<p>So when do people usually buy their books? I know you can go online and on your class schedule you can package all the books you need and pick it up at the FSU bookstore after ordering them. </p>
<p>Is it better to buy it from various sites online, or just save the hassle and get it at the bookstore?</p>
<p>there are a number of threads on this in the last month or so. cant remember the details, but a quick search shuld work</p>
<p>just go to the bookstore. some people say buy online cuz you save some. yea thats true sometimes you save but you got to find that deal.</p>
<p>i just go to the store.</p>
<p>College bookstores are ridiculous unless you are renting a book (I rented a computer class book that’s normally $140 for $50).
Definitely buy online!! You save TONS of money! I got a $140 book for $10!!</p>
<p>Half.com
Ebay
Abebooks.com</p>
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<p>Books are really expensive at the bookstore. There are other options. But if money is no object, just go to the bookstore and purchase new books.</p>
<p>I just sold a book on half.com that I used for summer. With the commission I have to pay them, I will ultimately only lose seven dollars from using this text book for the summer semester.</p>
<p>Highly recommend avoiding the bookstore at all costs for both buying and selling. It should be a last resort for buying and NEVER sell your books back to them. Find a friend to buy them from you (they will pay less, and you will get more) or use half.com or amazon.</p>
<p>What is the commission? S just sold a book in like new condition for $60 or something like that. Shipped it for $3. They supposedly refund some of the shipping, right?
Bookstore only offered him $21 for the book he used for 6 weeks.</p>
<p>Sometimes you can snag textbooks off of craigslist.com.</p>
<p>Commission is 12.5 percent… They charge 3.99 for shipping, but only reimburse 3.07. Not sure where the other .92 is going, but whatever. Still a WAY better deal than the bookstore.</p>
<p>Don’t want to deal with the hassle, so I think I’ll just use my financial aid and buy my books at the FSU bookstore. Looks like online is the way to go if you are in a money crunch though.</p>
<p>wrong thread.</p>
<p>books arent that expensive at the bookstore, plus you can do financial aid deferment, something you cant do buying elsewhere. </p>
<p>Last you can sell your books back for something and cut your costs.</p>
<p>i havent spent more than 300 per semester on books.people exaggerate how books are expensive.</p>
<p>The bookstore was trying to sell me a used book for a price that I could get new online. I ended up buying all my books (used) using Amazon- they arrived 2 days after being shipped and I cut my costs in half.</p>