Originally posted by RJK1981
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I was tempted by the e-mail I got today as a recent customer, and my wife might have even said okay, but I decided against it as I'd rather spend that kinda money on the book club when that is offered. Even told her that part and didn't hear any complaints.
Then again, I think she just realized I can truly make money from some of my books. Making room for more books, so decided to take a shot at selling my 2nd copy of the gift edition of Full Dark, No Stars. Listed it at $275 for the buyout (think it was like $125 or 150 starting bid) with a 7 day auction. Surprised the hell out of me when I got an email less than 16 hours after I posted it saying congratulations, my item had sold! That was soon followed by an email saying I had been paid
I had been tempted to list at $300, but looked elsewhere (as there were none listed on eBay at the time) and saw copies at nearly 300, so I went with 275 as that seemed a fair price. May have missed out on an extra $25, but that's okay, as I wasn't selling it because I needed the money, but was instead doing it to make room. I know my wife was happy to tell her I had very good reasons for putting bubble-wrap on my books when I move them around, as she had asked my wife about that once. Probably will be selling some other titles soon to make more room, though not any of my King titles most likely as I don't have extras of any of them except for having a 1st and 2nd printing of Blockade Billy. Have to figure out which ones though since I don't want to sell ones I most likely to read. Definitely gonna get rid of several paperbacks for sure that I have gotten eBooks of since I'd typically prefer to read something on my Kindle Fire instead of a small paperback. At some point I am sure I will only have a few paperbacks on that.
Pretty sure my wife will be more okay with my book buying now though, that's for sure
Not gonna go wild with it though.
Then again, I think she just realized I can truly make money from some of my books. Making room for more books, so decided to take a shot at selling my 2nd copy of the gift edition of Full Dark, No Stars. Listed it at $275 for the buyout (think it was like $125 or 150 starting bid) with a 7 day auction. Surprised the hell out of me when I got an email less than 16 hours after I posted it saying congratulations, my item had sold! That was soon followed by an email saying I had been paid
I had been tempted to list at $300, but looked elsewhere (as there were none listed on eBay at the time) and saw copies at nearly 300, so I went with 275 as that seemed a fair price. May have missed out on an extra $25, but that's okay, as I wasn't selling it because I needed the money, but was instead doing it to make room. I know my wife was happy to tell her I had very good reasons for putting bubble-wrap on my books when I move them around, as she had asked my wife about that once. Probably will be selling some other titles soon to make more room, though not any of my King titles most likely as I don't have extras of any of them except for having a 1st and 2nd printing of Blockade Billy. Have to figure out which ones though since I don't want to sell ones I most likely to read. Definitely gonna get rid of several paperbacks for sure that I have gotten eBooks of since I'd typically prefer to read something on my Kindle Fire instead of a small paperback. At some point I am sure I will only have a few paperbacks on that.Pretty sure my wife will be more okay with my book buying now though, that's for sure
Not gonna go wild with it though.
. Yes hook line and sinker.
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