[mannamedx]

Hey guys, Let me thank you ahead if any of you do indeed post.

I know all of you have purchased and resold school books.

What i would like to know is how much do you usually recieve when u sell your book to the store.

I would like a response such as this

Name of Book: Biology Text Book
Price New: $140
Price Used: $70
Amount given when book sold back: $30
or somthing similiar.

I am doing a survey in order to see whether or not students are getting ripped off, and recieving no money at all.

[Sol Doubt]

Hmmm I havent sold my books back to the bookstore ever since but from what I remember something along the lines of:

Price New: $40
Amount given when book sold back: $1.25

But then I was like and then for a while and then OK!! This can cover the cost of my train ride home

So to answer your question...definitely ripoff

[justwildbeat]

I typically by my text books online and sell them back to the bookstore so i feel like I do get more money then had I bought/sold them from the store, plus I typically buy used books online. They really aren't as bad and you'd think some I've gotten as almost brand new:

calculus book:
(bought used) online: $60
(if bought) store: $120/new, $100/used
(sold) store :$40

That's one example of the books, but the rest typically follow the same pattern. To save even more money, for literature books (english classes and such) I borrow them from the library instead of buy each and every one kekeke.

[broken.wings]

I buy my books online too and sell it at the bookstore. I guess here's an example:

Book: Management strategy
New: $150
Used: $120
Bought used online: $60
Sold at bookstore: $45

So if I bought it at the school's bookstore then I wouldn't get a lot back.

[hun_wun_gal]

Have you tried selling to the year below? I usually buy from bookstores. and i've never had to sell them back to the bookstore.

[DAnonymous1]

I don't have the exact prices of the sociology books I bought, but they ranged from about $10-$30 each. And I was definitely getting ripped off when I tried to sell them back to the bookstore. It was about $120 total for seven sociology books. Only one of them was offered used. When I went to sell them back, the woman offered me a total of less than $10 for all of them. The six new books were all still in like new condition too.

[DividedByZero]

My best example.

Book: Statistics
Bought: $40 (used)
Sold: $50

[tinyvietpeach]

of course you get ripped off selling back to the bookstore. you're better off buying online or something. and then selling it to other students. post flyers around the school or something. post it online.

[jahmez]

never sold my books online. The few books I did sell I sell to other students personally. If the book I am selling I bought used, I just sell it for that price back and basically get back what ever I spent. It's better doing it that way then selling it to the bookstore.

[mintfresh]

Name of Book: math book
Price New: $120
Price Used: $50
Amount given when book sold back: $5

ever since this incident, i keep all my books including the ones that are not even related to my majors...they could be used as references

[Music_Gurl]

i heard on the news that now college text books cost at least $400 to at least $900 in total of all of your books 0.0 that is so retarded DX i cna understand if a book costs at least $90 but that's ridiculous DX you can buy A LOT...... of stuff with that money but since it's your future, then yeah T.T trying to bankrupt us unless if you guys are rich 0.0 im going to 8th grade so i dunno as much as you guys in high school XD

[JESS.]

so far, i've always sold my books for the same price. don't sell to stores, sell to future users directly. especially on the first day of class, people are desperate.