A man from Parcel Force staggered up to the door today with a box containing twenty nine books by Charlotte M Yonge which I'd bought on eBay. The seller was so helpful. The postman was so helpful: "This is very heavy. Can I put it somewhere for you?" I have a feast of reading matter ahead plus a few duplicates to sell ( Read more... )

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on the head of the person who keeps listing c**p jewellery in the eBay category 'Books, Antiquarian, Children's'.
Is there any way to complain about this? And would it do any good?

No, but eBay is nearly as good. A while ago I sold a book to Victor Watson, editor of The Cambridge Guide to Children's Books in English. This resulted in a very interesting correspondence, at the end of which he sold me all his John & Mary books. Which was nice.

Now today (and how's this for a coincidence, minnimoll?) I have sold one of his own books to ( Read more... )

I have spent ages writing up listings for eBay. As these items are going in my shop, I had to bear in mind that they will probably sell after Royal Mail's new charges come in on August 21st. Working out the prices, I was shocked to find what a difference this will make to posting a standard-sized paperback. When you add to that eBay's new 10% Final ( Read more... )

I've just had mail from eBay telling me about changes to shops inventories and fees. Now, a few months ago we were given the exciting news that items in shops' inventories would have increased visibility. This new message tells me that they have decided to decrease visibility. As if the things weren't hard enough to find already. Then fees will ( Read more... )

Can anyone remember which comedy programme included the joke,
'Roald Dahl admits: my father couldn't spell Ronald'?
Might have been Not the Nine o'clock News. To my great joy, I have just seen offered on eBay Charlie and the Choclate Factory by 'Ronald Dahl'.

Spotted on eBay: a seller offering The Girls of Chequertrees and Susan Pulls the Strings, two books you can hardly give away, at a Buy It Now price of £200.00. Ha ha ha!

When will eBay fix this problem that's been going on for ages now, where after working smoothly it suddenly says 'welcome to my eBay for guests...'? I was switching just from one window to another when it suddenly demanded that I sign in again, as a result of which I lost a bargain auction. Grrr.