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On Greedpay, I used very few bubble bags, mainly just for small books.
For anything larger, I wrapped in 2 layers of bubble-wrap (available free from the fruit counter of the local branch of Asda)...

$2 bills!
Smallest paper money in UK is £5 - ie nearly US$9

Old VHS PAL machines can be bought in UK for virtually nothing.
Get one quick before they become museum pieces.

I used to sort the items I was interested in buying on the pay-a-fortune auction site into "distance from buyer".
Due to the position of Southport, it was most annoying to see an item for sale just...

When listing an auction, those who are prepared to send goods anywhere, (so long as we get paid,) want to quote different postal rates for "Europe" and the "Rest of the World" as per the charges...

I have the opposite problem, Bykimbo, the fiction is of no interest to me, but I now have enough non-fiction stacked up to last me about the next 50 years at my present rate of reading. And I'll be...

After listing a new auction, if I click the link that comes up to "list a similar item", the "Start Auction" option is preselected as "Custom".
As I am not yet a Seller+, the custom start time...

I can echo that some parcels go by air when paid surface.
Large parcel of books (cost over £16 surface mail) took 8 days to get to Brisbane.
Customer well pleased, wanted to know how I did it.

It looks as though I was being too specific when looking up the title - there is a number of variations. That's the trouble when it's in Latin. I learn something new every day.

Easy enough to know what the postal options are:
Go to here: http://sg.royalmail.com/portal/rm/PriceFinder?catId=23500532&gear=pricingcalc

Just fill in as requested and you'll get a complete set...

Thanks, Salus, I have emailed Bloomsbury, let's see what happens.
It will make my day if it can sell at anything more than a tenner

Ah well, perhaps this is one that warrants a trip or emails to a few Olde Booke Shoppes.

Yes, thanks, these are some of the sites I know about already - also "Bookbutler" sometimes useful.
I have never yet got to grips with how there can be such massive differences in the prices being...

Is there an online resource where I can check how much a specific book may be worth? Perhaps one of you is a book dealer?
I can usually gain a good idea from a dozen or more book websites but I have...

This all sounds much friendlier than Fleecebay.
My auctions there will soon all be finished and I will start putting my books on here and advertising them a bit!
I hope I can make a lot of people...

Thanks for the encouragement. I'm sure I won't be the last immigrant here from the Fleecebay tyrant.
From another forum item, Ive heard that you need to list a couple of thousand books before you...

A first posting to Ebid to see how friendly you all are.
I have been on Fleecepay for about 2 years and sell mainly books with a few collectables and whatever else I can find.
Fleecebay's proposed...