college book buy back
By olisaur
@olisaur (1922)
United States
December 11, 2009 3:10pm CST
College text books are soooo expensive!
I took four courses this semester (it was my first year in college- at a community college), which meant buying four text books. All together it was $400!
Now its the end of the semester, and "book buy back" is at the campus book store next week. I've been told that its total rip off and I won't even get 1/4 of what I paid back. D:
One of my teachers recommended selling them online. The thing I'm afraid of with that is if I list it online, and it doesn't sell, I might miss the book buy back and not get money for my books at all. w
4 responses
@macdingolinger (10386)
• United States
12 Dec 09
Most campuses offer book rentals these days. It is less expensive than purchasing and you know they will take them back! You won't get any money back in return but you won't have to pay out quite as much. There are times you can borrow books too.
@Zahra07 (101)
• United States
11 Dec 09
I bought my english book for $70 and today I sold it for $31 dollars I dont know how that work. They are so expensive when they sell it. And the problem is that in class we used the book twice and I didnt even used becuase nothing we study from book. I was so mad. :(
@animegirl334 (3263)
• United States
15 Dec 09
Yes, college books are so expensive that it feels like a scam. Some of my professors try to help out and let the students use the older versions which is much cheaper. Maybe you can ask your professors if that is allowed. For one of my textbooks, the new version was eighty dollars and I bought an older version for twenty dollars and got through the course alright (the bookstore wouldn't take it back though) Buying textbooks is always a stressful time for most students but there are some ways to get around being ripped off.
