Fantastic site for re-selling books (in the UK)

Has anyone ever used www.greenmetropolis.com? I've just found out about it through a book group forum I'm a member of. Basically, you sell any used book to them for a flat rate of £3. That covers postage as well. Your £3 goes into an account and you can then buy books from other members on the site -- again for a flat rate of £3.75. If you're looking to make money, Amazon is probably your best bet. But if you want to "trade" in books for others, greenmetropolis sounds like a good idea to me. Better yet, a portion of the money goes to the Woodland Trust.

Has anyone ever used www.greenmetropolis.com? I've just found out about it through a book group forum I'm a member of. Basically, you sell any used book to them for a flat rate of £3. That covers postage as well. Your £3 goes into an account and you can then buy books from other members on the site -- again for a flat rate of £3.75. If you're looking to make money, Amazon is probably your best bet. But if you want to "trade" in books for others, greenmetropolis sounds like a good idea to me. Better yet, a portion of the money goes to the Woodland Trust.

wow that sounds great! do they have academic texts also? Im going to check it out.
Thanks for the link

Not sure about academic texts.

Just found out that you can actually withdraw cash from your account -- so it's not purely for trading in books. But I think you have to have a minimum of £10 in there or something like that before you can withdraw.

The other thing I like about it is that they give you extra money for postage if you're selling a hardcover book. That's one of the issues I've had with Amazon, so I've only ever listed paperbacks there.

Cool! Thanks, chary - I'm signing up.

Very cool!  Thanks for that!

Wow, this site will definitely feed my book lust!  Awesome find, thanks so much for the linkage.  *instantly bookmarks*

Cool!  We have overflowing bookshelves that are need of a good clear out.

Cool!  We have overflowing bookshelves that are need of a good clear out.

Ditto. Jon gets really ticked off with me when I bring new books home. But it's an addiction!

I'm going to have a good look at this site. Thanks!

Ditto. Jon gets really ticked off with me when I bring new books home. But it's an addiction!

Hi, I'm chary and I'm a book addict. 

Still, as far as addictions go, it's a pretty nice one!

I just ordered two books off there.

I've put all my old books up. The only problem I had was the condition. None of mine are unsellable but I have a very bad habit of cracking the spine when I read my books. I don't like them non cracked. So the only ones that have intact spines are brand new and never read.

I put them as acceptable, do you think people would mind?

I put them as acceptable, do you think people would mind?

That sounds acceptable to me. But isn't there also a place where you can add a further description? You could put something there about cracked spines if you didn't think 'acceptable' was enough.

I listed a bunch of my books on Green Metropolis last week and forgot to put my holiday settings on before coming to Cornwall for the week. Now I've sold a book, but can't get it posted until Thursday! I hope I don't get in trouble! 

i'm gonna try this next week- i have a whole bookshelf full of books i don't use.  keeping a few but most i'm going to trade away.  does anyone else use a book swapping site?

I have just given 4 bags of books to Oxfam...this is my giving to charity.
I might try some with some books that I wasn't so sure of getting rid of.

I love the idea of sites like this, but I can never give up any of my books (unless I end up with more than one copy of something).