amazon.com used&new (marketplace)

[apac]

I'm buying books for next semester and the used&new prices are 50% less than my university bookstore. Anyone have experience using the service?

 

[Drakkon]

just make sure the "store" your buying from is reputable and will have no prob....i buy off there whenever i needed college books or just some book sometimes and its worked out great

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

Yeah, I have bought off it quite a bit. It's a lot like ebay in the sense you are buying from an individual in many cases, except Amazon guarantees the purchase if you have a problem you can't work out with the seller.

Check out half.com, also.

 

[Ameesh]

its like ebay but with less shadyness.

 

[TheHunley]

I ordered FF7 recently and have had no problems. got it for 9.89 + shipping... totaled about $13

 

[Schrodinger]

I was able to find a book on windows service programming for .NET that is out of print. It was brand new like condition. Check the seller feedback rating to make sure its decent.

But I got them for a fraction of the cost (like $10 vs $40) plus it was the only method available to get the book (none on eBay) and is the only book that exists for writing windows services with .NET

 

[apac]

Originally posted by: Schrodinger
I was able to find a book on windows service programming for .NET that is out of print. It was brand new like condition. Check the seller feedback rating to make sure its decent.

But I got them for a fraction of the cost (like $10 vs $40) plus it was the only method available to get the book (none on eBay) and is the only book that exists for writing windows services with .NET

OK say I needed a textbook that was $100 retail. A seller with 500 feedbacks lists it for $70, and a guy with that "just launched" rating has it for $50. Since amazon has its safe buying guarantee, is it safe enough to buy from the guy without a rating?

 

[Schrodinger]

Use your own judgement, buy with a CC so you can have the Visa (or whomever) company cover if any problems occur (most offer this). I'm sorry I can't help you more but I've only used it like, three times (all were great--had my books very fast)