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Just when I cant love Amazon more...Textbook buy back

I got $275 for my grad school books. Best part is that some of them are tax books for specific years (ie Federal Taxation of Corporations 2009) and I still got money for them.
 
any downsides? selling my books locally isnt worth the trouble, but it seems like dealing with people online would be a headache for something like this
 
TecHNooB said:
i never saw the value in selling back my textbooks.
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I kept all the ones directly pertaining to my major. In the 5 years since I started work after graduating I have found them to be pretty useful.

I sold back everything unrelated to my major the minute I finished the classes though. Definitely don't think I'm gonna need to reference my asian philosophy textbook or my sociology textbook ever again.
 
xSauronx said:
any downsides? selling my books locally isnt worth the trouble, but it seems like dealing with people online would be a headache for something like this
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Yeah. Are they really nitpicky about the condition? I have an ecology textbook that I bought just to read a year ago that says is still worth $70 trade-in.
 
xSauronx said:
any downsides? selling my books locally isnt worth the trouble, but it seems like dealing with people online would be a headache for something like this
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They provide pre-printed shipping labels for either UPS or USPS. You just have to print out the labels, put the books in some type of package, bring it to nearest UPS/USPS location and then wait for Amazon's vendor make sure the book is in good condition.

For me, this is worth $120...my school bookstore is not convenient for me, and I wouldn't get squat from Half Price books (which is further away than my post office)...
 
Left: Price I have book listed on craigslist
Right: Amazon trade-in price

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$45	$35
$20	n/a
$65	$56
$80	$5
$50	$59 (Although probably not eligible because it is the à la carte version)
 
bhanson said:
Left: Price I have book listed on craigslist
Right: Amazon trade-in price

Code: 
$45    $35
$20    n/a
$65    $56
$80    $5
$50    $59 (Although probably not eligible because it is the à la carte version)
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So what you're saying is that after everyone is done haggling and low-balling you you'll end up with less money than the amazon trade in price?
 
bignateyk said:
So what you're saying is that after everyone is done haggling and low-balling you you'll end up with less money than the amazon trade in price?
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I'm not sure what I'm saying. I didn't know Amazon had a buyback program until I read this thread and I just posted a comparison with the available books I have currently.

The first book I've sold so that leaves the last 4 on the list, two of which Amazon doesn't give peanuts for (but are still in use). The last book I don't know if it is eligible, but a safe assumption is that it does not (although most of the value should be retained on CL since I'm selling well below the hardcover price).

The last book on the list actually seems decent to sell for $56.
 
Bah, I need my textbooks to live. Seriously, I don't remember jackshit from my 4 years of undergrad, and often have to go back to notes (which I didn't organize the first 3 years) and textbooks.
 
I look at some of my stuff from undergrad, but I don't really have too many of the books anymore. I needed every dollar I could get when I was in school.
 
The trade in price is quite low in comparison to selling them myself. Although I was able to unload some older ones for a few bucks apiece, that wouldnt have been worth my time to sell in the marketplace. Given the choice, I'd rather sell it on my own and have cash than a gift card as well.
 
Every couple of years my local college sells the overrun of books for $1 each, this could get interesting. :thumbsup:
 
This only applies to books bought from Amazon directly, right? I buy all of my textbooks from Amazon Marketplace, which probably doesn't count.
 
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