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April 3rd, 2007 at 09:39 pm

I recently found out about Half.com and was wondering if anyone here has used it. I have a bunch of books and CDs that I would be willing to part with but am wondering if it is worth the hassle of packaging and mailing. What do you think? Any words of caution? I am generally overly cautious about this kind of thing but the extra income at this point would be greatly welcomed.

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3 Responses to “Half.com?”

  1. wyozozo Says:
    April 3rd, 2007 at 10:00 pm 1175637630
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    I've used it in the past to sell unwanted books and I've had no problems with them. I need to go through my books again and list some more!

  2. disneysteve Says:
    April 3rd, 2007 at 10:23 pm 1175639016
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    I've sold quite a few books, some VHS tapes and a couple of DVDs. The only problem I ever had was one book was quite heavy and the postage allowance they assigned wasn't enough to cover my actual shipping cost. There have been a couple of other times where they paid more than my actual cost, so it all balances out. I think it is a very good service overall.

    My most recent experience was just 2 weeks ago. My wife tossed a book in the give-away pile of clothing. We give the clothes to Purple Heart Veterans but I decided to put the book on half.com. It sold 5 days later! Can't beat that.

  3. alianora Says:
    April 4th, 2007 at 02:42 am 1175654523
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    I use it all the time. The hard part is figuring out a fair price to charge. Its not a huge hassle to ship or anything..all of what I sell is similar in size, so I have a stack of the padded mailers that fit cds/dvds, and then some recycled bubble wrap and paper grocery bags that I use to wrap dvd sets and hardback books. Everything gets shipped media mail, so thats not a huge deal.

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