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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
I am curious as to the actual cost as in a trade one or more books need to be mailed each way. I do agree that books, both paper and ebooks cost a fair amount when bought new, but I still do not see the big advantage of trading used over buying used.
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Katsumani explains it well, as it
is buying used the way the site is set up. I send you a book I no longer want, and I get a credit from you.
I have a book listed, someone orders it. I pay Media Mail rate (Now about $2.50 for a MMPB, my average costs) and send it to the person who's ordered it. They get the book, (Could take 21 days) and I get a credit. My cost for that credit is what I paid to send it to someone else. If I offer, say 3 books from my shelf for 2 credits, the postage costs won't go up that much. I'd pay around about $3.50 to send all three. They get three books (they're happy) and those two credits cost me $1.75. (I'm happy)
With those credits I can order any book in the system, and pay nothing. The sender has to pay the postage to me, just as I've paid the postage to someone else. Each credit I have is a pre-paid used book of my choice.
Cheaper for me than buying a 1cent book from Amazon's used book list where the shipping is set at $3.99 and no consolidating shipping on multiple orders. Especially when they're books that I'm not finding locally.
[Edited. In this case "Trade", "Swap" or "Trading out" doesn't mean you'll get that book back. It's basically a sale, so it's only postage one way for each transaction.)