On July 7th, 2011 I sent a mixed shipment of 30 books and CD’s to Amazon FBA. I’m not much of a crybaby, but it would be wonderfully nice if they lost it. I say that only because the shipment seemed to be floating somewhere in Amazonland and nobody could update on exactly what was going on. If they refunded the shipment, it would be like $250 in my back pocket. So, yes, Amazon, please lose this shipment!

But, alas, they did find it and there was something wrong with one of the CD’s. They refunded the CD, and put the rest online in my store. Shucks. I thought a windfall was in the making.

Aside from that one shipment from Hades, FBA has been pretty kind to me. I’ve won some and lost some, but definitely learned some. New books sell much better than used, and listing time is about half as long. Just copy and paste “Brand New!!!” and you’re basically good to go. Alright! But often times its easy to overlook that dreaded remainder mark on the bottom of the book. Always look for this overstock mark. You can still sell the book as New, but you better had mention it in the description of your listing. Read the rest of this entry »