Question about a buyers request of me regarding a listing...

[ca2015-cugi]

I have listed a cook book/manual for a 1950's gas cook range.

The person asked if I would copy the part of the book that is the manual and send it to her, she would pay for shipping?

Do I want to do this?  Should I do this?  I don't really want to, that's the reason I listd the book - so somebody could use all parts of it?

If it is suggested that I do this for her, then I must make a new listing for her to buy, correct?

I just have no clue how to handle this or how to reply.

Thanks in advance!

[marnotom!]

You're not a library.

I would suggest after declining her proposal you put her on your Blocked Buyers List so she doesn't purchase the book and give you grief about it afterwards in the form of questionable Money Back Guarantee claims.

[reallynicestamps]

Tell her your price would be slightly higher than the price of book plus shipping. If you want an excuse, you are putting your labour into filling her request.

And while minimum wage is 25c a minute, as a skilled worker you earn more than that.

A passing thought- Your books are still under copyright, and I would think that her proposition, copying the work and charging for it, would be illegal.

And block.

A friend who had an antique map business hated genealogists with a burning passion, because they constantly were asking him to make photocopies of maps with no offer of payment. They wanted to use them for their research.  Photocopying does deteriorate originals and most of his maps were already two three centuries old.

[lucitabby]

I would reply - NO, but she is welcome to buy the whole book.

[brettjet38]

And, if they could get it free I am sure they would...

...the reply should be No, then block the member.