<p>Would you guys say that Leiberman's the cheapest option to buy books from?</p>
<p>We love Leiberman’s. They are VERY efficient. Book buy back is a breeze and in cash, they have my DD books boxed (they always have used books available =]) and ready to go on the day requested for the past 2 years. Can’t say enough good things about them!</p>
<p>Best best is to shop around. Sometimes Lieberman’s is cheapest, sometimes Delaware Book Exchange is cheapest. Both pretty much always beat the UD bookstore. </p>
<p>I buy and sell most of my books online (half.com, ebay, amazon, etc) and highly recommend it. A lot of the books I get online are half the price I would pay on campus. It’s not always quite that much but you can easily save $15-50 off most books. If you email your classes to the UD book store they will give you the ISBNs of your course’s textbooks.</p>
<p>Is there any downside to ordering all books from Lieberman’s and then only picking up what we can’t find cheaper online? I am pretty sure I discussed this with them when we picked up the free t-shirt and they told me it would not be a problem. Also, is there a restocking fee if yo return a book before their deadline? My son seemed to think that there was but I did not think that there was.</p>
<p>We probably should have ordered the books a few weeks ago, but my son’s schedule has still been in flux, he actually just changed it again today when he noticed that a smaller freshman-only section of one of his classes had one open spot (it had been closed out).</p>
<p>My son says that DBE does not seem to have nearly as many of the books that he needs as Lieberman’s, and they’re not cheap on the ones they do have. Of course, YMMV.</p>
<p>Is it safe to have stuff shipped to the dorms now? I will probably order some books online and it is easier and cheaper (sales tax) to ship them to DE. Plus this way if something gets delayed I don’t have to worry about it showing up at home after he’s already at school.</p>
<p>Leiberman’s will not charge you for books you order and don’t buy on your pick up date. We tried ordering books online freshman year, but it proved very time consuming and we were never certain if we were indeed ordering the correct book. As I stated before, Leiberman’s always seems to have used books on hand - so it was the cheaper option for us. Additionally, some of my DD’s books were not assigned until the first or second week of class and all she needed to do was take a short walk to Leiberman’s to buy them.</p>
<p>My son is a senior at UDEL and had always ordered his books online. Our kids are motivated to find the best deal on books since they have to pay for them. (Bargain shopping is a life skill that isn’t taught in college.) We just found out about a new web site called CHEGG that you can rent textbooks from. You should check it out.</p>
<p>I found this interesting article this week on buying books. They do mention the renting thing and it’s an interesting idea. My son is likely going to rent his Micro Economics book since it is very cheap.</p>
<p>[4</a> Ways to Slash College Textbook Costs - FOXBusiness.com](<a href=“http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/ways-slash-college-textbook-costs/]4”>http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/ways-slash-college-textbook-costs/)</p>
<p>I just got finished ordering books for my daughter for law school. B&N has a deal now where you get the member price on textbooks and free shipping, and if you go through bing.com you can get 20% back. I had one book which was $157 on B&N but not classified as a textbook so the best I could do was 10% off with a coupon (the member price was $32 below list, which was probably higher than it would have been if it were correctly classified). Anyway, I emailed them and was waiting for a response, and placed my order without that book. Then I was looking at placing a second order, and maybe even joining as a member since it owuld have ended up costing me an extra $6 once the higher book discount was taken into account. By the time I went back to order it, it was out of stock at B&N! I was so ****ed, since no one on the Internet has it for much less than $157, and most places are out of stock. I tried ordering it for $157 from an alternate seller who had it listed on the B&N website, and then they cancelled my order because they didn’t have it, either. I finally ended up ordering it from ecampus.com, where they had it for $153 less a $10 coupon. Hopefully they will be able to get it – their site says 5-7 days which I think means they have to order it. If only the instructor would take the old version (or if I had just pulled the trigger sooner at B&N).</p>
<p>Renting textbooks may be an idea whose time has come. No more “Dad, my credit card has a $1000 limit and I can’t buy all the books I need with that.”</p>
<p>First semester D tried to buy texts at the UDel bookstore and found they didn’t stock all the required books! She was able to purchase the rest at Lieberman’s book store, and for that she was quite relieved. Definitely start at Lieberman’s, though I’m sure that in some cases you might be able to get texts for less online.</p>
<p>So my son never gave me the link to order his Economics book rental, and when he checked again tonight, the price had doubled. So much for that bargain.</p>
<p>PS should I be at all concerned about sending packages to the dorms at this point? Can I be sure that stuff won’t get lost? I recall that they told us at Delaworld that once they got their addresses, we could ship stuff there and they would hold it.</p>
<p>NEVER a guarantee that things won’t get lost in the mail! It shouldn’t be a problem sending things now especially since they don’t have a former dorm address. For added safety if sending things from home, I’d just put “NEW STUDENT” somewhere on the package.</p>
<p>I have sent a number of packages to my son, both directly, and from catalogs. He always received them in a timely manner. However, I did not send anything before the dorms opened. i would call ResLife and ask.</p>
<p>Well, I just ordered a couple of things from Amazon and sent them to his dorm. I went for the regular shipping (via free 2nd day with Prime) so it should get there no earlier than the middle of next week. I can contact Reslife and if no one is there before Thursday, I can contact UPS in Newark and tell them to hold it (although they probably know the situation).</p>
<p>BTW, Amazon has a nice deal of grocery items for college students, you get 40% off if you buy 5 or more items. Here’s the link: [Amazon.com:</a> Back to School: Grocery](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Back-School-Grocery/b/ref=amb_link_84833931_3?ie=UTF8&node=235692011&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=hero-quick-promo&pf_rd_r=0KYPNBG2BCPJ4AVZNHKC&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=484439211&pf_rd_i=B000LQORDE]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Back-School-Grocery/b/ref=amb_link_84833931_3?ie=UTF8&node=235692011&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=hero-quick-promo&pf_rd_r=0KYPNBG2BCPJ4AVZNHKC&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=484439211&pf_rd_i=B000LQORDE)</p>
<p>I found this on the UD site. Hopefully my son’s packages will be able to be delivered OK.</p>
<p>PACKAGE DELIVERY
With the exception of Christiana Towers, Independence Complex and Ray St. there are no staffed mailrooms to accept packages that require a signature. Packages sent through U.S. Mail that require no signature will be delivered with the daily U.S. mail. If no receipt signature is required, the mail or package may be left in the residence hall on the day it is delivered. Packages will be available for student pickup during evening office hours.</p>
<p>Mail or packages that require a receipt signature may be delayed if the resident is not available when the delivery person attempts to deliver.</p>
<p>The University has entered into a partnership with UPS to better facilitate the delivery of packages to students living in residence halls UPS will attempt to make regular deliveries twice: if unsuccessful after the second attempt, Campus Mail will deliver all packages received from UPS that do not need a signature directly to the residence halls where they will be distributed via the residence hall system.</p>
<p>UPS will continue to make three attempts at delivering packages requiring a signature to a residence hall. If unsuccessful, after the third attempt the package will be delivered to Campus Mail.Campus Mail will deliver packages to the appropriate resident hall on the next business day.</p>
<p>The program will operate during the academic year.</p>
<p>misterbill, did you have grocery items sent to the dorms? that actually sounds like a good idea.</p>
<p>This comes from <a href=“http://www.udel.edu/has/resources/BeingHere09.pdf[/url]”>http://www.udel.edu/has/resources/BeingHere09.pdf</a> (incoming students were mailed hard copy of this document, last year anyway)</p>
<p>Delivery on or Before
Move-in Day
The University recognizes that some
students may want to ship items prior to
Move-In Day. To assist you, Campus
Delivery will be accepting packages for
students as of July 1. Packages will be
available for pick-up at the Perkins Student
Center, Rodney Room on:
Sunday, August 30, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Monday, August 31, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Items not picked up by 7 p.m. on
Monday can be picked up MondayFriday
of the following week at Campus Delivery,
General Services Building, 222 S. Chapel
Street, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Call
(302) 831-8507 for further information.
To ship/mail ahead, packages must be
labeled with the Campus delivery address </p>
<p>Package delivery once the semester begins is sort of hit or miss. Depends on the building and the carrier. Usually, USPS w/o a required signature seems to be quickest. The student is supposed to get an email or a paper slip telling them they have a package. Sometimes they get the notification, sometimes they don’t. Your best bet is to track the package and tell the student when you see it has been delivered. They can then go check for the package. My daughter was in Ray Street last year. USPS packages were usually left right at the mail room in Ray Street A. But, that mail room had funny hours. UPS, FedEx packages usually went over to the Christiana towers – longer walk but better hours for pickup.</p>
<p>Yes I ordered a case of spicy noodles and a case of 32 ounce containers of shelf-stable Hershey’s chocolate milk for my son. Seeing as how the chocolate milk is 30 pounds, I do not feel like requiring him to pick it up at Perkins and have to schlep it to his dorm. Unfortunately, I just called UPS and they can’t do anything until the first delivery attempt is made. Hopefully the driver won’t leave it somewhere on campus. I am not sure what the “Campus delivery address” in the above info is, but hopefully they mean including the University name in the address, which I did not.</p>
<p>The regular prices at Amazon are not that great, but if you order 5 items, the 40% off is a really good deal. I think the sale lasts another couple of weeks so you could probably wait for them to move in before ordering, however things may go out of stock (for example, I got the last case of chocolate milk last night).</p>
<p>So UPS tried to deliver the chocolate milk today, and they were unable to (but they did not delivery it to the mail room, it seems like they try 3 times before doing so), so I called and arranged for them to hold it at the depot for me to come pick up next Friday. Everything was fine until I checked the tracking a few minutes ago and noticed the following:</p>
<p>08/21/2009 7:54 P.M.
THE PACKAGE WAS DAMAGED IN TRANSIT. UPS WILL NOTIFY THE SENDER WITH THE DETAILS / ALL MERCHANDISE DISCARDED. UPS WILL NOTIFY THE SENDER WITH DETAILS OF THE DAMAGE </p>
<p>I guess we won’t be picking it up next week. I emailed Amazon and asked them to reship, which could be a problem since it’s currently out of stock and not orderable on their site.</p>
<p>You should definitely try Chegg.com out, not only did I save hundreds but they bought some books that the bookstore wouldn’t buyback. Also, use this coupon code CC132614 to save 5% off your order or use it for an extra $5 when selling your books through chegg. The code never expires so share it with your friends.</p>