100,000 Books Wasted (What Are They Worth? $1 Each?)

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  • @derbydriver6736
    @derbydriver6736 Місяць тому +2

    I clean out foreclosed houses and hate messing with books. The trash barrels get heavy fast

  • @richardweaver9682
    @richardweaver9682 Місяць тому +2

    I used to sell used paperbacks on Amazon...That was untill E-Books came out and my sources (thrift stores) bumped the prices up. So paperbacks became 50 to a $ instead of a grocery bag (plastic) full for a $. I certain the are still recyclers that will take books instead of dumping them in a landfill.

    • @removeitprosdemolition
      @removeitprosdemolition  Місяць тому

      We took 5 boxes of mostly kids books to our shop to give away. We simply do not have the room to keep them long enough to give them away I called 5 places nobody wanted them. The theme is books don't sell very well.

  • @memeruss9896
    @memeruss9896 Місяць тому

    This was an amazing building cleanout with so much great stuff to resell. I totally get what you're talking about that there is no place that wants or needs the books, which is truly sad! Working with an elementary school library I cringed with every box of books that feel into the dumpster. But it is what it is, just an over abundant number of books. I'd like to know what these people paid for all of these books and everything to run this operation. But, mostly, how in the world could they just walk away from it, who knows how much money they lost, but guess it didn't matter!
    I do wish you all would have been able to keep all the Dr. Seuss books I saw fall into that dumpster and donate them. Those Dr. Seuss books of all the books in that place are always, always in demand with parents, schools, and libraries. But it's too late! Anyway, probably some of the greatest and probably newest items you have gotten to resale in a long time.
    Keep the videos coming!

    • @removeitprosdemolition
      @removeitprosdemolition  Місяць тому +1

      We were able to keep an unbelievable amount of the Doctor Suess books. They were donated for people who came to pick them up.We were advertising on facebook that they were available to come and get for free.

  • @jrs4ex
    @jrs4ex Місяць тому +1

    Man they left lots of good stuff on this. I got a buddy that buys books from Goodwill and thrift shops and sells them on EBay. He's got about 1500-2000 listings at any time. He actually does pretty damn good profit margins for a side hustle. But like you said sometimes something sells quick and most of the time it takes months or years for a buyer to come up

    • @removeitprosdemolition
      @removeitprosdemolition  Місяць тому +1

      . If only I had more space. We took 5 boxes of mostly kids books to our shop to give away. We simply do not have the room to keep them long enough to give them away I called 5 places nobody wanted them. The theme is books don't sell very well.

  • @mackhopper
    @mackhopper Місяць тому +6

    Holy Crap!!! Can these boxes of books (or some of…) be donated to an area library system? Many libraries will sell books to generate revenue. So, this could be a huge windfall for them, Dave.
    PS - if you come across any books on Tiki, Tiki bars, Polynesia/Hawaii, or any good bar books…I’ll buy!!!

    • @removeitprosdemolition
      @removeitprosdemolition  Місяць тому +1

      Got it on the Tiki, Tiki bars, Polynesia/Hawaii, or any good bar books. I made 5 calls nobody even wanted some of them. We did give away hundreds of them so far!! We took 5 boxes of mostly kids books to our shop to give away. We simply do not have the room to keep them long enough to give them away I called 5 places nobody wanted them. The theme is books don't sell very well.

    • @mackhopper
      @mackhopper Місяць тому

      @@removeitprosdemolitionAt least you have tried, Dave! You are good karma!!!

    • @juliecoggins1170
      @juliecoggins1170 Місяць тому

      Do you have a Half Price Books? They do used book resale here in Washington State. We use them all the time. Florida has to have something similar. What a waste to dump them all.

  • @comeandtravel1
    @comeandtravel1 Місяць тому +4

    Dave, I'd talk to a librarian and explain your situation and see what they say. Also, what if you could find a place to rent short term where you are able to display as many books as you can and invite the public in and sell the books for $1.00 a piece. Just brainstorming!

    • @removeitprosdemolition
      @removeitprosdemolition  Місяць тому

      Its all about time and money! We took 5 boxes of mostly kids books to our shop to give away. We simply do not have the room to keep them long enough to give them away I called 5 places nobody wanted them. The theme is books don't sell very well.

  • @PaulGurczeski-dc9zi
    @PaulGurczeski-dc9zi Місяць тому

    You should look around.
    For a local paper recycler, and see if you can dump them for free.
    I worked fifteen years for a paper recycler , and we used to get a lot of that stuff in

    • @removeitprosdemolition
      @removeitprosdemolition  Місяць тому

      Don't have a paper recycler around here If we do I couldn't find them. Took 5 boxes of mostly kids books to our shop to give away. We simply do not have the room to keep them long enough to give them away I called 5 places nobody wanted them. The theme is books don't sell very well.

  • @aNYCdj
    @aNYCdj Місяць тому +2

    those local sell on ebay store would not take anything less then $30, then upped it to $50, it takes over an hour to list post and then ship so thats at least $15 cost-

    • @removeitprosdemolition
      @removeitprosdemolition  Місяць тому

      Wisdom!! We took 5 boxes of mostly kids books to our shop to give away. We simply do not have the room to keep them long enough to give them away I called 5 places nobody wanted them. The theme is books don't sell very well.

  • @nighthiker8872
    @nighthiker8872 Місяць тому +2

    A weekly flea market location! just to pick them up!

    • @removeitprosdemolition
      @removeitprosdemolition  Місяць тому +1

      We took 5 boxes of mostly kids books to our shop to give away. We simply do not have the room to keep them long enough to give them away I called 5 places nobody wanted them. The theme is books don't sell very well.

  • @paulneron375
    @paulneron375 Місяць тому

    Those speedboxes would be great to store the #1 Ghetto Gold in, aka(copper wire). Also you have bulk storage racks. This is like starting a long term savings vault bank. Dave, first edition books, are all that sells first on E-Bay, all others are worthless as far as collectibilitiy and value.

    • @removeitprosdemolition
      @removeitprosdemolition  Місяць тому

      We're giving away kids books at the shop, we can't store everything. Thanks for the info and I agree!!

  • @soundandvision1
    @soundandvision1 Місяць тому

    Should have sold it all to the paper recyclers. £150/ tonne in the uk. Depending on grades, different rates

  • @ScannermanFDNY
    @ScannermanFDNY Місяць тому

    Dave recycle the books drop them off at recycle center unless first edition zero dollars… there are waste places that will take them free for recycling… scrap all the crap metal etc of cause….I love this video hate clips….Happy holidays pal….

    • @removeitprosdemolition
      @removeitprosdemolition  Місяць тому

      We tried to give them away. Nobody wanted them. They simply don't sell very well! Advertising on FB to give them away. We have people showing up everyday to pick more up.!!

  • @seancasey2444
    @seancasey2444 Місяць тому

    That looks like a nice little forklift.

  • @venom5809
    @venom5809 Місяць тому +2

    Is this video shadow banned? It doesn't show up on my subscription page at all.

    • @removeitprosdemolition
      @removeitprosdemolition  Місяць тому

      Hum that's interesting???

    • @venom5809
      @venom5809 Місяць тому

      @@removeitprosdemolition You are 100% not on my subscription page on my laptop or on the feed on my phone for this video and your videos always are.

  • @letiacarlson7242
    @letiacarlson7242 Місяць тому +1

    I'm looking for bookcases are you going to sell them in Bonita and if so how much

  • @angeladarb1905
    @angeladarb1905 Місяць тому

    You should get in touch with Jeremy from what The Hale’$ he is always looking out for racking, just a thought 💭 💜🌸🇬🇧

  • @rorychapman8810
    @rorychapman8810 Місяць тому +2

    Check local libraries and schools they might want the books

    • @removeitprosdemolition
      @removeitprosdemolition  Місяць тому

      Made 5 calls nobody even wanted some of them. We did give away hundreds of them so far!! We took 5 boxes of mostly kids books to our shop to give away. We simply do not have the room to keep them long enough to give them away I called 5 places nobody wanted them. The theme is books don't sell very well.

  • @katherinekinnaird4408
    @katherinekinnaird4408 Місяць тому +1

    Yikes!

    • @removeitprosdemolition
      @removeitprosdemolition  Місяць тому

      We took 5 boxes of mostly kids books to our shop to give away. We simply do not have the room to keep them long enough to give them away I called 5 places nobody wanted them. The theme is books don't sell very well.

  • @ELZA-777
    @ELZA-777 Місяць тому

    Dave, prisons need books. Also people hide money in books!

  • @FireflyHill24
    @FireflyHill24 Місяць тому

    Is there a cellulose insulation manufacturer in Florida that would buy the books and grind them up for insulation. Otherwise does Lee county still have their incinerator for waste to energy production

    • @removeitprosdemolition
      @removeitprosdemolition  Місяць тому +1

      We took them to the incinerator. We took 5 boxes of mostly kids books to our shop to give away. We simply do not have the room to keep them long enough to give them away I called 5 places nobody wanted them. The theme is books don't sell very well.

    • @FireflyHill24
      @FireflyHill24 Місяць тому

      Now when I see other demolition videos online. I see the amount of money other companies are throwing in the trash. Really like your business model of saving and reselling usable items.

    • @removeitprosdemolition
      @removeitprosdemolition  Місяць тому

      @@FireflyHill24 Thanks for the comment and the compliment!!

  • @rongray4847
    @rongray4847 Місяць тому

    👍👍🇨🇦 unbelievable!!

    • @removeitprosdemolition
      @removeitprosdemolition  Місяць тому

      Advertising on FB to give them away. We have people showing up everyday to pick more up.!!

  • @aNYCdj
    @aNYCdj Місяць тому +2

    they have to pay employees so they make a few dollars over cost.......

    • @removeitprosdemolition
      @removeitprosdemolition  Місяць тому

      I learned that lesson by doing it. The kind of help you can afford does not have the skills or the attitude to do it right. We took 5 boxes of mostly kids books to our shop to give away. We simply do not have the room to keep them long enough to give them away I called 5 places nobody wanted them. The theme is books don't sell very well.

  • @jd-ku3iw
    @jd-ku3iw Місяць тому +1

    You can recycle the books. The sad thing is there's just not much money in it.

    • @removeitprosdemolition
      @removeitprosdemolition  Місяць тому

      . I googled paper recycler here and no response. We took 5 boxes of mostly kids books to our shop to give away. We simply do not have the room to keep them long enough to give them away I called 5 places nobody wanted them. The theme is books don't sell very well.

  • @letiacarlson7242
    @letiacarlson7242 Місяць тому +1

    Is there a places that will take those books you don't have to burn them or dump them there are lots of organizations that need books

    • @removeitprosdemolition
      @removeitprosdemolition  Місяць тому

      Made 5 calls nobody even wanted some of them. We did give away hundreds of them so far!! We took 5 boxes of mostly kids books to our shop to give away. We simply do not have the room to keep them long enough to give them away I called 5 places nobody wanted them. The theme is books don't sell very well.

  • @statue98
    @statue98 Місяць тому

    Donations make good right offs.

    • @removeitprosdemolition
      @removeitprosdemolition  Місяць тому

      Advertising on FB to give them away. We have people showing up everyday to pick more up.!!

  • @ScannermanFDNY
    @ScannermanFDNY Місяць тому

    Your town might have a local recycle center obviously You can’t bring them all but the small kiddy ones can go in your own recycle can…I bet a can find a recycle center in your area that will take them I found the e waste center in your area…your pal Bob (Yes time consuming) and will cut into profits… Republic/Marpal waste will recycle them…

  • @dentschweizer
    @dentschweizer Місяць тому

    worth less than ZERO! You have to pay to get rid of. I purchased a building and couldn't give anything away

    • @removeitprosdemolition
      @removeitprosdemolition  Місяць тому

      I have too!! Its all about time and money. Could they be worth $1 each? To the right person?

  • @colettemack3690
    @colettemack3690 Місяць тому

    So sad about the books

    • @removeitprosdemolition
      @removeitprosdemolition  Місяць тому

      We took 5 boxes of mostly kids books to our shop to give away. We simply do not have the room to keep them long enough to give them away I called 5 places nobody wanted them. The theme is books don't sell very well.

  • @KevinHarvey-qw5mj
    @KevinHarvey-qw5mj Місяць тому

    😅 every comments are good ones. But cost money to do he checked around but no luck people could of got ahold of him but apparently never did

    • @removeitprosdemolition
      @removeitprosdemolition  Місяць тому

      Advertising on FB to give them away. We have people showing up everyday to pick more up.!!

  • @jays106
    @jays106 Місяць тому +1

    wow

    • @removeitprosdemolition
      @removeitprosdemolition  Місяць тому

      I Know!!

    • @jays106
      @jays106 Місяць тому

      @@removeitprosdemolition i imagine some of those disney VHS are worth money but agin how long are you going to sit on it to get that extra few $ and wat what cost

  • @PickinTreasures
    @PickinTreasures Місяць тому

    Could make 20-30k selling the books on Ebay....I sell Around 100 books and day On My Ebay and Average $8-9 after Fees and shipping.....Or ya could of sold All the books to Me for $10,000..

    • @removeitprosdemolition
      @removeitprosdemolition  Місяць тому

      I still have 4 boxes of them at my shop. Wish I knew about you. dave@removeitpros.com We should trade information I get thousands of books each year. We took 5 boxes of mostly kids books to our shop to give away. We simply do not have the room to keep them long enough to give them away I called 5 places nobody wanted them. The theme is books don't sell very well.

  • @kmgreenrph
    @kmgreenrph Місяць тому +1

    Alot of stuff

    • @removeitprosdemolition
      @removeitprosdemolition  Місяць тому

      We took 5 boxes of mostly kids books to our shop to give away. We simply do not have the room to keep them long enough to give them away I called 5 places nobody wanted them. The theme is books don't sell very well.

  • @RussellD11
    @RussellD11 Місяць тому

    SO what happens in a "junk removal" quote like this then? Do you do it for FREE? or do you PAY THEM? how does ths work man?

    • @removeitprosdemolition
      @removeitprosdemolition  Місяць тому

      They paid us fifty five hundred dollars to clean the place out. We gave them a better price, because we knew we could sell the stuff.

    • @RussellD11
      @RussellD11 Місяць тому

      @@removeitprosdemolition SO it was the property owner (real estate) that paid for this then right? not the actual owner of the property (assets) your removing? Wow, that sounded really twisty 😂 I added (-) as that sounded weird.

  • @RussellD11
    @RussellD11 Місяць тому

    College books are worth big money... esp medical..... but you know this im sure....

  • @daneng5015
    @daneng5015 Місяць тому +4

    why not sell the books as mixed paper to a recycler?

    • @removeitprosdemolition
      @removeitprosdemolition  Місяць тому

      I could not find one here. Called several thrift store and libraries.

    • @nancyschindler4844
      @nancyschindler4844 Місяць тому

      To recycle books you need to remove the covers, with this volume of books this is not possible

  • @glennmckinney3760
    @glennmckinney3760 Місяць тому

    Send to north carolina and states devastated by disaster let them be given to people in need

    • @ryanglaser5336
      @ryanglaser5336 Місяць тому +2

      I would like to propose something to you, two major storms come back to back and you lose everything. You moved in with friends, family, bought a camper or live in a shelter. I come and offer you some used books for sympathy...what do you say? 🎉

    • @removeitprosdemolition
      @removeitprosdemolition  Місяць тому

      Is that a question? I have 4 boxes left You Can Have Them.

    • @bettyparker3317
      @bettyparker3317 Місяць тому +1

      I lived there. Those people need a lot, but books are about the last thing on the list. For one thing, they don’t have a place to keep them.

  • @andrewpowellnz
    @andrewpowellnz Місяць тому

    Such a waste

    • @removeitprosdemolition
      @removeitprosdemolition  Місяць тому +1

      We took 5 boxes of mostly kids books to our shop to give away. We simply do not have the room to keep them long enough to give them away I called 5 places nobody wanted them. The theme is books don't sell very well.

  • @paulmarker5689
    @paulmarker5689 Місяць тому

    Why would you burn knowledge ?

    • @removeitprosdemolition
      @removeitprosdemolition  Місяць тому

      Advertising on FB to give them away. We have people showing up everyday to pick more up.!!

  • @stephenarmstrong8034
    @stephenarmstrong8034 Місяць тому

    You are a selfish thinking person. You through away a lot of jobs and valuable money. You could have sold off those books to people who need a break in life. Reminds me of seeing the Germans throwing books into the fire. Maybe one day if you go out of business can do the same

    • @ryanglaser5336
      @ryanglaser5336 Місяць тому

      Sell the books to who? You were offering to put money on the table?? Where would you put all these books if I dumped them off on you and how do we get them there? Could I call you selfish if you told me you have nowhere to keep
      them?

    • @removeitprosdemolition
      @removeitprosdemolition  Місяць тому

      Its all about time and money. WE are advertising on FB to give them away. We have people showing up everyday to pick more up.!!. May God Bless You!

  • @ScannermanFDNY
    @ScannermanFDNY Місяць тому

    Dave recycle the books drop them off at recycle center unless first edition zero dollars… there are waste places that will take them free for recycling… scrap all the crap metal etc of cause….I love this video hate clips….Happy holidays pal….