Comments on: Amazon History http://www.johnsjottings.com/archives/2006/09/16/amazon_history.html Technology, Blogging, Food, Travel, Poker and More Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:11:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: charlotte http://www.johnsjottings.com/archives/2006/09/16/amazon_history.html/comment-page-1/#comment-1130 charlotte Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:04:24 +0000 http://www.johnsjottings.com/wp/?p=449#comment-1130 im a student in the uk who is doing a project on the amazon and i cant find a good website would you recomend one? im a student in the uk who is doing a project on the amazon and i cant find a good website would you recomend one?

]]> By: Joe Grossberg http://www.johnsjottings.com/archives/2006/09/16/amazon_history.html/comment-page-1/#comment-1129 Joe Grossberg Fri, 22 Sep 2006 21:00:37 +0000 http://www.johnsjottings.com/wp/?p=449#comment-1129 John: It's a matter of expedience; it's not worth hiring an appraiser for, and I can think of about a half-dozen methodologies for coming up with a "fair" price. Probably, the most accurate is taking the most recent successful sale price on Amazon (something that isn't available to me), then adding the shipping cost. John:

It’s a matter of expedience; it’s not worth hiring an appraiser for, and I can think of about a half-dozen methodologies for coming up with a “fair” price.

Probably, the most accurate is taking the most recent successful sale price on Amazon (something that isn’t available to me), then adding the shipping cost.

]]> By: john http://www.johnsjottings.com/archives/2006/09/16/amazon_history.html/comment-page-1/#comment-1128 john Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:22:39 +0000 http://www.johnsjottings.com/wp/?p=449#comment-1128 I understand your point Joe - I found that unless I was going to make a $2.00 profit on a book I didn't bother listing it. But you are right, if you calculate the profit per book given the time it takes you will indeed find yourself wondering why you are doing it. The books I don't sell on Amazon I try to let go in garage sales, and I think I'll look into the donation line as well as I have boxes and boxes of books doing nothing but taking up space and I have come to grips with getting rid of them. Still, I'm not sure that you can get away with estimating the fair market value of a book as half it's cover price when it may be going for a penny on Amazon. I'll have to research that one. I understand your point Joe – I found that unless I was going to make a $2.00 profit on a book I didn’t bother listing it. But you are right, if you calculate the profit per book given the time it takes you will indeed find yourself wondering why you are doing it. The books I don’t sell on Amazon I try to let go in garage sales, and I think I’ll look into the donation line as well as I have boxes and boxes of books doing nothing but taking up space and I have come to grips with getting rid of them.

Still, I’m not sure that you can get away with estimating the fair market value of a book as half it’s cover price when it may be going for a penny on Amazon. I’ll have to research that one.

]]> By: Joe Grossberg http://www.johnsjottings.com/archives/2006/09/16/amazon_history.html/comment-page-1/#comment-1127 Joe Grossberg Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:48:20 +0000 http://www.johnsjottings.com/wp/?p=449#comment-1127 I find that selling through Amazon just isn't worth the hassle (unless you live across the street from the Post Office and are selling really expensive books). I prefer to donate them to a local library. I get a tax writeoff (I estimate it at half the cover price), it's really painless, and I only have to go a few times a year. I find that selling through Amazon just isn’t worth the hassle (unless you live across the street from the Post Office and are selling really expensive books).

I prefer to donate them to a local library. I get a tax writeoff (I estimate it at half the cover price), it’s really painless, and I only have to go a few times a year.

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