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Down with the Bookstore! MM book thread
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01-05-2012, 05:23 PM
I'm sure the good majority of us have had our experience of getting raped by the bookstore's overcharging and underpaying on campus. I figured I'd start up this thread so we can exchange some books at fair prices amongst ourselves. I have a consumer behavior book and I believe I still have a financial accounting textbook as well. Might have some more, I'll take a look when I get back to the burg tomorrow.
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01-05-2012, 05:49 PM
tried
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01-05-2012, 06:23 PM
http://www.slugbooks.com is a good site to compare multiple places, just found it.
1993 300zx
01-05-2012, 06:55 PM
When I was in grad school, I sold most of my books back to textbooks.com or amazon. Unfortunately, each book was priced differently on the two sites and I ended up having to check each book on both to get the best price. In the end, I think I ended up sending 30% to amazon, 30% to textbooks and donating the rest.
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
01-06-2012, 09:20 AM
I used to buy the cheapest copy I could find on amazon, then sell it back to the JMU bookstore. Pretty sure I sold quite a few of them for more than I paid.
Now: 07 Porsche Cayman S | 18 VW Tiguan
Then: 18 VW GTI Autobahn | 95 BMW M3 | 15 VW GTI SE | 12 Kia Optima SX | 2009 VW GTI | 00 BMW 540i Sport | 90 Mazda Miata | 94 Yamaha FZR600R | 1993 Suzuki GS500E | 2003 BMW 325i | 95 Saab 900S
01-06-2012, 10:31 AM
I purchased at Amazon and sold back to outpost (pays more + free scratch offs). In any event, this is still a decent idea as this would be cheaper if it works.
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01-06-2012, 03:13 PM
Lets you scan barcodes for trade-in.
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'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth 
01-07-2012, 10:49 PM
I didn't buy a single book my entire senior (and maybe junior) year :p Once I figured out that I could either borrow or check out any book i needed at the library that money all went to beer.
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