Half.com Lives!
Oct. 3rd, 2004 10:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redthroatedloonI just found out that Half.com, which was slated to be closed by eBay (which bought it some time ago) on October 14th, is going to remain open indefinitly. Which I am very happy about -- I've been buying, and selling, books on Half.com for years now, and I was very upset it was going away.
Mainly because, I'm not really an auction person. I've never had that much success on eBay, I don't have the patience to deal with its intricacies, or the time limits of an auction. If I want to buy something, I just wanna buy it. Period.
And I was very happy just listing a few books on Half.com, and letting them sit there for months (or years) until somebody somewhere decided they wanted to buy it for few bucks. When Half.com went away, I was going to either list my used books with Amazon (which doesn't have nearly as easy a system, and also makes you renew the listing frequently), or just give them all to the library. This way, I make a few dollars along the way. And it's a good place to pick up used books.
Mainly because, I'm not really an auction person. I've never had that much success on eBay, I don't have the patience to deal with its intricacies, or the time limits of an auction. If I want to buy something, I just wanna buy it. Period.
And I was very happy just listing a few books on Half.com, and letting them sit there for months (or years) until somebody somewhere decided they wanted to buy it for few bucks. When Half.com went away, I was going to either list my used books with Amazon (which doesn't have nearly as easy a system, and also makes you renew the listing frequently), or just give them all to the library. This way, I make a few dollars along the way. And it's a good place to pick up used books.
