One woman has hopped on the Vinted train and made a significant stack of cash, however, she was selling something you would not expect to find on the clothing re-sale app.
“Avid reader”, Chloe Bennet, made £2,300 on Vinted selling books. Flogging her entire home library of over 400 books including first editions and signed copies, she has now fully transitioned to using a kindle, waving goodbye to her bookshelves of “friends.”
She told Manchester Evening News: “I was sad to sell all those books, they were like my friends and the process of listing them was long.” But, the thousands Chloe made went towards a period of travelling.
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The entire process took about six months, with Chloe slowly packintg up and sending off a lifetime’s accumulation of books. She said these were “Mostly fiction, some rare editions, and a mix of hardbacks and paperbacks.”
The paperbacks sold for an average of £3-£5, and hardbacks for £7-£12 but she said the prices “varied quite a bit.” Chloe also had an array of special editions and signed copies up for grabs. She said: “Some books went for more—first editions and collector’s items did especially well. She also sold a first edition of “The Shadow of the Wind” by Carlos Ruiz Zafón for £40 and a signed copy of a Haruki Murakami book for £75.
For Harry Potter fans, your naughties collection could earn you a decent sum on the app. Chloe said that most box sets “fetched good money” adding that her “Harry Potter paperback set went for £60.”
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She concluded that the 6-month long effort was “definitely worth it” despite it taking “some energy to list everything properly with good photos and descriptions.”
The Academized writer is certainly in a minority in selling books on hinge, with most people sticking to clothes, with a smattering of toiletries available.
However, if there was somewhere to sell second hand books, Vinted may make the most sense as the buyer covers all postage and insurance costs, and there’s no limit to the quantity you can sell on the app.
Vinted also provides a helpful feature that displays the selling price of similar items on the platform, helping you to set your own prices.
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