[Publib] ebay expertise?

[Meghan Miller Brawley]

You also might want to double-check the sales tax rules for your state. When
I was in Tennessee, we had to make sure our sales had definite start/end
dates and only happened twice a year -- no selling books year-round without
paying sales taxes. You might be able to get around it by setting up the
ebay sales for the same days as your RL book sales, but it's still something
to check first.

Meghan Brawley
Graduate Student
School of Information Science
University of Tennessee-Knoxville

On 2/6/07, Hopkins County - Madisonville Public Library <library at vci.net>
wrote:
>
> We sell on Ebay. Basically, just do what you would normally do when
> selling
> personal items (take good picture, give good description, etc...). We set
> up
> a PayPal account for payments, & have a PayPal credit/debit card for going
> to the post office for 'odd shipments' (we do get some international). Be
> sure & set up good policies for shipping times/returns, & make sure you
> set
> enough time to do it, both the listings & the packing & shipping.
>
> Terry Caudle
> Hopkins County - Madisonville Public Library
> library at vci.net
> www.publiclibrary.org
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:
> publib-bounces at webjunction.org]
> On Behalf Of Deana Cunningham
> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 5:29 PM
> To: publib at webjunction.org
> Subject: [Publib] ebay expertise?
>
> Hi all,
>
> We are thinking of selling some of our older donations on ebay. We
> have books and comic books that wouldn't last a day in our collection
> and it seems a shame to sell them at FOL booksale prices. I have sold
> personally on ebay before, but was wondering if any of you have
> experience with your library selling items on ebay? Any do's and
> don'ts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Deana
>
> Deana L. Cunningham, Director
> Harrison Community Library
> 105 E. Main St., PO Box 380
> Harrison, MI 48625
> (989)539-6711
> d.cunningham at vlc.lib.mi.us
> www.harrisonlibrary.net
>
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