Why is the postage on second hand books so expensive?

[OrmIrian]

DD has some christmas money left over and has fallen in love with the ingo books by Helem DUnmore. New they are all about 6.99 but second hand they are obviously much cheaper but all the sites I've looked at seem to charge £2 and above per book! Which can make a cheap book almost as much as a new one. Anyone got any suggestions for a site that doesn't charge more than the value of the book for sending it to us please?

I just had some books delivered. I paid 2.25 each. The 2 books came in the same parcel and the stamps were £1.97

if you buy 2 books from ebay you can ask them to reduce postage costs on multiple buys as some are standard set up i always ask before buying if i buy more than one item will you reduce postage or combine postage

I was just about to buy 2 books on Amazon from the same supplier then realised the postage was £2.75 each - no thanks!

I noticed that on amazon too - it is actually cheaper to buy the books new on amazon as free P and P, rather than second hand and pay for postage. £2.75 for a paper back picture book? Don;t think so.

The new books are usually £4.49 rather then £5.99 so cheaper than paying £2 plus £2.75 per book postage

I's daft isn't it?

Mind you I bought some Terry Pratchetts for 20p and 40p each so those were still much cheaper, but DD's Ingo books were 2-3 each.

I wonder if part of the P&P is commission.

I sell books on ebay sometimes-I charge what it costs me to post-unfortunately postage is expensive and there is no way around it.

But not 4.50 for 2 paperbacks surely pisces?

No! I weigh them and refer to the 2nd class postage chart -unfortunately it is still more than the cost of the books!

if you ahve some books you no longer wnat you could try "read it Swap it" which involve book swapping so you just end up apying hte postage - typically about £1.50 for well packaged normal paperback size - i use it quite a bit and love it

But that would involved getting rid of books pipsqueak! It is strictly one way traffic only in this house