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The first thing I do in this situation is have the post office check the tracking # and see where the carrier was when they scanned the package to make sure it was delivered to the correct address. If it was correctly delivered, then the package may have been stolen.
I have had this happen to me both as a buyer and a seller. Ebay sided with the seller every time. (I was not happy when I was the buyer and I was out $50.) On the other hand, Amazon does not accept a tracking # as proof of delivery. They only accept a signature as proof of delivery. On items over $75, I ask for a signature for both Ebay and Amazon orders.
If I had it in my store, I would price it around $35 since the jacket is missing. But I looked at the solds on Ebay and there is one similar to yours (no DJ and heavy wear) that sold for $160. So go high and see what kind of offers you get. You never know!
Who’s the publisher? Does it have a dust jacket? What year was it published?
I had the same thing happen to me. A buyer kept buying the same item and then canceling the sale. He also had 3 or 4 different accounts. It was strange and annoying.
I own a brick and mortar, old school, general used bookstore. We have have hardbacks and paperbacks on all topics. We have around 200,000 books on the floor for customers to peruse. We have around 27,000 books listed online. In the store, our best sellers are paperback mysteries & romances. Online, paperback fiction does not sell well for a decent price. Our online sales are mostly nonfiction and a lot of older titles, ie pre-1980’s.
For online listing, we list it if it is $10 or up. So your example, Sigilini, of $4 and free shipping, I would not list that book. It would either go on the shelf in the store or to our local thrift shop. We average about $20 a book online and about $5 a book in store.
I’ve been selling books for over 30 years so I guess it’s gotten pretty routine for me. It takes me about 60 seconds to list a book on Amazon and 5-10 on Ebay due to the photos and etc. That’s why I prefer Amazon because it is so much faster for me.
I was offered a great deal last month. Truegether support contacted me and offered to upload my Amazon inventory to Ebay for free. I jumped on that offer and they were able to list about 66% of my Amazon inventory onto my Ebay account. That created a nice boost to my Ebay sales and moved a bunch of old stock. They also upload my new Amazon listings daily to Ebay.
As So Cal Joe says, you have to have room to store them. Books are definitely long tail items!
I called Folgers and they are not discontinuing this product. Those prices sure were crazy! The prime prices at Amazon were at $99 over the weekend. I noticed today that there aren’t any listed anymore at that price.
I’ve had the happen quite a few times through the years. I would try contacting the buyer first before issuing a refund. I had one just last month and I contacted the buyer and sent it back out to them to the correct address.
In my experience selling books on Amazon, it depends on the book. I looked up the book you’re planning on listing and I would say your price of $20 is where I would list it too. Sometimes repricing programs will cause those crazy prices that you see on some listings. And then, I’ve noticed some megalisters price books high when there are no listings or only a few listings.
I’ve checked a handful of tracking #’s from this week at USPS.com and am getting the following menu options. Here’s what I see below the tracking info:
Text & Email Updates
Change Your Delivery Instructions
Tracking History
Product InformationI sure hope the post office is getting rid of their email updates. I also use it all the time.
I just checked and it’s still working for me. They have changed the format of the tracking page. Under the tracking info, on the page I’m looking at, is a clickable link that looks like this: Text & Email Updates.
Yep, Cutco is on Ebay’s VeRO list:
http://www.ebay.com/gds/vero-profile-cutco-cutlery-corporation/580e8292399d31339f7eb16c/g.html
