Do you sell your college text books?

[Lyfer]

I just got back from the bookstore, got a decent amount of change. NOw off to play. Was wondering do most of you keep your books for refferrence?

 

[Isla]

Saved some for reference, donated others to charity.

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: Isla
Saved some for reference, donated others to charity.

Same. I also sold some of them.

 

[pyonir]

when the ass raping bastards will buy them back from me.

I was limited to one book store (out of two) because I was thrown out of one for expressing how i feel about their "policies" of buying books back for 10% of what i paid, or not buying back books at all, even though it is going to be used the next semester.

 

[Lonyo]

You can sell through Amazon.com btw

 

[roncarter]

I try to sell everyone of them

 

[Sukhoi]

I sell back the ones I don't need anymore (history, etc.). I've kept all my calculus books and I'm planning on keeping all my mechanical engineering books.

 

[CanOWorms]

I keep all the books I think I'll use in the future

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
You can sell through Amazon.com btw

Yeah, sell through Amazon. Just give them some ti me to sell and make sure you match the lowest price if there are a lot of people selling their's.

 

[Siddhartha]

I used to sell my books. But now I keep them. They look cool in my bookcase at work and four or five times a year I actually use them.

 

[Lyfer]

How much do you guys usually get back? I notice that math/engineering/science books you get roughly 40-50% back from my bookstore, english/soc/phsyc its usually less than 10%.

 

[Sukhoi]

I think we get 50% if they're using the book the next semester. Otherwise, almost nothing.

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: CanOWorms
I keep all the books I think I'll use in the future

 

[IamElectro]

I keep all my EE books sell everything else. I always feel like I spent a week in prison after I leave the bookstore though.
Nothing like getting 10 bucks for a 60 dollar history book or my favorite is when they don't buy the history books back because they are getting an updated version of ancient history book.

 

[hdeck]

i always forget to =\

 

[FuZoR]

the lines to return it to the book store is HUGE and the % back is like 10-20... SCREW THAT. not worth the wait on line

I usually list the books i have and post it all over school usually 1/2 the price of what you buy it from the school bookstore... and hope new editions don't come out.

 

only the ones not of my major.

I like to have my major textbooks for refrence for future assignments and projects.

 

[Siddhartha]

I know a woman who sold her $150 Calculus book on ebay for $100.

 

[Imdmn04]

with the rate they are paying me, i rather keep it for the knowledge

 

[stormbv]

I had to buy two new books for a politics class that were about $80 each. Then they wouldn't buy them back because they wouldn't need them the next semester! I wish I would have kept more of my books, especially the non-textbook books that I needed for philosophy and history classes. Oh well...I spent the money on expensive liquor and the sticky icky for an end of the semester bash.

 

[elanarchist]

Half.com and amazon tend to be much much better than the college bookstore for selling back books. They also rock for buying them - I save about 50% off the bookstore's outrageous prices by using half, amazon, and addall.com