<p>I bought a text a few days ago, but the text sent to me was 2ed behind. The seller is willing to return a portion of my money, but he mentioned that "It took $18 for me to post, how much is it worth to you?"</p>
<p>Anyone got any haggling techniques?</p>
<p>It's a ODE book</p>
<p>If they didn’t send you what you ordered they should refund all of your money otherwise email amazon support and they will fix it for you.</p>
<p>How? Is Amazon that reliable?</p>
<p>yes, you pay a fee for listing your item… a percentage (6-15%) of the sale price + additional fees + shipping. My first time to sell a book, and hating it.</p>
<p>If the listing was for a certain edition and the seller sent you an older edition without clarifying, that’s fraud. Report the seller to Amazon and get your money back.</p>
<p>Don’t sell books online, rent them with Chegg instead so you don’t have to sell them back .</p>
<p>Is it bad that I kinda already gave him a + feedback…? Because the cover was EXACTLY the same and there was only one minor difference.</p>
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Sure, if you want to spend more than you otherwise would. Selling back through amazon is always more economically viable for me (even with the fee) than renting ever could be.</p>
<p>And the amazon trade it (where you don’t have to pay for shipping) is even better.
This semester, I spend $350 on textbooks. I sent them all back to amazon via the trade in system, and got $295. So that’s $55 for the semester net. A whole lot less than had I considered renting.</p>
<p>Guys if i am sending the book back doesn’t that mean it will cost me…?</p>
<p>IF he sent the wrong book he should pay to send the correct book and if he wants the wrong one back he also pay to have it shipped back. The most important word in that sentence was IF (if he sent the wrong book) … however, if he sent the book listed and you didn’t realize it wasn’t the edition you wanted then that’s a different story and your paying shipping to switch editions sounds to be in ballpark of a fair deal.</p>
<p>No he sent the wrong book and the book listed was 8ed, but the 6ed and 8ed LOOKS EXACTLY the same with a very very minor difference.</p>
<p>^ then he pays … and while I have never seen the Amazon terms and conditions to list I’d bet my car (OK it is 10 years old with 120,000 miles on it) that if the seller messes up that they are responsible to fix the issue. Without being a pain I’d contact Amazon to find out the specific policy (as in do not report a problem with this seller … just ask for some info) … and then share the answer from Amazon (the seller is responsible) with the seller … then if they still won’t do the right thing I’d suggest pulling Amazon into the picture to make the seller do the right thing.</p>
<p>I am a seller on Amazon and I know for sure that he is the one responsible for fixing the problem. If it causes him to lose money, then it’s just part of the learning process and he’ll be more careful next time. Amazon will side with the buyer on this case for sure since it wasn’t advertised that it was an older edition.</p>
<p>How do I contact Amazon to make sure I get my money? I am moving outside of the cuontry so shipping = international…</p>
<p>Oh hmmm… well there should be a contact number for Amazon on the website. Just give them a call. I think it would be complicated with the international shipping. There are many sellers, including me, that do not ship international.</p>
<p>Renting is always easeir though . If you want to have to deal with buying from seller A, then reselling the book to person B and hoping everything turns out ok .</p>
<p>Chegg will get your book to you in 3 days or less with the most expensive shipping, most sellers on Amazon will ship crap out late all the time . Real fun when you book gets to you a week late.</p>
<p>i personally would just sell it at my college bookstore or sell it online at someplace like cheapbooks. Sure youll take a hit on the money, but you will get it right away and not have to worry about it.</p>
<p>School bookstores will give you like 40$ on a 200$ book, RENT, use the fastest shipping option</p>
<p>^False at some schools. I’ve actually made a profit from buying on amazon and selling back to my bookstore.</p>
<p>^Same. I bought a math book for $10 on Amazon including shipping and sold it back for $85. 
Of course, not always the case but it does happena and for me, it sort of all balanced out.</p>