Textbooks

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<p>Should I buy them now? I know I have to wait until classes start but I'm eagerly impatient. Should I just get the ones I know we have to get?</p>

<p>When do you usually get your textbooks?</p>

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<p>I already got most of mines. I just have one that I need to get, but I’m going to get that from my campus bookstore.</p>

<p>I think some people say to get your books after you get your syllabus in class but I got my textbooks already because I was on a bargain hunt and I didn’t want all the cheap books to be sold already.</p>

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<p>If you can find out what you need, buy them used on Amazon. You can get good deals unless it’s a brand new edition. Then sell them on Amazon after. We are packing up DD’s high school chemistry book now to ship out. I listed her old books Sunday morning. Two sold Sunday and one more today. Should net $150 so far. (Of course we paid more for them 2 years ago, but we’ve forgotten that and it feels like found money!)</p>

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<p>figured these threads might have some of the answers you’re looking for:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-life/763345-so-when-good-time-purchase-textbooks.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-life/763345-so-when-good-time-purchase-textbooks.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-life/759416-where-do-you-plan-buying-your-textbooks.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-life/759416-where-do-you-plan-buying-your-textbooks.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-life/737559-when-do-you-buy-textbooks.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-life/737559-when-do-you-buy-textbooks.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>As soon as I got my final schedule, I emailed all of my teachers and asked them for the names of any textbooks I would need for the class. All of them were more than happy to give them to me. I bought all of my books (with the exception of 1) on amazon. I got them used in either “very good” or “like new” condition.</p>

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<p>I bought mine a month ago and picked them up today. School requires it. Thankfully, so long as I don’t unwrap one of them, I can return any for full price in the first few weeks of school, so it doesn’t matter right now if they’re required or not. Check for some policy like that from wherever you get them, if possible.</p>

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<p>I buy them when I have my final class list, then return the ones I don’t need.</p>

<p>Also, if I don’t absolutely have to buy them from the school bookstore, I rent from chegg.com. It saved me $100 this semester, and I know people who have saved even more.</p>

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<p>I bought six used/new from my school’s bookstore (total $208; basically books for my russian/arabic language classes that I know I will be using) because those were the ones where the price online was the same as the bookstore. I have 15 more to get and I am waiting until the teacher says to get them and then I will buy them on Amazon. I found a lot of my english books were at the school library (multiple copies) and/or free online as an ebook cause it’s a classic so I’m not buying those.</p>

<p>I have one pesky science book that I will prob rent because it’s 20 bucks cheaper to rent than the lowest used. Or I will photocopy pages my friend’s book. :D</p>