<p>Do most undergrad students buy used books?</p>
<p>Saw the bookstore sells used but runs out.</p>
<p>Or there other places to purchase such as Amazon.com</p>
<p>There is no reason not to buy a used book. You get gouged at the bookstore either way, and used is not an indication of poor quality. You can buy it at the bookstore, or you can search online for the textbooks at sites like Amazon. If you can find the books your class uses online you may as well buy them.</p>
<p>what are some good websites to buy used books?</p>
<p>I wouldn’t recommend it but my DS finished his second year at Tulane (pretty good grades too) and has yet to purchase a single book. It seems that many books that are listed as required for a course are never referenced by the professor, and he borrowed from friends or got it from the library when he needed the book. So think twice before you cough up for every book.</p>
<p>Books for some science courses are ridiculously expensive. DD found the cheapest solution was purchasing textbooks directly from a student who had just taken the course.</p>
<p>Do you have to wait until classes begin before you know what books you’ll need?</p>
<p>For most classes you don’t have to wait for classes to begin to order text books. </p>
<p>This is the link for the Tulane bookstore. </p>
<p>[Welcome</a> to Tulane University Bookstore](<a href=“http://tulane.bncollege.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/BNCBHomePage?catalogId=10001&storeId=13559&langId=-1&level=1]Welcome”>http://tulane.bncollege.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/BNCBHomePage?catalogId=10001&storeId=13559&langId=-1&level=1)</p>
<p>You click on textbooks, and you will be directed to enter the term, department, course and section number. It will list the books you need.</p>
<p>Of course, books for the Fall term aren’t listed yet but check back at the end of July and you will have plenty of time to find used books online.</p>
<p>Half.com and alibris.com are both good used book sites. Amazon also has a place where you can buy used ones. In my past experience, the Amazon sellers tend to be more actual bookstores and the Half.com ones regular people, and the Amazon sellers have faster shipping</p>
<p>If anyone has taken EBIO 101 can u explain the book to me? Ive searched it on half.com and found two possible choices. One is a hardcover book that has more pages and a $200 list price, and the other is a paperback with an $80 list price, which is closer to the one in the Tulane book store. Is the book for the class supposed to be hardcover or paperback?</p>
<p>I think it’s a custom book that the department or professor puts together. You may not be able to buy it from a third party.</p>
<p>If you don’t think you’ll want to keep your books after the semester or year, you can rent from [Chegg.com</a> - Cheap Textbook Rentals. Search for Used Textbooks and Rent College Textbooks at Chegg.com.](<a href=“http://www.chegg.com%5DChegg.com”>http://www.chegg.com) which has pretty good prices. Barnes and noble online also has a used textbook section. I’ve found some of the best prices on amazon. Just make sure you get the right edition of the book, or get the isbn number of the book from your prof instead of just the title. Older editions are much cheaper, but they won’t be the same as the book your prof is going to teach from.</p>
<p>i was wondering when should you buy books? because what if you have to change your schedule after the first week of school to another class? doesn’t that create problems?</p>
<p>The school bookstore has a 100% refund policy that is good for 14 days.</p>
<p>Is there anyway to ship the (used) books directly to Tulane by Move-In day? Because I don’t want to buy the textbooks and then have to ship them all the way down to New Orleans again. Shipping costs a lot!</p>
<p>Here is my guess, to be confirmed by a current Tulane student. You will be assigned a post office box, located at Bruff. There is a US Post Office window at Bruff (these things I know for sure, having seen them while I was there in June. Hasn’t changed from when I was there). Once you have this address, you can have them shipped to you at this address, the post office will put a pkg slip in your box, and you just pick it up.</p>
<p>You do have a P.O. box at Bruff that you could ship books to. However be forewarned that the New Orleans postal service loses a lot of mail. I’ve had several packages not arrive as have some of my friends. See if you can get some sort of insurance on your books or if you can get that sign-on-delivery option.</p>
<p>Why am I not surprised, lol?</p>
<p>If post is so bad, should I still ship my dorm stuff?</p>
<p>Well, I would be a little surprised if it is that bad, but in any case Tulane is going to send you shipping labels for all your stuff that you are sending from home, using either FedEx or UPS, not sure which. But you were asking about having textbooks sent directly to the school so you don’t have to pay shipping twice, which I think is smart. Just make sure they are fully insured and you should be fine. Call the university housing office and see if they can tell you what your box number is yet, and tell them what you are trying to accomplish and ask them exactly how it should be addressed and sent. Hopefully they know what to do, since I would think this happens every year.</p>
<p>Box #s should be coming in the mail about now, if they haven’t already. I was unsure if my s’s box # would stay the same (makes sense that it does, but he had to return the key at the end of spring semester). Anyway, he got confirmation yesterday that the box # remains the same. Your address will be: “Firstname Lastname # mailbox number”
(ie John Smith #1234)
Tulane University
31 McAlister Dr.
New Orleans, LA 70118</p>
<p>We have so far not had a single lost package, to my knowledge. I use Fedex when I ship, so have a tracking #. When DS orders books through the mail, they typically come media rate, so no tracking#, but so far, no lost books. There used to be a used book site started by Tulane graduates, but sadly the website no loger worked when I last checked. I wanted to support them.</p>
<p>We just ordered a foam mattress topper to be delivered to school. Too bulky to bring one from home. Only problem… after I ordered it, I noticed that they recommended the package be opened within 72 hrs of delivery to assure that the foam returns completely to its natural shape. Oh well. Even if its squished, its likely to be an improvement over college matresses. I went to college so long ago, my mattress was made out of straw :eek: No joke.</p>