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I went through some of my old textbooks today and decided to sell them on amazon as used. I listed them all to be the lowest prices so they would go quick and I just sold one for $32, a new one of those costs $50. I brought it to my local packaging store and the guy there told me it would cost $20 to ship it, about $15 if I went to the post office instead.
Using Amazon to sell them, it says I get $3.99 credit for standard shipping. Amazon gets $7.14 and I get $28.85. However, I just spend $20.45 to ship the 2 lbs stupid textbook in a padded envelope, not even a box (which I'm having second thoughts about because there is a CD included in the back cover and it's not a hardcover).
So, why is amazon giving so little for shipping credit when it appears shipping by any method would be at least probably $10?! Plus, that's if I really looked for a good deal...not to mention the second thoughts I'm having about if I copied the mailing address over correctly from the invoice onto the shipping label...oh man...
Is there anyway to ship a 2lbs book for actually $3.99?
I get $12 more than I had in my pocket if I had just let the textbook sit in my apartment, but maybe I should have just gone and sold it back to the college bookstore as used where I could have gotten some more probably...this just adds to my already great year so far
Using Amazon to sell them, it says I get $3.99 credit for standard shipping. Amazon gets $7.14 and I get $28.85. However, I just spend $20.45 to ship the 2 lbs stupid textbook in a padded envelope, not even a box (which I'm having second thoughts about because there is a CD included in the back cover and it's not a hardcover).
So, why is amazon giving so little for shipping credit when it appears shipping by any method would be at least probably $10?! Plus, that's if I really looked for a good deal...not to mention the second thoughts I'm having about if I copied the mailing address over correctly from the invoice onto the shipping label...oh man...
Is there anyway to ship a 2lbs book for actually $3.99?
I get $12 more than I had in my pocket if I had just let the textbook sit in my apartment, but maybe I should have just gone and sold it back to the college bookstore as used where I could have gotten some more probably...this just adds to my already great year so far