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myLot reputation of 88/100. snugasabugxxx (477)   ranked 671 out of 10,326 in reading4 months ago

Does anyone else sell books on Amazon?

Isn't it annoying when other sellers have heavy books listed for £0.01

How do they do it when the postage is so much for a heavy or thick book?

I have had to give a lot of books away because they would make me no profit. Also with postage going up and Amazon not putting their post and packing cost up I have had to go through them all again and relist them, geting rid of about 10 boxes of books. I did have thick books listed which were under 250g and sellin for a penny because I would still make a small profit on them, but the cost of postage now for a packet under 250g is now £1.41 - the exact same price I would get if I sold them for a penny.

Maybe I will have a boot sale!

 
 
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1. myLot reputation of 47/100. antarcticpostcards (440)   ranked 2,089 out of 10,326 in reading   4 months ago

I do not get how they do it either. My guess is some of the bigger sellers get people to buy the penny books and then they also buy more books from the same person. I do not know about postage and packaging cost in the UK, but I know in the US they can ship for under the shipping and handling charge per book and make a little bit of a profit off that, however very minimal. When I was selling off my grandma's library last summer I considered Amazon, but quickly found it was easier to just quickly get rid of the ones worth over $1 on Amazon on eBay and then just donate the rest or take to my used book store for store credit.

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