Once again, time has FLOWN by and I have ignored my poor blog. I just embarked on a massive clean out of my house in preparation for some much-needed renovations. I'm also deciding if I want to stay in the house or sell it. Yikes.
I've been giving old stuff to Goodwill after finally convincing myself that having a garage sale was not worth the time. It was a hard decision to make, but it does feel good to lighten the load.
I have a bunch of books that I no longer want and I'm wondering if it's worth trying to sell some of them online or if I should just give them to a local library book sale. Does anyone have experience or advice? I've looked at Half.com for listing books and DealOz for places that buy books. Any other suggestions?
Gorgeous first summer weekend in the northeast. Happy Solstice!
is it worth it to sell books online?
June 21st, 2014 at 10:33 pm
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The major deterrent selling books on-line is the cost of shipping since they weigh so much. E-readers are becoming more popular since books can be downloaded with a couple of clicks. Why not list on CraigsList to check response and interest? Do you have a re-seller in your community? It's a lot of work to load books into the car and then to the shop where they offer very small sums for the books they believe they can sell.
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I take the books to the post office, find out how much the book rate is for the books and incorporate that into the listing: .99 plus 1.28 postage or whatever. Use the book rate-much cheaper and many people don't know about it.
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