greenmetropolis.com

~~~~~~~~~~~ INTRODUCTION ~~~~~~~~~~~ Totally fed up with trying to sell second-hand books for anything close to a profit on eBay, shuddering at the prospect of shivering my nads off at a car boot sale, and loathe to donate the whole lot to charity, I was struggling to find an easy and economical way of selling the large collection of unwanted books cluttering up our house. I am already a member of Read It Swap It, but this was an exercise in reducing the number of tomes across the length and breadth of our household - not just exchanging them for new ones. Finally, I found a web site that seemed to offer a happy balance between effort and ...  Read the complete review

I came across this site after someone mentioned it on www.moneysaivngexpert.com It's basically a site where you can buy and sell books. I have used this site for a few years now and think it's great. I mainly use it to sell book and, as yet, I haven't bought a book from the site although I envisage that I will do so within the next few months. I have been a member of the site for a couple of years now and use the site for selling books. I haven't, as yet, bought a book from the site but I envisage that I will do so within the next few months. Listing a book to sell is really easy. All you have to do is log in (you need to create an ...  Read the complete review

Greenmetropolis is an on-line bookstore. Thats it. Thats all they sell. Books, books and nothing but books. But heres the quirky bit. They don't have a huge warehouse instead they have hundreds of thousands of people like you and me with pre-read books to sell. Best of all its easy to do. Registration is easy requiring very few details. Unless you're buying immediately you don't need to include any payment details, just a user name and postal address. As a seller you click the "sell my book" option, type in the number on the rear of the book above the barcode, all the details are immediately available, including a picture, add the amount ...  Read the complete review

I discovered greenmetropolis.com about 6 weeks ago and its a brilliant idea. The company are dedicated to encouraging members to recycle their books. They donate 5p from the sale of each book to the UK's leading woodland conservation charity the Woodland Trust, to support Woodland Creation. Whether it's a latest release or last year's bestseller, all paperbacks, hardbacks and audio books all cost just £3.75 to buy (and include free delivery on all standard sized paperbacks). However, sellers are able to add up to £2 extra if they so wish if they believe the book is excessively heavy - although some members seem to abuse this and add the extra if the book is a ...  Read the complete review

I've been using Green Metropolis for the past 6 months and it's an excellent site for buying books. It's easy to register with a username and email address. There's an easy search feature to find the books you're after. Once you pay, the book is sent and you can leave feedback for the seller. If the book you're after isn't listed, you can set up an automated email if it becomes available. There is a huge fan base and even an active forum to get you talking about your favourite books You can sell books on the site here, though I have never done it as I find it very hard to part with my books, even if I know I'll never read them again. From research, I know ...  Read the complete review