking on Amazon?? You can list it as collectible although not sure how many buyers look under that section if they are searching from the product page. I'd put a few quid extra on it for the sig and see what happens. Mention in the description that its signed by the author and also include that there's a dedication so people know exactly what they are getting. Good luck

By the way does that mean that you are a respected horseman?

Teapot

tirlittan

By the way does that mean that you are a respected horseman?

Teapot[/quote]

Ha ha, I wish :rotfl:

tirlittan

One of the books I wanna sell, RRP £8.99, is listed on amazon for £70!!! ANd that's 3 different sellers. That can't be right? Made me laugh though, if I could sell the book for that money, I'd be very, very happy.:rotfl: