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Selling second hand books 🫤

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shellyleppard · 23/03/2025 16:42

Trying to sell a book, read it once, published last year. The prices offered by online book sellers are terrible!!! Music magpie....48 pence, world of books £1.48 !!! Tried Facebook marketplace but I'm waiting for them to approve my age 😂😂😂😂 I'm 56 😂😂😂does anyone else think the price is very low on the resale sites?

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Latenightreader · 24/03/2025 12:47

Ilovemyshed · 24/03/2025 06:59

Probably to resell at a car boot

When I've had boxes of books at car boot sales they almost never sell, even in good condition and very cheap. Mine go to charity shops/community libraries/friends these days (although I do sell collectibles).

shellyleppard · 24/03/2025 13:11

@LilyLillyO that's fantastic news, happy reading 🥰

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luckbug · 24/03/2025 13:18

I think ebay would be best- although prob less than you’d want.

I love Vinted because I can buy lots of cheap books for dc. I resell them back for similar when we are finished, so I can buy more.

LittleBigHead · 24/03/2025 19:31

Better to donate to Oxfam. Modern paperbacks are hardly collectible

Sadcafe · 24/03/2025 19:35

Scanned a load of books on music magpie recently, many they didn’t want , those they did were 9p to about £1 at best, just gave them to charity shop in the end , not worth sending for the couple of pounds they offered

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