For all you college students out there that feel the pain of campus bookstore buyback, I want to give you all a heads up. I've sold all of my grad school textbooks back via Amazon.com. I created a user account, post my books for sale, choose my own price and then receive e-mails when people purchase them.
I typically can sell them at at least 75% of what I paid for them. Considering campus bookstore buybacks rarely pay you more than 10% of what you paid, it's a GREAT deal. The only effort required is to take the books to the post office, but if you send via media mail, the bonus is there is even more of a discount on shipping.
I've also snagged textbooks on Amazon.com for significantly less than what campus bookstores charge. I get them from either bookstores around the country or other students wanting to unload their used books. I've yet to have a bad experience in 3+ years of grad school. It's such a good deal and both parties win!
Resell textbooks on Amazon.com
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Give it some time. Right after the first of the year when students are getting ready for next semester/quarter you'll probably get contacted!SweetMelissa wrote:I just started doing this I haven't sold anything yet, but it hasn't even been a week! I hope it works!
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wooohooo it's very exciting!iuparrothead wrote:Give it some time. Right after the first of the year when students are getting ready for next semester/quarter you'll probably get contacted!SweetMelissa wrote:I just started doing this I haven't sold anything yet, but it hasn't even been a week! I hope it works!
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