<p>I've been procrastinating a long time choosing whether or not to buy the international books. Boelter Hall mentioned that they're hard to sell, but the site will probably save 1/3rd of the cost. I was wondering how hard exactly it would be to sell. </p>
<p>Say, if a book was $130 at the store but $90 going int'l (this is the algebra book for 33a), would it be worth the extra cost to buy from UCLA knowing that it might be easier to sell or would the int'l be THAT much harder to sell? It looks the same, just soft cover. Same goes with chem. Added together, the book and study guide would be $196 @ UCLA, and 140 int'l. Worth it?</p>
<p>I think a lot of students [like me] wouldn't mind if it's an international version or not. As long as it's cheaper with the same material, I don't think it'd be too hard to sell to students who are looking for the books. </p>
<p>But it may be harder to sell over the internet but I don't think it'd be THAT much harder..</p>
<p>Save money, buy international version. IMO.</p>
<p>International edition is not HARD to sell. It is just harder to sell than the US edition, because for some reason, people feel more secure with it. US edition, you should be able to sell back for around face value at peak periods. But international edition, you might have to wait.But I'm sure you will be able to sell it at one point, since there ARE people who are in the same position as you - people who want cheaper books.</p>
<p>So my opinion is to get internation edition when you can. They've almost eliminated the cases of cheap items (black and white, cheap paper) for international books. Try to make some friends and get to know those who will be taking your classes. That way you can jettison your books on time. :cool:</p>
<p>Sometimes, international books are so cheap that you don't even have to bother selling them back. I think one of my accounting courses sold the book at like 140, but the international version was like 30$. Even if I sold the book at 100, the book would have ended up costing me 40$ and I wouldn't have a book for future reference. </p>
<p>But if you buy the international version, be careful. The material may be the same but the questions may be different. My 30$ accounting book had the same learning material word for word, but the questions were totally different from the US version. That totally sucked since the teacher used those questions for his class. I had take pictures of a friend's book in order to get the questions.</p>
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<p>You can buy the US version and photocopy the problems you need, and then get refund...</p>
<p>Sorry for hijacking, but does anyone know for sure that international version for chem 20a (Principles of Modern Chem by Oxtoby) has the same problems/is the same? ($90 vs. $150; should I go with the international and risk it?)</p>
<p>shirleyxY - That's an extreme hassle. Also, if my shipping back isn't reimbursed, the photocopies would have cost = shipping. It was OK because as I said, I just got my friend's US edition and photocopied it. I didn't have to deal with buying another version and getting a refund.</p>
<p>I buy a a lot of international edition books....only one has turned up with two chapters missing...I guess it's up to luck, but compare $120 vs. $10</p>
<p>Yeah, I figure as long as I make a friend, I can ask to barrow their book for the things I need. It's well worth the price difference. It's just a hassle :(.</p>