Man, glad I randomly clicked on this video because I have that Throne of Glass box set just sitting in the corner of my room unread & I am totally cool with selling it off and just buying the newer covers instead! I work at a used bookstore and run the Ebay listings there, great info, thank you!
Every time I see a what sold video featuring a Franklin Library book, I get a tightness in my gut. A few years ago I went to an estate sale that had a room full of pristine Franklin Library books (many or most were the signed editions). I think there were around 400 of them. It was getting towards the end of the sale, and I remember them being priced pretty aggressively individually, which is probably why they were all still there. So I asked the woman running the sale what she wanted for all of them. She called the owner, and ended up coming back to me with a very good price. I don't know what I was thinking, but I tried to haggle and get them for a few hundred dollars less, but she wouldn't budge. And of course I ended up losing them to a much smarter bookseller who had showed up after me and bought them at her asking price after I blew the deal. I had been selling books for about 15 years at that time, so I wasn't new to the game, but I learned a valuable lesson that day - don't take a chance at losing out on a deal like that over a few hundred dollars. I still kick myself every time I think about it.
Reminds me of a DVD haul I "almost" lost years ago. Saw a "last day clearance sale" media store. 1000s of disc items left. Most he wanted 50% off sticker. I said $1 each item and you can close the doors forever. Haggle, haggle. Ended being ~$3 each for $16K. I paid him $1K to load his truck and deliver an hour east.
I got 4 more Warhammer books at Savers. When I was walking to my car some guy asked about them. Ended up selling them to him for $100 cash. I may have got $30+ on ebay. However, not having to take pictures, list & wait, store, package & ship, etc, etc is worth the potential loss.
I see a lot of religious books here in Texas, so I have been having some luck selling them. I'm trying to get smarter on Bibles since there seems to be 5 at every estate sale. Interestingly, I find that people buying religious books almost never take me up on "or best offer".
Man, glad I randomly clicked on this video because I have that Throne of Glass box set just sitting in the corner of my room unread & I am totally cool with selling it off and just buying the newer covers instead! I work at a used bookstore and run the Ebay listings there, great info, thank you!
Every time I see a what sold video featuring a Franklin Library book, I get a tightness in my gut. A few years ago I went to an estate sale that had a room full of pristine Franklin Library books (many or most were the signed editions). I think there were around 400 of them. It was getting towards the end of the sale, and I remember them being priced pretty aggressively individually, which is probably why they were all still there. So I asked the woman running the sale what she wanted for all of them. She called the owner, and ended up coming back to me with a very good price. I don't know what I was thinking, but I tried to haggle and get them for a few hundred dollars less, but she wouldn't budge. And of course I ended up losing them to a much smarter bookseller who had showed up after me and bought them at her asking price after I blew the deal. I had been selling books for about 15 years at that time, so I wasn't new to the game, but I learned a valuable lesson that day - don't take a chance at losing out on a deal like that over a few hundred dollars. I still kick myself every time I think about it.
Reminds me of a DVD haul I "almost" lost years ago. Saw a "last day clearance sale" media store. 1000s of disc items left. Most he wanted 50% off sticker.
I said $1 each item and you can close the doors forever. Haggle, haggle. Ended being ~$3 each for $16K. I paid him $1K to load his truck and deliver an hour east.
Great sales! Great video! I enjoy listening and learning! Thank you!
I got 4 more Warhammer books at Savers. When I was walking to my car some guy asked about them. Ended up selling them to him for $100 cash. I may have got $30+ on ebay. However, not having to take pictures, list & wait, store, package & ship, etc, etc is worth the potential loss.
Haha- that is a good flip!
I see a lot of religious books here in Texas, so I have been having some luck selling them. I'm trying to get smarter on Bibles since there seems to be 5 at every estate sale. Interestingly, I find that people buying religious books almost never take me up on "or best offer".
Congratulations on the AWESOME sales! I guess I don't have to ask if you're 'sniffing around' for vintage perfume now when you go to estate sales? ;-)
Ha! You know that is a given now! Just has to be the unopened now with eBay policy!
Shout out to all our Moms out there whether you’re still here or in Heaven!
Great sales Shane, tremendous ROI!