A sorta rant here, as I try to extricate myself from the overwhelming piles of books left with me from my ex. While this wasn't her only problem, it certainly contributed to her complaining she didn't have any money. She kept buying books, reading a few pages, then buying more books. I know because they are like new, and I often find book marks in them, usually somewhere within the first 50 pages.
Previously I could return some to Barnes & Noble without receipts and get store credits (I was able to get DVDs there for over two years without paying for anything!), but that isn't an option now. So I am selling on Half.com, and this month I have 15 sales (on top of another 25 sold earlier this year). I still have almost 150 listed, and I am still digging out books and listing them when I get the time. Plus I have probably another 200 in boxes that I already checked and won't sell for enough to bother with, so I either sell them at a yard sale for a pittance, try Craigslist, or give them away. Ugh.
I used to like reading books, and I do like to get some money from selling them, but this has really turned me off of books.
OK, rant over. And as an FYI, the sales for this month totalled about $75, so at least that's something worthwhile.
Books, books (and oh yeah, books)
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And oh yeah, another sale since I wrote this 3 hours ago.
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The nice thing is I have found if they will take the books it will net you more than a rummage sale. Second option is donation which I have done, it just depends on what you want from the books; a small cash reward now or a tax deduction in the future.
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