<p>Where should I buy my books? At amazon I’m finding used books costing 8$ (with excellent seller ratings), the same books which cost $100+ at the brown bookstore, even the used ones.</p>
<p>Right now I’ve ordered the book from Amazon, but I was wondering if you guys could give any further advice?</p>
<p>I buy all my books from amazon and save a ****load of money. I think it's worth waiting the week-2 weeks until you get it (as long as you order a week or so before classes... or at least, the classes you're 99% sure you want to take). If you end up not taking the class, you can always sell it back through amazon or dailyjolt etc. I think this year I saved over $150 buying on amazon and the books are in great condition - can't complain.</p>
<p>A general question. Are there any substantial savings from buying used books from the bookstore? How much do u get when u sell then back at the end of the year?</p>
<p>Yes, how much would you expect to get back by selling them back to the bookstore? Or is there anything better to do with them?</p>
<p>yup...someone?</p>
<p>Buying used will often save you a good amount. I typically buy used from teh book store when I can, when I have to buy new I buy from Amazon because 9/10 times it's cheaper on Amazon, I have Amazon Prime, and my Amazon credit card is triple points on Amazon purchases.</p>
<p>Selling back books will rarely make you anything near what you think is fair, but it's something. I don't sell my book backs, but that's a personal philosophy/feeling thing.</p>
<p>Son couldn't even sell some of his books back to the bookstore -there were 2 courses that weren't being offered (one the prof was on sabbatical). Both of these classes had like 9 books each for the course, so he sold on amazon and has sold all but 4 so far. It really is very easy to post and then send when they are sold-you send through usps-media mail-its a special book rate and it costs only a few dollars, for even a large textbook.
He did just sell one book back to the bookstore-an Econ textbook in excellent condition (like new) and they gave him $50. I am sure we paid substantially more than that for it, but I don't remember. The point is, they have to be offering the course that next semester or they won't buy it back, but there are other options.</p>