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Great place to find school textbooks.....

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badluck

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I'm sure many of us are going back to college so why not get a cheap textbook post going???


I have used AddAll for the past 2 years to find the cheapest college textbooks. Sometimes it is cheaper to buy it overseas (say, Amazon.co.uk) than it is to purchase in the U.S. AddAll will help you figure it out...


I'm sure many of you have used other services, maybe you can post your experiences here.....

 
Thank you sooooo much badluck!!!!!!!!

I went through my university's web site and entered my class schedule to see the books. Then I put those ISBN numbers into that site and wow. They were like 50% off of what I would of paid. Thanks for the link and keep this bumped for others.
 
Originally posted by: TheMariner
Thank you sooooo much badluck!!!!!!!!

I went through my university's web site and entered my class schedule to see the books. Then I put those ISBN numbers into that site and wow. They were like 50% off of what I would of paid. Thanks for the link and keep this bumped for others.
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Wow, that is a sweet feature! I don't think my school has that or I would order all of my books right now😀

Spac3d
 
Be careful about getting your books on time if you order overseas. Make sure they're in stock and try to have it be delivered a couple days before your first days of class.
 
addall is definitely a place to checkout for price comparisons. buy.com is pretty cheap for book also. They started some 10% price guarantee to be lower than Amazon's prices. Something to that effect, I forget the details. ebay is pretty cheap for books too if you don't mind the auction. Some of the books I've bought there have gone for under 10 bucks.
 
last I checked, walmart.com was selling textbooks and had some good prices... not sure if they're still doing that though
 
Originally posted by: Spac3d
Originally posted by: TheMariner
Thank you sooooo much badluck!!!!!!!!

I went through my university's web site and entered my class schedule to see the books. Then I put those ISBN numbers into that site and wow. They were like 50% off of what I would of paid. Thanks for the link and keep this bumped for others.
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Wow, that is a sweet feature! I don't think my school has that or I would order all of my books right now😀

Spac3d
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I go to Iowa State University. There are two bookstores, one owned by the university and a private one. The system used at the one owned by the university does not give the isbn but the private one does. Oh wait it isnt an ISBN its a "book code" which is the same. I don't other students know its there though...

Anyone who has boughten from an overseas vendor, how long did it take you to recieve them? Days, weeks, monthes, years, ever...?
 
I would agree that ADDALL.COM and HALF.COM are the way to go here. You have to search both though, since addall doesn't include half's used inventory of books. Sometimes you can buy a previous edition for like $5 on half (but sometimes you actually need the new edition for some work.. that only happened to me once though).. SCREW your local bookstore (that rips you off and pays you pennies on the dollar 3 months later)
 
I bought from half.com once, then found out you can't return books.. The professor told us that he decided to switch books the 3rd day of class, I was upset because I just bought an $80 book on half.com and couldn't return it.. Fortunately the guy who was selling the book lost it and couldn't charge me for it 😛
 
last semester i ordered a lot from british companies and shipping was actaully faster than it would have been from amazon or b&n
 
I forgot to mention, there are coupons for half.com at the usual coupon sites. Usually for "first-time" customers.😉
 
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