I'm in a bad mood now
By snowy
@snowy22315 (186931)
United States
March 16, 2025 12:41pm CST
I had talked about on here before that I was interested in selling books. I have a few possibilites here. However, it seems the best choice to sell them is on Amazon with a seller account. Amazon offers and individual account and a business account in order to do this. The business account is 39.99 per month, whereas the seller account just costs .99 per transaction. Well get this, you have to pay the 39.99 up front even if you choose the individual account and then you have to apply for reimbursement! What a pain in the butt. Obviously, they want to charge you for setting up this account, and hope you will fail to follow up with the reimbursement. I have my money tied up this month, with my car insurance, large electric bill and a Myrtle Beach trip. Giving 40 bucks to Amazon is not something I am going to do. Sigh! Maybe at some point in the future.
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@cabuyogty (3419)
• Philippines
16 Mar
I hope you can earn through selling books! Have a good day everyone! 
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@snowy22315 (186931)
• United States
16 Mar
You have to know what the public wants.
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@snowy22315 (186931)
• United States
16 Mar
Like they aren't rich enough already! They are just mercenary in this way.
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@GardenGerty (162783)
• United States
17 Mar
I have heard good things about this site, but have not tried it
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@GardenGerty (162783)
• United States
17 Mar
@snowy22315 I sure hope it is a good one. I have some books to sell as well. I think I actually read about this on Rat Race Rebellion. They usually only post vetted opportunities.
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@snowy22315 (186931)
• United States
16 Mar
Very annoying. Like it would kill them to allow someone to sign up for an individual account! So mercenary!
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@snowy22315 (186931)
• United States
16 Mar
I maybe could have but something worse happened after that This morning was good, but the afternoon turned bad!
@MarieCoyle (42052)
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16 Mar
I sold a lot of books on Ebay in the late 90's. But then they changed a lot of things, and it was going to cost me a lot more, unless the books were big money, it wasn't going to work with any profit for me. I have never sold anything on Amazon. Do you live close to a vintage bookstore? Sometimes they will buy books.
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@snowy22315 (186931)
• United States
16 Mar
These aren''t old books. I might be able to. Sell a lot of them on FB marketplace..but if they didn't sell them I WOuld have them sitting around. Maybe, I will be able to sell a textbook. On one of the other book buying sites. I will be in town tomorrow. I will check the thrift shop. There are some threads online on Reddit about this
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@MarieCoyle (42052)
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17 Mar
@snowy22315
I hope you can find a place that works for you.
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@kareng (71235)
• United States
16 Mar
@snowy22315 Try it and test it out, won't hurt! They have free relistings now also for 4 weeks!
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@snowy22315 (186931)
• United States
16 Mar
I have an account on eBay. I've sold there before. I guess it might be worth a try.
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@jobelbojel (36629)
• Philippines
16 Mar
That is not helpful at all if Amazon ask for payment that costs lots to start.
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@RasmaSandra (83435)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Mar
That is something i have always had a problem with.Wanting to do some business but asked for money up front.,
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@snowy22315 (186931)
• United States
16 Mar
Not thrilled with that at all. Not about this, but I also found they charged two things on my credit card they weren't supposed to.
. Got it straightened out I think but Amazon is on my S**t list.
. Got it straightened out I think but Amazon is on my S**t list.1 person likes this
@1creekgirl (43090)
• United States
17 Mar
That sounds almost like a scam. Hope you can find a better way to sell your books.
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@andriaperry (118552)
• Anniston, Alabama
17 Mar
Selling books you write or your own books?
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@snowy22315 (186931)
• United States
17 Mar
@andriaperry Some people who are big volume have a regular sellers account where they aren't charged per transaction..but I am just getting started with this, and have to see how it goes, not about to make a big monetary commitment.
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@andriaperry (118552)
• Anniston, Alabama
17 Mar
@snowy22315 I would think that would be a personal account.
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@LindaOHio (185090)
• United States
17 Mar
Good luck with your venture. Shopify is another option but more expensive.
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@snowy22315 (186931)
• United States
17 Mar
I don't know anything about that really, other than the name.
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@Dreamerby (7446)
• Calcutta, India
17 Mar
I have always believed that being a successful author is a bit of luck
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