#5722059 - 05/28/1211:19 AMRe: A little corner of the UK
[Re: buddymagoo]
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Originally Posted By: buddymagoo
Originally Posted By: gaz2810i
It's a good idea, when only considering ourselves. However, in practice it would alienate most non UK buyers who are hard enough to sell to from here as it is.
Unless I completely mis-read you post and you simply meant discussion thread which may be nice.
You read correctly. Maybe a Selling from the UK topic would then be better. So we would benefit from the low cost of shipping but if anyone from the states or elsewhere was interested they could buy also. You just never see people from the UK selling and I would love to see more and I think this would help greatly.
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Is the issue not wanting to sell abroad, which I can understand, or not feeling like the other UK boardies are paying enough attention when other UK boardies are selling?
Personally I like the idea, I have tried selling on here quite a few times and it has been a bit of a disaster. The only way to get US boardies to bite is to sell so cheaply it's not worth your while.
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right can anyone answer my question please, me and the other half are gonna do the cgc membership to grade books and get the 4 done for free each, right question is do they charge you to send them back on the form that you fill in and if they do how much is it they charge as working out our budget, cheers
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Originally Posted By: Arsenalherd
right can anyone answer my question please, me and the other half are gonna do the cgc membership to grade books and get the 4 done for free each, right question is do they charge you to send them back on the form that you fill in and if they do how much is it they charge as working out our budget, cheers
I am, certain they charge return shipping, If I am right it is the same as normal charges and used to be something like
1-2 books: $60 3-5 books: $80 6-10 books: $100
but it's based on weight so could be more or less.
#5722843 - 05/28/1204:12 PMRe: A little corner of the UK
[Re: gaz2810i]
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If UK boardies have something they want to sell, I have no objection to being contacted by round robin PM. I may not be interested in all of them, but it wouldn't bother me to receive the Initial pm.
Would this be a possible solution?
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Originally Posted By: Whizzer
If UK boardies have something they want to sell, I have no objection to being contacted by round robin PM. I may not be interested in all of them, but it wouldn't bother me to receive the Initial pm.
Would this be a possible solution?
So basically you get first dibs on all our books
Seriously though, How about a group PM, where UK boardies can put books up for say first before they try the open forum
#5722879 - 05/28/1204:21 PMRe: A little corner of the UK
[Re: gaz2810i]
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Originally Posted By: gaz2810i
Is the issue not wanting to sell abroad, which I can understand, or not feeling like the other UK boardies are paying enough attention when other UK boardies are selling?
Personally I like the idea, I have tried selling on here quite a few times and it has been a bit of a disaster. The only way to get US boardies to bite is to sell so cheaply it's not worth your while.
The thing to keep in mind is that US buyers can usually find most books in the US for sale so it's quicker and easier for them to pick them up locally.
Having said that, I've been selling on the boards for a long time now (and Nick and Andy have been selling here longer) and I sell far more to the US than the UK. I've had very successful selling threads and sold lots through PM's, the main thing is knowing if the comics that you're selling are likely to attract US buyers. More valuable books will sell because the buyer is more likely to pay higher postage for them, lower value books aren't likely to attract international sales because the shipping will probably be more than the comics are worth.
