Selling my thrillers / crime / detective novels
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
United States
July 15, 2020 7:32am CST
I bought / got for free (through vouchers) LOTS of books from the thrift store. Some of you may remember my discussions about that ($xx.xx + $xx.xx ='s discussions). Anyway, I am thinking of selling them on ebay in groups of five, trying to keep the authors together.
I may end up just donating them, however, since I got most of them for free.. decisions decisions. I assume I would need to buy boxes (since the packages we get here are so irregular and we can't always just keep boxes) and I don't know whether I want to go to that hassle for something that may not sell.
Still.. It would be nice to get a few bucks for something I originally got for free.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
15 Jul 20
That may be what I should do. These were free after all. I can not call the store that I got them from and ask if I can resell there as the number they use is an automated message service.
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@LadyDuck (457918)
• Switzerland
15 Jul 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum I will bring some in the "cabin libraries" we have here (build in the old phone booths), I can bring up to 4 books and take 4 that I like, there are 3 booths at walking distance from home.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
15 Jul 20
@LadyDuck We used to have two "little libraries" close by but I know one was taken away, am not sure if the other one is still there. That's also an option I hadn't thought of.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
15 Jul 20
Your right. I'm not sure that I'd make a good profit from it. I feel like I will just donate the books, but first I am going to go by the thrift store and ask if I can sell them back to them for atleast some money. I don't know if I can do that.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
15 Jul 20
@gr8nana6 This is true. It's something for me to think about atleast. There used to be a website somewhat like ebay but you didn't get paid in real cash. You got paid in credits that you could use to buy items from the site. I can't even remember what it was called but I sold a few things that way.
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@gr8nana6 (6614)
• Conyers, Georgia
15 Jul 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum Well it's worth a try, you won't know if you don't at least try
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@LindaOHio (155957)
• United States
15 Jul 20
I donate my books to Goodwill, the Salvation Army or the library.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
15 Jul 20
I've donated some that way. Most likely will do the same for these others.
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@simplfred (20608)
• Philippines
15 Jul 20
I can only wish you goodluck... I used to enjoy reading novels before. I've been missing those days.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
15 Jul 20
These are genres that I am not really a fan of, but I got them because I might read them. I try to find time to read when I can, I prefer it to television.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
15 Jul 20
Probably, but I have to think of the cost of the boxes and what if no one buys them? Then I've bought boxes for no reason.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
15 Jul 20
True, provided one can make a profit.
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@piyushbhatia1 (11698)
• India
15 Jul 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum sometimes it is easy to tell if a customer is going to make a purchase from the moment they enter the store.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
15 Jul 20
@piyushbhatia1 True, but this will all be online.
@JESSY3236 (18910)
• United States
27 Jul 20
You can get free boxes from the USPS website. I did ebay once selling one book. It cost me more to ship the book than I thought. I did try to sell some other books and got no hits so now I just donate them.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
27 Jul 20
oh, I didn't know that. Thanks. I really do think I"ll just donate them.
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@Butterfingers (66585)
• India
15 Jul 20
I hope you can find a way to sell. You can try Facebook marketplace
@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
15 Jul 20
Selling on Ebay can be a lot of hassle.
If you dont need the money you would get , donate them.to a thrift store.
But getting money for something we get for free is good...
Maybe you should sell.them
Remember to include postage and packing charge
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
15 Jul 20
Right, I was just thinking that if it doesn't sell then I am out the price of buying boxes. So I may just donate them. I'm not selling locally because I'm allergic to humans.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
15 Jul 20
@JimBo452020 Nope. I've taken to throwing them into the recycle bin as soon as I open a package. Only box we have is a big 'un
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
15 Jul 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum
Just donate them,
Easiest way.
No old boxes at home that you could adapt?
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