mattosika Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 I bought all my books second hand, i don't think i was supposed too but the guy i bought them off of still had the shrink wrap on some of them so they weren't used that much. Together to bye them new i would have had to pay $787.56...... Drum roll please I paid a wopping $100 for 8 text books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 Getting them online is alot cheaper. You can usually find out which books you'll need ahead of time if you ask the bookstore. Then check online for them and you can have them shipped to you right away. That's what I do. Even with the cost of shipping, it's usually quite a bit cheaper than going to my college bookstore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 [quote name='Carrie' date='Aug 19 2004, 09:29 AM'] Getting them online is alot cheaper. You can usually find out which books you'll need ahead of time if you ask the bookstore. Then check online for them and you can have them shipped to you right away. That's what I do. Even with the cost of shipping, it's usually quite a bit cheaper than going to my college bookstore. [/quote] Yep, this is what RussianGirl does... buy.com half.com bestbookbuys.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullnaChinaShop Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 Some books aren't cheap no matter where you try and get them. I had some grad level Engineering books that I couldn't find for under $100 anywhere. The less people that use a book the more expensive it will be. The more units sold the lower the unit cost will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted August 19, 2004 Author Share Posted August 19, 2004 [quote name='Iacobus' date='Aug 18 2004, 08:51 PM'] I would say you are nuts. But I like cashews. So it all depends on what type of nut. I have heard you can get them dirt cheap from half dot com and ebay. But last I knew Micah was avoiding them. But auction sites like that work. [/quote] Wait...that gave me a brilliant thought! "Mmmmm...cashews..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
let_go_let_God Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 I only had to buy 2 books for this semester. I'm borrowing for two of my classes. my 2 books cost me $125. My chem book was $100 and my english was $25. It's a little book... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piccoli Fiori JMJ Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 I think I've spent about $300-400 on about 15 textbooks I think... Those aren't exact numbers, and I just order my 3 eng lish books today! I'm leaving on Wed. to move in! They better get here FAST! But textbook prices are pretty high, and I had to buy 2 textbooks new for my Freshman Honors class (It's political science disguised) and that class alone has 5 or 6 books... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilroy the Ninja Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 Dude I feel your pain. I'm only taking two classes this semester and I have six books. Fortunately it only came to $125 but I bought used books. Since I still can't really afford the $125 I went home and researched the web and found five of my books - also used - cheaper WITH shipping included. So I ordered the five (one of my books is so new there are NO used books) and even with shipping I'm still saving about $51. I'm taking the five I originally bought back to the campus bookstore before the full-refund time frame runs out. Do a little research, be sure to use the ISBN number and pay attention to the shipping time frame and costs and you might come out better. I found all of my books at Amazon.com (yeah, who knew), Half.com and Abebooks.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleflower+JMJ Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 very smart kilroy! what i hate how every year they come out with a new edition so alot of books you can't sell back your old books cuz each year they add on......whatever! its the same info just with a different cover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilroy the Ninja Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 Don John and I came to the realization some time ago that it wasn't even worth selling your books back to the campus bookstores because you're NEVER going to get back anything close to what you spent. Furthermore, it's probably a good idea to keep books that relate to your potential future career. But if you really want to get rid of some books that you don't really need (and who needs more junk taking up space) see about selling them at Amazon.com and Half.com. Most of the books I bought were from individual sellers who simply paid a small fee to list their books on the bigger websites. I think one of the books I bought was listed by a bookstore up north who probably only had one copy of a book and wanted to unload it. I assure you these people are getting more money for their books than they would have if they had sold them back to the bookstores. And I'm definately getting them for cheaper than if I had bought them there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasJis Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 My daughter starts college this fall. She got a job at the book store, partly because of the 20% discount, even on the books. She could have bought her books (used with discount) for $425. We bought them on-line, used, for $200 +/-. New would have been well over $600. We made a few mistakes on the books, but with her "inside knowledge" this is what we learned. Shop on-line as soon as possible. Get the ISBN #. [b]Triple check [/b]the title and edition/version number. Make sure you buy from a place that let's you return stuff if you buy the wrong edition. Sell your books back to the campus book store (to help the market grow. Something is better than nothing!) It seems that for the second semester, people will use bulletin boards to sell books and USF has a flea market to sell books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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