Thread: Fine Woodworking Magazines

I would be putting the early editions, eg < #50, on Ebay there would be a big demand for those and not only in Australia.

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Alternatively if you have a complete set from #1 then maybe list the whole set on Ebay and sell to the highest bidder.

Perhaps list the issue numbers you have available.

Start by offering all issues available to the first person in a minimum batch of 5 mags for $x (ie first person can select any available issue but will need to select a minimum of 5). The first person needs to post on the board following your post which issues that they will be taking from your stash so subsequent buyers know they are spoken for.

The second person does the same taking any 5 issues available after the first person.

After a while you may need to start to lower the minimum batch available to perhaps 3 and then singles. If somebody is interested in a issue or two they will either need to purchase in the minimum of 5 round to secure it, or hold out hoping it isn't taken until you start offering in lower minimums.

One thing to check is the weight of the mags and perhaps work the minimum around what fits in a post pack. I sold some old mags on Ebay thinking postage would be around $1.20 per issue, however after selling a heap I ended up weighing them and finding that the cheapest post available per issue was in a satchel - costing me more to send them out than I made from the entire sale

Following on from what Fred has said if there are some issues that will attract a premium price over others you may need to individually price them and not just apply a standard price for the minimum.

For comparative info, I just ordered a back issue from Taunton Press, it cost me $4 plus $7.50 postage.
I agree with trying to sell the whole set, but if unsuccessful why not then throw it open to members here to buy as many or as few as they wish, provided they cover actual postage?
The only restriction you might want to apply is that any that contained parts of a serial project should stay together.

Trouble is that you are competing against people who have bought the whole set on DVD for $100