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Is it morally wrong or a good business model . . . .
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. . . . . to buy books from charity shops at, between 10p and £2 and sell them at a profit at carboot sales and on ebay?
My mum does this, and I think i'd feel bad if i'd had bought a book for less than a pound then sold it for about £40, which has happened several times.
Also she once sold a book for £80, but she may have got that one from the auctions, which she no longer goes to. She used to go to the auctions and buy boxes of books for a few pound each then sell them at a profit but when the auctioneers starting selling more expensive things, she focused on the charity shops more.
My mum does this, and I think i'd feel bad if i'd had bought a book for less than a pound then sold it for about £40, which has happened several times.
Also she once sold a book for £80, but she may have got that one from the auctions, which she no longer goes to. She used to go to the auctions and buy boxes of books for a few pound each then sell them at a profit but when the auctioneers starting selling more expensive things, she focused on the charity shops more.
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Publishers are just as culpable, they offer book retailers good deals on bulk purcahses with the proviso that their title(s) are placed in prominent positions in the book chart and so get maximum impact and sell in greater numbers, some new releases hit the book chart on day of release even though none have been available for sale, some have pre-sell, like the new Dan Brown, but most chart positions are 'bought' by the publishers, the book becomes a good seller because of product placement and prominent placement.
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Eddie, the only way you can cover the postage cost is to elevate the cost of the book, if the weight of the book means that it will cost more than the ceiling £2.75 to post. (It's the same with clothes now, max £4 even if you are selling something heavy like a coat.) Example: Good once-read thriller paperback, £2 + 2.75 postage. If it's a big hardback, the starting price takes into account the real postage price, and I comment on that in the item description. They do sell. The postage ceiling is the same rate as on Amazon, I sell occasional used books on both sites (prefer eBay but Amazon has a diferent audience).
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With your question way up above about sending books by courier - the answer is no, you can send it how you like but the maximum the buyer can be asked to pay is the limit laid down by eBay or Amazon. That's in the UK - when/if I sell to overseas customers, the true cost of postage can be requested as part of the sale.
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