How much would you pay for a paperback book?

[SalusLibrorum]

The highest I ever got was £120 on Amazon for a rather tatty old paperback by Robert Elford. The middle one of the Devil's Guard trilogy. I've never got over someone willing to pay that much for a paperback. The whole trilogy are expensive, I also had the first one and thought I was doing well to get £34 for that one.

[DanTheMan3]

WOW.
Bet you wish you had a few more copies.?
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[bykimbo]

The highest I ever got was £120 on Amazon for a rather tatty old paperback by Robert Elford. The middle one of the Devil's Guard trilogy. I've never got over someone willing to pay that much for a paperback. The whole trilogy are expensive, I also had the first one and thought I was doing well to get £34 for that one.

In my dreams I stumble upon a cache of Elford at the local charity shop. I always look, but far from a cache I've never found a single copy so far.

[JudesNiceThings]

#59 - smiffy - I don't think there's any likelyhood of them selling before Christmas!

I disagree about the 'old biddies' post - I used to sell a lot of 'women's romances' on t'other place,(at higher prices than here too) - I rarely sell any from Mills & Boon, but the majority I have are 'read once' quality and are my own personal posessions (ie not bought specifically for resale.)
I have read everything before I let it go - some I keep and some I sell - I know there are a lot of people out there that LOVE romances, and don't know why some people are so scathing about them!

One factor in my 'non-sales' is that most of the older people who like them don't have internet access, so obviously dont see what I've got! LOL

[kengillam]

More of the grey brigade are starting to use the internet, just need to get them here before they get embroiled in Greedbay

[alsoldbooks]

Go on then, spill the beans, what was it?

Sorry to leave you in suspense.

I went to bed early.

The £32.50 paperback - DREAMS by Peter Reich

Good hunting, Steven

[CrazyJay]

For modern paperbacks I tend to pay between £2.00 - £5.00 depending on what they are - (If it's something I really want.) I buy quite a lot in charity shops for the £1.00 - £2.50 price range, but will only pick them up if they are in Excellent or better condition.

For my 1950's Pulp / Juvenile Delinquency books - I've spent anywhere between £10 - £45.....

(The £45 one was a lucky find, as elsewhere I could only find it from £75 up to £120)

My days of buying books or record from America are over for the time being though, as the exchange rate is close to 1:1, and I was used to buying at almost 2:1 - Effectively that has doubled the price of pulp fiction books imported from USA!

- My mistake - Looks like the rate is still around the 1.5 mark. I must have looked up the wrong table on Tuesday.

[merlin]

I pay £2.76 on 'the big river' and £3.75 on 'the green site' - I go for whoever is selling it cheapest once I've checked their feedback.

i listed on green site sold nowt got a bit bored with checking lol think theres still some books on there can`t be bothered to log in