I'm singing the praises of BookMooch, which I just joined this week.
Atherton: Half the men in this room wish you were on their arm, tonight. Inara: Only half. I must be losing my indefinable allure.
'Shindig'
Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Zenkitty - Nov 04, 2007 1:30:49 pm PST #390 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Jesse - Nov 04, 2007 1:41:37 pm PST #391 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jesse, I've found it works best for genre books - romance, mystery, sf/fantasy. Recent bestsellers too.
I have those! So I could get a couple of bucks plus shipping? Maybe I'll do it. What if they're just in OK shape?
§ ita § - Nov 04, 2007 1:47:32 pm PST #392 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am about to go to this wedding with no bra on. This is not a good week to test me.
msbelle - Nov 04, 2007 1:51:29 pm PST #393 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I list things as low as 25 cents, but that is just because getting to a PO is easy for me and they all have the Auto-machines. Anything that does not sell in this batch is getting donated to my library.
Jesse - Nov 04, 2007 1:56:38 pm PST #394 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Huh. Maybe I'll try it!
Jesse - Nov 04, 2007 2:03:57 pm PST #395 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I list things as low as 25 cents,
Doesn't Amazon charge you 99 cents per?
msbelle - Nov 04, 2007 2:46:38 pm PST #396 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
hunh. I dunno. if I am losing money, I is stupid, but people have stuff listed at a penny. hrm, I should go look.
brenda m - Nov 04, 2007 2:54:04 pm PST #397 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Nah. It's like 20 or 30 cents for things you list fairly cheaply (like, under ten bucks) and then some percentage of the sales price - like 5%, I think? Some people make money off the shipping too, though for things like books I'd be careful with that. IIRC, a paperback book ships bookrate for something in the neighborhood of $1.50 - 1.75, so I think I used to just say $2 shipping. It's been a while since I did this though.
Jesse - Nov 04, 2007 2:59:05 pm PST #398 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
There's some professional seller fee where you pay a lump sum and then don't pay as much per item or whatever, which I assume is where all the one cent sellers come from.
I dunno, but I just listed four hardcover books I got for free, so we'll see what happens.
brenda m - Nov 04, 2007 3:04:27 pm PST #399 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I think the 1 cent people are generally pretty high volume. So the 1 c. is an attempt to attract more bidders and push the price up, but without having to worry too much about any individual item. Also, what I said about shipping costs - some people price low but really inflate there to make more money.