Bluerectangle.com like sites?
August 12, 2006 2:58 PM Subscribe
Are there other sites out there like bluerectangle.com?
I'm selling some old law school books (and a few others) and stumbled across this site. I entered all my ISBNs and they offered me 140 bucks for about half of them, shipping paid by them. This seems like a pretty good deal for these books. Are there any other sites like this out there? Or is ebay and/or craigslist my only other options?
I'm selling some old law school books (and a few others) and stumbled across this site. I entered all my ISBNs and they offered me 140 bucks for about half of them, shipping paid by them. This seems like a pretty good deal for these books. Are there any other sites like this out there? Or is ebay and/or craigslist my only other options?
www.half.com (Part of ebay, I suppose). I usually sell textbooks on Amazon or Half.com
posted by muddgirl at 3:58 PM on August 12, 2006
posted by muddgirl at 3:58 PM on August 12, 2006
Response by poster: thanks muddgirl and TauLepton, I hadn't really considered those. ...But now that I have, does anyone have an opinion on which one is better in general? Amazon appears to be more expensive (both charge 15% of the selling price, but Amazon also charges about 2.20 in fees that Half.com does not (but Amazon reimburses 3.49 for shipping, and Half only 2.70)).
Based on that, I'd go with Half. Any reason not to?
BTW, those of you looking to sell a bunch of books online should definately check out bluerectangle.com. It's pretty cool. I think I will sell the 25 their taking. Though I won't get as much for them, I can stick them all in one box, slap on the preprinted label, and be done with it. Of course that still leaves me about 35 to get rid of, but that's better than 60.
posted by gregoryc at 6:18 PM on August 12, 2006
Based on that, I'd go with Half. Any reason not to?
BTW, those of you looking to sell a bunch of books online should definately check out bluerectangle.com. It's pretty cool. I think I will sell the 25 their taking. Though I won't get as much for them, I can stick them all in one box, slap on the preprinted label, and be done with it. Of course that still leaves me about 35 to get rid of, but that's better than 60.
posted by gregoryc at 6:18 PM on August 12, 2006
half.com's traffic is much lower, I used to sell books only thru them - but now i sell thru amazon. The books go quite a bit quicker.
Amazon's two annoying flaws:
1. books "expire" and you have to go thru a big rigamarole to relist
2. their shipping label stuff is hard to automate, I basically copy and paste the email to notepad and go from there
I haven't used half in a long time, but i remember their process was much smoother.
posted by muddylemon at 7:46 PM on August 12, 2006
Amazon's two annoying flaws:
1. books "expire" and you have to go thru a big rigamarole to relist
2. their shipping label stuff is hard to automate, I basically copy and paste the email to notepad and go from there
I haven't used half in a long time, but i remember their process was much smoother.
posted by muddylemon at 7:46 PM on August 12, 2006
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posted by TauLepton at 3:15 PM on August 12, 2006