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- pezz453, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Nice tone, im sure people will just be flocking to the local book stores to apease your smart ass comment.
Though, I agree, and is much less of a hassle to go down and turn in a box of books than to sit here and enter ISBN's for hours and ship them out. But if you need money, they do seem to pay more than "the local bookstore". I took a few boxes down 2 weeks ago and came back with $7 bucks. - gdog05, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6My girlfriend is using the "pay it forward" system for the books she no longer needs. On the inside of the cover, she writes "This book was given to ____ by _____. Pay it forward." She find someone on the school web post that needs the book and she gives it to them, in the hope that they will do the same. College books don't have too long of a life-span anyway. Instead of hoping to sell it back at a 70-80% loss, only for someone else to have to buy it at 30-40% of it's original value, some poor kid gets a free book, and maybe a couple more after him/her. It's good for the soul.
- mehron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Not all bookstores carry university specific texts.
But other than that, I totally back you up. Just not so rashly and imposing. - dpk87, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5haha, Barnes and Noble handles my college buybacks. A freind of mine tried to sell them back a novel wirth $10, perfect condition. The greedy bastards offered him 50 cents. :)
- SP33DFR34K, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5We The People $69 - B&N => $21
20th Century World History (2 Books) $59.25 - B&N => $22
Thomas Calculus $109 - B&N => $46
Cultural Anthro $105 - B&N => $32
Mexican Rural Development $30 - B&N => $2.50
Basics $45.50 - B&N => $13
Conversations $57.00 - B&N => $15
Big CCC $101 - B&N => $14
Yup I'm getting ripped off horribly. And what is the deal with the 1000 pg programming book worth only $14 resale. Grrrr. Oh well, better to sell it to students next quarter so they don't get ripped off as bad. - merreborn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5There are a lot of sites out there that offer similar services. Some of 'em probably offer better prices.
http://valorebooks.com
http://textbookwheel.com
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textbook#Used_textbook_market - fifrenzy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I wonder if they rip you off as bad as college book store buy backs.
- ibrudiiv, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I just entered about 10 ISBN codes of mostly 2-3 year old books and none were accepted. :-/
- mehron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4They do.
My college uses Barnes & Noble as a campus bookstore and all the buybacks and sales are handled by them. - Schmitty, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Use half.com, you'll get more, and save a fellow student a ton of cash. Everyone wins!
- ggko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4With half.com, aren't you selling directly to the buyer? (minus a commission.) Whereas with B&N, you're selling the book to them. B&N then applies their own markup which includes storage costs, the inventory & shipping clerks' paychecks, building costs, etc.
- slantyeyed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3at least you're getting something back for your used books . . .
- agooga, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Better yet-- donate them to your local library and take a very decent tax deduction.
- bryguy000, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This place does rip you off just as bad as the college book store. I got on average between 3-8 bucks for books I had handy to enter in. A couple were offered 3 bucks and I just bought them off of amazon (CSS Books) for about 25 each. Crazy to think that people wouldnt just keep those old books for a library or something in the future, thats what im thinking ill do with all of the old books I have from college. Good idea though, just needs better prices for us people with the books. Lata.
- arlen, on 10/12/2007, -8/+11Hey, here's an idea: support your community and sell your books at the local used book store. Support local businesses. Wow, what a concept...
- ggko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Some time ago I bought K&R's C Programming Language from a local bookstore, used, for $15. I don't know what the retail on it was at that time, but when I later sold it to a textbook buyer the price was $40, so I wound up getting $20 for it.
- darb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This is terrible.
I purchased my Art of Reasoning (Philosophy) textbook for $102 new. The bookstore will purchase it back for $44 - not bad.
Barnes and Noble, offered me...(drumroll) $3.00
Hmm... - rautox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2mastering windows server 2003 (it was on my shelf) Going for ~$39 on half.com B&N $5
Thanks, no. - MalDON, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I got a chuckle from that. At first I thought you were going to say "Apple wanted to buy Windows Documentation..."
- Habemus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Are they planning on selling used books as if they were new? I'm curious because they don't buy out-of-print books, no matter what the condition or demand, and only want "current and recent hardcover books with dust-jackets in good condition."
- au071, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2They suck, who would want to use it? Just put it on half.com...
- infectedRoot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Wow. My Practical Guide to Linux sold to me at $49.99USD is worth $5.00 to BN. Whores.
- mike.nealey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It did not accept any books that I entered either, even one that I bought within the last few months from B&N.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2A CueCat makes this process much easier too. The B&N page appears to take both UPC and ISBN numbers
- musicbear, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Prices are pretty low, because they are used books they have to then resell. This isn't a get rich scheme... and they're not a charity. If they actually take an out of date textbook back that you've tattered and written in, you should consider yourself lucky. If you want your full price back for it... sell it yourself.
They aren't taking the books off the market... that's absurd. They are buying up books so that when someone asks for a unique title, they'll have a better and better chance of actually having one in their warehouse to sell. - ggko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Some (most?) college bookstores don't do the actual buying, an outside company comes in and does that. Of course it is done on the store's premises so they wind up taking the heat for "ripping off" people. Whatever the store needs is immediately sold to them, other books that are in general demand are purchased at a lower price (since the buyer has to ship it back to his warehouse.)
- bostonyankee, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2bad deal, no dig.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1 I just cleaned 12 books off my shelf that I've not opened in 5+ years, all of which have been sitting on half.com for at least a year without a nibble. That $12 check aint much but it will buy me another book that I'll actually read.
- ross., on 10/12/2007, -0/+1A Million Little Pieces - $1.25
Seems about right. - wwwdeveloper, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Wow $800 worth of books? - Sounds like only 1 semester load!
- osbjmg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Thank you, I thought I was the only one that can't cope with people being that ignorant.
- diggypop, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Reading and releasing "into the wild" is more fun: http://www.bookcrossing.com
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1A. Not news-- there are dozens of sites that have been doing this for years.
B. Not great-- there are tons better.
C. Bad grammar-- Par for the course.
My favorite is BooksValue.com. They don't give you the postage paid package, they pay a higher rate and let you decide how to get it there. Others just chop $5 or so off the top, more than it costs to send. Then, they give you money by PayPal so you get paid way faster.
If time is not a factor it's best to sell it back to a student, you can do it free at Direct Textbook http://sell.directtextbook.com but you need PayPal to get paid. - ,,|,_, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If you're lucky enough to live somewhere with a Half Price Books, then there's no reason to buy or sell books anywhere else.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2neat, thanks
- ihorner, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The question I have to ask, is if B&N are going to be reselling the books to consumers, or are they simply taking used books off the market in order to force people to buy new books, thus circumventing the whole "first sale" issue.
- chicksdigme, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It's a ripper yes. Absolutely. The postage doesn't mean anything. For example, a textbook, CMOS VLSI Design : A Circuits and Systems Perspective (3rd Edition) (Hardcover), ISBN: 0321149017, is worth $104 on Amazon new, though I bought mine from another online site for $80+. I could prolly sell it to someone for $50. bn.com only pays $34 for it. Thats outrageous.
And bn.com wont just take any book with an ISBN; it only takes those that they think they can sell and profit on. Thats not a problem. But please dont try to scam ppl in selling them their books at ridiculously low price. - truebullfan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1wouldnt they give you less money then on the site when you mail it and the book isnt in good condition?
- jmholloway, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1sell on amazon and you will get a better deal
- evanm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1btw dirtyfratboy, it's "barnes and noble" tee haa
- reisyboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'd love this for the UK, Amazon should do it and have a little buy second hand section direct from them instead of 3rd parties. Not always 100% happy deailing with 3rd parties, if its a company like Amazon for example its easyer to hold them accountable and you will get your book, people can just disapear much faster.
I digg the idea, but when can i have a EU one or does anyone have another good one :D?, Apart from eBay :-P - chuk1, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1wow i did not know that i might start selling books http://loweryourinterest.blogspot.com/2008/07/how- ...
- skants, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It was my experience that almost every college book I had seemed to come out with a new edition every year (with little to no changes). Thus they would never buy them back.
- pr1mus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0They should be able to take used CDs somehow.... that would be cool. or video games.
- ggko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Before you go accusing your college bookstore of ripping you off:
1) They are a bookSTORE, not a bookRENTAL. When you finished that last Harry Potter novel, did you take it back to the store for a refund? Do you take your DVDs back to Tower Records after you watched the movie? Nobody is obligated to buy your books.
2) They only sell what your professors ask them to. They only charge what the standard markup prescribes. If the publisher sells them a book for $80, they're not going to sell it for $85, that won't cover the employee paychecks. That book will be at least $100 on the shelves. - Continium, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I would never sell my written knowledge for 50 cents. Prepostrous!
- ggko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Computer books for "old" software? Once the new version comes out, books for older versions are pretty much unwanted, no longer sold.
Textbook? Did a new edition come out? Textbook publishers routinely put out new editions to combat used book sales. I can understand the update of history books, but often that math book is the same thing with different problems. - UCLAJD, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Amazon.com will get you a lot more money for your used books people!
- djbutterfly, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Use Turbo Tax Its Deductible for estimate. You can donate books and deduct taxes. It may be a better way to gain value instead of getting little cash from selling.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That place is a ripoff. I'd rather give the books to a library than waste my time for a couple extra bucks.
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