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  • 3Door4G

    Aug. 22, 2010 10:33 a.m. 3Door4G Reader

    When I was a couple years longer I went through quite the graphic novel collecting phase. I liked to buy Japanese manga books (the ones printed right to left.) I accumulated a whole lot of them. Something over 200. It's a little less now I think.

    Now I'm finding that, after multiple reads and a few years of growing up, that I value the space these books are taking up more than I value the books themselves. I sold a few on Ebay but it seems like that site gets more annoying to deal with every time I go back.

    Any suggestions on a good way to unload these books?

  • P71

    Aug. 22, 2010 10:41 a.m. P71 SuperDork

    Amazon

    /thread

  • 3Door4G

    Aug. 22, 2010 11:09 a.m. 3Door4G Reader

    Amazon seems to take waaaay too big of a cut to make selling items that cost only a couple bucks each worthwhile.

  • P71

    Aug. 22, 2010 11:24 a.m. P71 SuperDork

    They're cut is much, much smaller than the combined FleeBay listing fees, final value fees, and PayPal fees. Plus, if you ship Media Mail you can usually make a buck or two on the shipping credit.

    I made the switch from eBay to Amazon totally about 6 months ago and saw the difference between gross and net decrease by a good 10-15%. Not to mention no sleazy PayPal practices of trying to lock up my real bank account or taking 7 days to "deposit" my money.

    That said, it's gotta be worth at least $5 to be worth your time. Anything less and you're better off finding a local used book store. If it's worth 2 cents on Amazon I can usually get $2 locally, and a $1 on Amazon usually equates to $4 locally.

  • integraguy

    Aug. 22, 2010 12:01 p.m. integraguy Dork

    Do you live in or near a fairly large city? Just about any largish city has a used bookstore or someplace that specializes in used CDs and DVDs, that might also be interested in your books.

    I had the same "problem" with my huge collection of SciFi paperbacks. I really wanted to keep them, but the space issue and needing to cart them from one address to the next got old. So I sold them them to a used book store.

  • 3Door4G

    Aug. 22, 2010 12:20 p.m. 3Door4G Reader

    And that's what it comes down to. I don't think I'd be able to sell these books for more than $1 or $2 each. Maybe $3 at the most, but then again, I am thinking in yard sale prices, maybe I should charge more.

    For some reason, the used bookstores around here don't seem to be a fan of comics. They only paid me about $1 for 10 books and I haven't been back since.

    I did try Craigslist. My ad's been up for a week with 0 responses.

  • dyintorace

    Aug. 22, 2010 1:39 p.m. dyintorace SuperDork

    Is there a forum for that kinda stuff? Seems like that would be the best place to unload the goods.

  • 3Door4G

    Aug. 22, 2010 3:05 p.m. 3Door4G Reader

    ^^^This is why I come here.^^^

    Yes, I suppose there is. My long love of cars has kept me from ever really searching for non-car-related forums, but there's probably niche forums for each individual series I have books of. Brilliant!

  • dyintorace

    Aug. 22, 2010 5:54 p.m. dyintorace SuperDork

    3Door4G wrote:

    ^^^This is why I come here.^^^

    Yes, I suppose there is. My long love of cars has kept me from ever really searching for non-car-related forums, but there's probably niche forums for each individual series I have books of. Brilliant!

    Glad I could help.

  • friedgreencorrado

    Aug. 22, 2010 11:23 p.m. friedgreencorrado SuperDork

    Try to find some other folks that want to get rid of their manga/anime stuff as well, and rent a seller's booth at a convention? You'd probably lose money if you rented a booth on your own, but sharing it with several like-minded people, you might come out a couple of bucks ahead..

  • Tom Heath

    Aug. 23, 2010 2:07 a.m. Tom Heath Webmaster

    I'm interested in any Initial D you might have. Somehow over 4 moves my collection shrunk from 20 or so to 3. At least I have issue 17 where he races against the Eunos roadster. I lost track around episode 20 (in English) but would love to own them again.

  • Appleseed

    Aug. 23, 2010 2:36 a.m. Appleseed SuperDork

    Titles would help. I'd love to have the Akira phone books.

  • mad_machine

    Aug. 23, 2010 5:59 a.m. mad_machine SuperDork

    yes.. list the titles!

  • Aug. 23, 2010 11:05 a.m. heyduard New Reader

    depending on content, donate to the local hospitals. I'm sure the kids in the cancer ward would love new reading material. And maybe the grown ups, too! :)

    I've done that with my former collection. And cherry picked my faves.

  • 3Door4G

    Aug. 23, 2010 11:15 a.m. 3Door4G Reader

    Here's the list on my craigslist ad. Prices would naturally include shipping if they needed to be shipped.

    http://baltimore.craigslist.org/bks/1900691238.html

    Sorry, I don't seem to be able to post links on my phone, you'll have to copy and paste.

  • 3Door4G

    Aug. 24, 2010 9:04 p.m. 3Door4G Reader

    Sorry I only just got time to list the titles. Copied from the ad. I do have a bunch of Initial D btw.

    Blame! -Tokyopop -Volumes 1-9 -$11

    GTO -Tokyopop -Volumes 2-25(Volume 1 is missing) -$30

    Blade of the Immortal -Dark Horse -Volumes 1-20 -$30 (These are published in a modified format. They read from left to right, but the artwork is not reversed)

    Vagabond -VIZ Media -Volumes 1-28 -$35

    With The Light: Raising an Autistic Child -Yen Press -Volumes 1-3 -$6

    Buddha -Vertical Inc -Volume 1 only -$2 (Published with reversed artwork. Reads from left to right).

    Bleach -Shonen Jump -Volumes 2-26 -$25

    Crying Freeman -Dark Horse -Volume 2 only -$2

    Maison Ikkoku -VIZ Media -Volumes 3-7 -$5

    FLCL -Tokyopop -Volumes 1-2 -$3

    Initial D -Tokyopop -Volumes 1-14/16-33 (Volume 15 is missing) -$40

    Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days -ADV Manga -Volume 2 only -$1.5

    Megatokyo -Dark Horse and CMX -Volumes 2-4 -$3.5 (This was originally written in English and thus reads from left to right).

    Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad -Tokyopop -Volumes 1-8 -$10

  • Appleseed

    Aug. 24, 2010 10:11 p.m. Appleseed SuperDork

    FLCL FTMFW!

  • Duke

    Aug. 25, 2010 11:52 a.m. Duke SuperDork

    Find a local comics shop and see what they'll give you for them. It won't be a great return but it will be easy and cash.

  • RX Reven'

    Aug. 25, 2010 12:51 p.m. RX Reven' Reader

    If you itemize your deductions (Schedule A) and your library is a 501c3 (pretty much all are) you can write off the fair market value of the books you donate to them. My tax guy recommends $1 for paperback and $3 for hardback.

    My library provides a nice form with the exact number of soft/hard back books I donated, the time, date, & location of the drop-off, and the librarian that accepted the materials.

    I appreciate the element of legitimacy in an otherwise farcical barrage of charitable contributions I claim each year 

  • Appleseed

    Aug. 25, 2010 5:03 p.m. Appleseed SuperDork

    Damn, I just moved and dropped a bunch of books of at the library, good to know.

  • 3Door4G

    Aug. 25, 2010 5:18 p.m. 3Door4G Reader

    I actually got a few CL offers since I posted this thread, so I just might be ok.

  • 3Door4G

    Aug. 28, 2010 11:58 a.m. 3Door4G Reader

    So I've now sold almost all of my books. I threw a yard sale and a dealer dropped by and picked up two boxes for $100.

    I did withhold the Initial D though.

    If anyone wants it, let me know. Otherwise it's forum time.

  • nutherjrfan

    Aug. 28, 2010 12:04 p.m. nutherjrfan HalfDork

    too late, but you should just have bought your neighbor's home.

    http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/homegarden/101181499.html?page=1&c=y

  • 3Door4G

    Aug. 28, 2010 12:07 p.m. 3Door4G Reader

    Yeah, I think I'd rather do what they didn't and buy a Kindle.

 
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