thanks.

Sometimes resellers do have negative things happen to them. Other times they do it to themselves and just want to complain about it.

That was a smart pickup.

Nice quick sale on that set! What shipping options do you give for your book sets?

Is the bookstore paying for itself?

Save all the Microwave Cookbooks

First time here. Relevant topic tho.

As always I find some nugget of helpful information in your videos. I have graduated from the FBA model and continue to build my business around free pickups/donations, estate sales and auctions. No more library sales for me. I am wondering what are your thoughts on the value of using third-party scanning apps like Scoutly & ScoutIQ for lookups? I am finding it hard to justify the continued investment in a product that seems to provide data that is way off the mark. Amazon seller app and ebay research seem to do the job.

I can't imagine standing in a thrift store and taking so much time to determine for each book whether or not it's eBay worthy. By the time I finished all this info searching for one eBay book, I could have probably scanned thirty more for Amazon. I know it's different for you since it's already in your own store, but for the 99.9% of us who would have to be doing this while in a thrift store, it seems to be a hugely inefficient use of one's time.

Hey your title worked on me lol.

This is the reason I enjoy your channel. No hype, honest content that has helped me. Andrew you are an upstanding guy and I wished I lived in your area so I could shop with you!

waste of time

As an Insider (I used the last of my points for wallpapers and printables because I know some kids), I don't think this has everything to do with physical and digital, tbh. I joined the movie rewards program for the merch offerrings, not for DVDs. When it got combined under Insider, the merch offerrings got sparse, and unique merch for releases dwindled. That told me that Disney was closing warehouses. It's why it's not surprising why they are outsourcing to Sony. They just don't want to have their own space. I do think physical sales are down, but I've also seen enough kids reject buying new or secondhand because they're still riding on their parents accounts and don't feel the need to own it. For me, the target demo of kids and teens who consumes Disney content, doesn't want Disney stuff. Disney is simply meeting the lower demand by downsizing. It's why maintenance, event, programming, art and planning related to the program is closing as well - the sales don't justify sponsoring it even if the service is part of what made Disney great. I mean, I heard from passholders that they run out on Halloween candy now. Kinda sad, really.

resellers destroy industries. But hey cool you can milk that for free stuff.

Streaming is for people with mainstream taste. Physical Media is for the rest of us. You cannot get most obscure titles on streaming. That's how people like you (and me) can make a living off of selling P.M. it's never going away.

I see one comment here, but the counter says 0. I think a part of the industries want to go completely digital, is that they can edit out "problematic" parts, edit out jokes that "offend" etc. They can't do that on a printed media. Like if an actor in one of their movies say something controversial, they can hide the movie or edit out their part, especially now that A.I, is getting better. Same goes with music/artists.. Maybe you should cut the envelopes nicely with a box-cutter, instead of tearing them open, if you want to preserve them?

Napster set a precedence that people didnt want to pay $25-30 for a cd when there was only one song they wanted off of a cd. The issue lies with licensing and because of it, there are plenty of movies unavailable or limited for viewing via streaming. Anyone can set up a server and add all their movies to it and get the advantage of streaming as well as choice to watch it anytime they want.

Great video. It is like going on a treasure hunt every time you look through your books in this store

Daniel Pásame

I have been experimenting with A.I. with Item Descriptions and use A.I. to clean up my photos. I do like the background remover that eBay offers.

Lol, I'm doing that right now, for my own sanity. It's insane how much I can accumulate in one summer of yardsales.

Andrew, you mentioned pickers and empty space. What if you 'rented' a virtual shelf (via a barcode or something) to some local pickers so they could sell inventory they have/find that's not good for eBay and Amazon but would be great for a retail store? Could be a win/win with consignment, and you'd have to source a lot less.

I found Tales from Margaritaville for $2 at the Shipshewana Flea Market.

IDWIL piles in the bathroom aren't very ADA compliant

Yes, I learned something. I always do with your videos.

I love buying 2nd hand but dont sell anything..nice job. I just bought a bunch of Kenneth E Hagin books

Good Job, How many CDs to you normally sell in a lot on eBay and how much is your asking typically?

such greed

I am a eBay book seller (90% vintage books) I never use AI. I am old fashioned I guess. I think my customers want a real person typing the information in the fields. I think for the type of books I sell (primarily before 1990) people want to see actual photos, not Stock photos. I know it takes me longer to list & photograph but I think that is what is the best for my business & customers. I am not concerned in my business about the future of AI as I will not be using it.

The AI on Ebay description is useless. People who have gone down to the summary alreay have access to the info the system picks up. I put additional info here, if I want to pull people with more ideas.

Totally agree. I'm a bookseller, and buy a lot of books for our store. I *never* buy on Amazon for the reasons you stated: no photos or meaningful description, no communication with seller. I *never* buy on Ebay if there's a stock photo, AI description, or cut-and-paste bragging about store instead of anything about the actual book. I'm getting ready to sell on Ebay myself and take as many photos as possible; minimum for a cheap paperback would be all six faces, copyright page, first page, and close-up of defects. It only takes seconds longer to add enough photos for good communication. Using AI to populate the item specific fields ("sell similar") can be a timesaver as long as I recheck *every single one*, but AI for the title or description is utterly worthless; it should be *all* about the details/ condition of the *exact* book I'm selling, which AI *cannot* describe! Like you, I'll be selling unique books. I *love* books, and have no desire to be a power flipper.

I find the AI descriptions on eBay far too verbose, rather prefer succinct, useful and on point descriptions with key information. It might improve in the near future. It would be good to have an indication on how changing a keyword in title would increase potential views (realtime calculation), impacting ultimately potential sell-through. I guess that is more SEO than AI driven.

Ebay is HORRIBLE. You need at least 10,000 listings if you are selling media just to get consistently good sales. Or sell stuff that hasn't flooded every marketplace. Good thing you are selling in your warehouse, and have revenue coming offline.

Use Ronsinol to remove stickers.

Zig Ziglar

Chicken Soups Has Got to GO!

Lifesaver. Amazon keeps delivering my CDs with broken cases 🙄

Great video, I sell everything but books and media are getting a lot of attention lately. I do have something interesting but not sure I can sell it. Its a written screenplay for a movie that was never made. It was sent to Charles Brandt.

I assume that when you open the case and see a plain disc you know it's a bootleg, but how do you know from the outside before opening it?

Which collectors library do you sell individually

$100 book needs a box not a bubble mailer

Make the bottom shelf extra TALL. and spread the leftover inches from the missing shelf over the remaining shelves above.

3.3 Earthquake destroys weeks of work

I would use seller champ

My ocd requires organized bookshelves.

My dad hates the showed DVDs He only likes the the kids DVDs I have my collection

I always put photos on Amazon--always have. Makes a huge difference because it sets you apart from others and you can get a better price or a quicker sale from buyers who know there are a bunch of yahoos and dubious sellers on Amazon. I updated a couple listings that had been up for a few weeks the other day with pictures (I had forgotten or the seller tool had a bug that day) and two of them sold the next day. Ebay has been very poor performing for me lately, around 1/8 of what Amazon has been doing. I tried an auto repricer for a month but it priced books too high as well as going down. I rarely manually reprice and all the local resellers I know say the same. Just have to wait for the price to go up and down as they often do and you'll get the sale at some point, especially with a non-generic description and photos. If you're selling low ranked best sellers or certain genres the price may drop quickly, but I do very well with a set it and forget it pricing strategy--just got to set it right.

Its damn near impossible to find horror VHS and DVDs in these donations bin. Not sure if they are being swooped up quick or the average person isnt into horror

On identifying first editions, check out the book "First Editions: A Guide to Identification" by Zempel & Verkler. It's a life saver!

Is that related to CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR series?