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littlemissy
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I have lots of academic books that are currently sitting and gathering dust. A lot are current editions, so still worth a penny or two. Trouble is, if I put them on eBay, I probably won't get what they are worth. So I'm looking at Amazon Marketplace.
Has anyone sold anything off there before? Is it easy / difficult? Has anything put you off? Are amazon easy to work with? I have bought from them numerous times without problem, but never sold anything so am looking for experiences.
Or, alternatively, if anyone wants any Primary Education books, then I'm sure we can come to an agreement Just kidding, mods
Has anyone sold anything off there before? Is it easy / difficult? Has anything put you off? Are amazon easy to work with? I have bought from them numerous times without problem, but never sold anything so am looking for experiences.
Or, alternatively, if anyone wants any Primary Education books, then I'm sure we can come to an agreement Just kidding, mods
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For academic books it seems better than E-Bay as you can list them and they stay listed for 60 days, you don't have to get a buyer within the first week. Also you list for free and only pay a cut if you sell the book (so you can keep listing it if it is so obscure it takes a while to sell).
The only draw back for sellers in my experience is that the postage charged to the buyer is a fixed rate so if it is a heavy book you may make a lost on the P&P so you need to consider this when you decide the selling price of the book. On the other hand if you are selling a light paperback you may actually profit from this!
Thanks guys.
Yeah, I reckon I will wait a little bit.
With my course, the reading list went out quite early - when the acceptances went out, so I think I will aim for around that time.
Thanks guys :thumb:
What does it take to set up an account and sell them on there?
I'm trying to figure out if I'll be better off buying it from school and getting half back at the end of the semester or paying a bit more than half off marketplace and trying to resell it when I'm done...
Most popular books sell pretty quickly in my experience. Have a look at what prices some of the books you've got in mind are currently selling for second hand to see what sort of price you could get for them. Also bear in mind that the postage and packing price is standard for a book on Amazon so you tend to make a loss on the postage of a heavy book (but a gain on light paperbacks).
I can't remember the process for setting up an account but it must have been easy enough as I did it.