Good sites to buy used text books?

[imported_K3N]

Just started college and i really dont want to pay for over priced textbooks. May someone please tell me where i could buy cheap/used textbooks? I searched ebay cant seem to find exactly what i want.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

search Amazon.uk, although you may not get the books for a couple of weeks.

 

[Savij]

I always used half.com and bestbookbuys.com

 

[ViviTheMage]

swear we have over 12-93812903821 threads of this already

with the same answers, amazon.com and half.com

 

[FleshLight]

http://zotswap.com

 

[imported_K3N]

i've checked out half.com and i like what im seeing so far. i'll try and checkout zotswap.com . Have u guys tried buying a used book from barnesandnoble.com? if so, is the arrival time of items good?

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
swear we have over 12-93812903821 threads of this already

with the same answers, amazon.com and half.com

or, buy used one from your fellow students on campus

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
swear we have over 12-93812903821 threads of this already

with the same answers, amazon.com and half.com

 

[duragezic]

I'm getting tired of posting this.

addall.com


it searches many sites. IME, most of the time Amazon.com is the best and cheapest, other times it is Abebooks, TextbookX, etc... so I'm not sure what reason there is to manually visit Half.com and assume they are the way to go when sites like Addall are out there which in IME shows it is not the way to go.

 

[slimrhcp]

If you've got facebook, check to see if there's a marketplace to post items at your school.

 

[dbk]

used.addall.com avoid international sellers

 

[BoomerD]

Surprisingly, I've checked most of the major used book sites, and MOST of the textbooks I need for this semester are priced very close to what the college bookstore sells used book for. Yes, some of the ones on flea-bay are cheaper, although many are outdated versions. Most of the classes I have require no more than one version previous. I dumped about $200 today on books for 2 classes, (one is a cheap photocopied text that cost $5.) I have one from last semester that I'll reuse this semester, (and for the next 2 semesters. :thumbsup and I have 2 books to buy tomorrow for one class that will be ~$150 used. I checked the reseller sites, and I MIGHT save 10-15% on the pair before shipping, but then I'll be without the books for several days during shipping...Hardly seems worth the small savings.
Still quite a fucking racket these college bookstores have going. You pay $100 for a textbook that you might use 25% of, depending on the instructor, then at the end of the semester, the bookstore offers you $30-$50 for it, then next semester, they resell it for $110...
I'm in a voc-rehab program, so I'm supposed to buy all my books (and supplies) in the campus bookstore, but I'm trying to work something so that I can buy books from other students (win-win for both of us) and get reimbursed. Seems like a good way to maximize my retraining funds instead of paying high book prices.

 

[konakona]

biblio got me a better deal than both amazon and half on one of the books I needed for this semester, try that too.

 

[HombrePequeno]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
Surprisingly, I've checked most of the major used book sites, and MOST of the textbooks I need for this semester are priced very close to what the college bookstore sells used book for. Yes, some of the ones on flea-bay are cheaper, although many are outdated versions. Most of the classes I have require no more than one version previous. I dumped about $200 today on books for 2 classes, (one is a cheap photocopied text that cost $5.) I have one from last semester that I'll reuse this semester, (and for the next 2 semesters. :thumbsup and I have 2 books to buy tomorrow for one class that will be ~$150 used. I checked the reseller sites, and I MIGHT save 10-15% on the pair before shipping, but then I'll be without the books for several days during shipping...Hardly seems worth the small savings.
Still quite a fucking racket these college bookstores have going. You pay $100 for a textbook that you might use 25% of, depending on the instructor, then at the end of the semester, the bookstore offers you $30-$50 for it, then next semester, they resell it for $110...
I'm in a voc-rehab program, so I'm supposed to buy all my books (and supplies) in the campus bookstore, but I'm trying to work something so that I can buy books from other students (win-win for both of us) and get reimbursed. Seems like a good way to maximize my retraining funds instead of paying high book prices.

I don't know about most college bookstores but the one at UW doesn't make that much money off the new books. They do make a killing off the used copies though.

Either way I get my books online and then sell them back at the end of the quarter for about the same price I paid for them. That sucks that yours are the same price online.

 

[zerocool1]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
Surprisingly, I've checked most of the major used book sites, and MOST of the textbooks I need for this semester are priced very close to what the college bookstore sells used book for. Yes, some of the ones on flea-bay are cheaper, although many are outdated versions. Most of the classes I have require no more than one version previous. I dumped about $200 today on books for 2 classes, (one is a cheap photocopied text that cost $5.) I have one from last semester that I'll reuse this semester, (and for the next 2 semesters. :thumbsup and I have 2 books to buy tomorrow for one class that will be ~$150 used. I checked the reseller sites, and I MIGHT save 10-15% on the pair before shipping, but then I'll be without the books for several days during shipping...Hardly seems worth the small savings.
Still quite a fucking racket these college bookstores have going. You pay $100 for a textbook that you might use 25% of, depending on the instructor, then at the end of the semester, the bookstore offers you $30-$50 for it, then next semester, they resell it for $110...
I'm in a voc-rehab program, so I'm supposed to buy all my books (and supplies) in the campus bookstore, but I'm trying to work something so that I can buy books from other students (win-win for both of us) and get reimbursed. Seems like a good way to maximize my retraining funds instead of paying high book prices.

that's why you e-mail your prof or TA and find out what books you need before you get on campus so you can order your books so that they come in time.

 

[Ricemarine]

www.bigwords.com <-- price comparison...

Sometimes overstock has a good deal... I got a $160 textbook for $50 there.

 

[Xyclone]

I usually use Amazon used or Half.com.