half.com>school bookstore

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

School bookstore wouldn't take back my books so I was stuck with them. Got on half.com to see what they were going for. Put 4 up and have sold 2 recently. Getting $172 from half.com. Total cost of the books to me were about $220. Not bad. I think I would've made about $130 from the bookstore. Fawk that place from now on. Half.com FTW!

And on the other side of things, books are much cheaper there than at the bookstore.

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[mattf 5,000+ posts]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/word.gif.64b12e39f936af3b4fff38a1c0bd0244.gif One of my boooks was like $60 in our bookstore, and it was only $25 on half.com

 

[slick rick 10+ year member]

Yep...I had some law books on there and as soon as I decided to sell one them back to the bookstore...it sold for $75. I had to refund the person their $. Shoulda kept the book...

 

[Randy Savage 5,000+ posts]

I just went on there to see if any of the books that I had that the bookstore wouldn't take back were selling, and 2 of my books are going for $40+ each. Just listed both.

w00t.

 

[Mitch86 5,000+ posts]

School book stores are robbery. Atleast here they are. They change the books like every semester so you cant sell them back and everyone has to buy the new editions. Every book I've purchased online was atleast 50% cheaper than the book store.

 

[Randy Savage 5,000+ posts]

Usually my bookstore is pretty good.

Usually I buy my books online, but last semester I waited too long and couldn't wait a few extra days for shipping, so went to the bookstore and bought them. I only bought books for 2 classes though, spent $80 on one and $105 on the other.

The one for $105 they wouldn't take back because a new addition was coming out. The other one they gave me $55 for, which is pretty good.

 

[pimpedout97x]

bookstore FTL. they make so much money off of the books its rediculous

 

[brandontw 10+ year member]

wow thats a great idea, i half a stack of textbooks seriously 5 feet tall, its money in the bank baby!!!!

 

[xluben 10+ year member]

i just picked up 4 books from my school bookstore:

626 dollars!

no lab manuals, lab kits, etc.

just four hardcover textbooks!

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Uh durr.

nG

 

[slick rick 10+ year member]

CSUF gives me sh it for my books. . . i got 25 bucks back for a 90 dollar book. pwnt.

thats not bad...I got $11 for a contracts book that I paid about 130 for...and it was a "new" edition.

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

i spent a little less that 100 bucks on books this semester

had to buy one book from the bookstore cuz amazon wanted 4 dollars less thanthe bookstore

 

[brandontw 10+ year member]

i listed 28 books last night and already sold 8

 

[Heresy 10+ year member]

I sold off all but one book last semester and made back roughly 75% of what I paid. Half.com is great even if they take like 8% away. I almost always list at the lowest price unless I happen to include something (like solution manuals, notes, etc.) and most sell right away.