<p>Hey guys, I was wondering if you guys all purchase used books? Are there any reason to purchase new books besides the fact that you're the first to use them? Thanks.</p>
<p>Sometimes professors go with new editions, hence you must buy the new edition which is in turn new.</p>
<p>I got old ones on half.com. Personally, I’d just get a used one that’s “like new” as they call it, because it’s good enough to use.</p>
<p>I don’t see a huge point of buying completely new books unless it makes you feel better or you enjoy marking it up first or whatever.</p>
<p>I used [AbeBooks</a> Official Site - New & Used Books, New & Used Textbooks, Rare & Out of Print Books](<a href=“http://www.abebooks.com%5DAbeBooks”>http://www.abebooks.com) for a textbook. It was $113 used at the efollet bookstore, but i got it for $44! :)</p>
<p>At what % saving would you consider getting new textbook than old textbook? I’ve seen some "almost new"used textbooks but it only saves a couple dollars and I’m not sure if its worth the effort of ordering from multiple websites. Thanks guys!</p>
<p>Just go with one website, it’s not worth the few dollars you might save.
I went with abebooks.com, but then again, they sent my order out to a bunch of different companies. With one website, it’s so much easier to do refunds and track your orders.</p>
<p>New books are a waste of money. By the end of the course, your book is going to have some wear on it anyways so why not get it used? Besides, I bet you didn’t have new books every year in HS and that turned out fine.</p>
<p>I use comegetused(dot)com. It’s pretty amazing, check it out. The users are all from Cal and it’s relatively cheap for textbook exchange.</p>