College Students: When you buy textbooks...

[TheBoyBlunder]

do you buy used or new?

 

[Heisenberg]

Used as long as there's no pages missing or the book isn't about to fall apart.

 

[Goosemaster]

No question

I would say "i don't read them anyway"

But These past terms I've had to🙁

 

[Sid59]

either .. sometimes i buy them if i think i'd need them and usually used first before new.

 

[brtspears2]

Used usually. But sometimes the bookstore prices on new and used books are within $5-10 of each other. I usually buy books on amazon marketplace.

 

[Gibson486]

Used. Saved $120. To top it off, i borrowed two books. Saved $300 bucks just for those two I borrowed.

 

[kami333]

Definately used.

Freakin biochem books I need are going to cost me close to $350.

 

[Whisper]

Usually used, unless (like someone mentioned) the new and used prices are only a couple dollars apart.

 

[Gyrene]

Always used, as long as I can find them. The book has the same information in it, rather its new or not, so I'd rather save money.

 

[rgwalt]

I'm out of college (well, not really, but I'm done with classes). However, when I was in college I bought used whenever possible. Used books (in engineering) were usually $20 or $30 cheaper than new, so it was really worth trying to get used copies when possible.

Ryan

 

[SethK28]

Go to the bookstore, get the ISBN #'s and buy them from Amazon or Half.com

 

[parsley007]

definetely used.

 

If new is within 10% - 15% the cost of used, then I'll go with new. No sense in having to read through others' highlights just to save a couple bucks.

 

[silverpig]

New. I can't stand to give the bookstore $120 for a book they bought from a student for $40 just 4 months ago.

If I can find used ones at a discount store (not the university bookstore) I'll get them there first, but I almost never buy used from the bookstore.

 

[Cat13]

Used. Why in the world would you pay the price for a new book? If I can read it, then it's fine. Heck, I don't really use my textbooks much anyway, most really suck.

 

[bradruth]

I prefer to get them used, but I'm not always able to.

 

[NeoPTLD]

I only buy new when the price diff between new and reasonable condition used are small or there isn't a used one available.

First, I go to BookByte.com then see if the one I'm looking for is available. If it is, their used books are 25-50% of school bookstore.

I will only buy textbooks from the bookstore when there is absolutely no other options.

 

[Feldenak]

I buy'em used. I also take my fiance into the bookstores with me b/c she gets a 10% discount on books for being faculty/staff. 🙂