<p>S just sold one of his textbooks back to the bookstore at his university. He told me that they are not buying back many books this year. He was very satisfied with the money he was paid for the book that he did sell to them. Does anyone have any experience selling used textbooks outside of their university bookstore?</p>
<p>D usually gets good money for her books by posting on her school marketplace site. Lots of offers from other students, and there is no shipping involved.</p>
<p>Not sure if it would work as well for undergrad, but I sold nearly all of my grad school text books on Amazon. Other than trips to the post office, it was very easy and I could set my own price.</p>
<p>You could also try half.com.</p>
<p>I have sold most of my kids college textbooks and other readings that they didn’t want to keep on Amazon. Like ja… said, the trips to the post office are somewhat of a hassle, but over all it is painless–set your own price and no fees from Amazon unless it sells.</p>
<p>Thank you for the tips on this.</p>
<p>I sold ALL my text books on half.com and made a lot of money. More than I would have if I’d sold them back to the bookstore.</p>
<p>set up a store on half.com and let it run itself. My boyfriend and I set our store up a few months ago and we’ve sold 10 books to date, which is pretty good considering we graduated two years ago, so a lot of our books probably aren’t even being used by anyone anymore. I would think to a current student they would sell much better (and for more money).</p>
<p>It usually depends on how fast you want your money back, but if you’re willing to wait, you can always post flyers at the start of the following semester, especially in the buildings where the classes were. Usually a happy price can be found that is above what the bookstore would buy it back for, and below what they’d charge for a used edition. Both buyer and seller come out ahead.</p>
<p>the problem with most situations like that is if the bookstore wasn’t buying it back the school may not be using it anymore. you could try fliers at other schools nearby… unless it’s a situation where they only buy back x amount and they already have that many, in which case fliers around campus would be fine. I still like the idea of the half.com store.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.textbooksrus.com%5B/url%5D”>www.textbooksrus.com</a> has worked well for me in the past. And it’s simple, you put in the ISBN, they tell you who will pay what and send you a box to ship the books to them.</p>
<p>Here is another link for buying books. In the past, DS has gone to the school bookstore, jotted down the isbn’s of his books, emailed them to me. I buy the books online, they get shipped to his door. </p>
<p>save up to 90% off textbooks at Alibris</p>
<p>You can print your prepaid postage labels from home. You can have your carrier pick up your packages if you ship by priority or first class, or if you have other packages going by 1st or priority, then books can be picked up at media mail rate. If the book weighs under a pound, you can put it in a mail box. I sold my daughter’s books for her on Amazon, she got a lot more than from her coop bookstore, she was happy. I didn’t know about half.com, are there listing fees like eBay?</p>
<p>ebeeee, I bought some books for S for his first semester this way too. The second semester he needed less expensive texts and traded one text with a friend (core class that his friend took during the fall semester and he was taking it during the spring semester and vice versa). He also learned of a used bookstore just off campus where prices were good, so he just bought his books there. </p>
<p>fendergirl, I believe that you are right. Since the bookstore is not buying many of the books, I assume that they do not have the list of books that the professors will be using, or they know that there will be a change in text or its edition.</p>
<p>NJmother, I send a lot of things that way. My H is in a work environment that lends itself to having UPS coming in for regular pick ups anyway. He just leaves the packages with a secretary.</p>
<p>I just finished college myself, and I sold all of my textbooks on Amazon.com. It’s easy and they usually sell very fast.</p>
<p>NE mom: did you find UPS prices favorable? I have a UPS drop-off place right near me.
The other thing I liked about Amazon.com selling was that I did not have to worry about non-payment (as I did when I sold stuff, not books, on eBay) - what a pain that could be, getting after the buyer who might not have been serious.</p>
<p>NJ_mother, I have not used UPS for books lately. I have used them and sent packages with DH for other things. Frankly, I have no idea about the pricing b/c my H handled the postage for me. I did use UPS many many years ago when moving out of grad school. I sent boxes of books home, and it was very reasonable at that time and the only easy way to move everything to NJ. I sat in my apartment and had UPS pick up all of my boxes at the same time.</p>
<p>Northeastmom,</p>
<p>On half.com… there are no listing fees (unlike ebay)… if your book sells, then there is a fee, and based on the selling price they determine what their fee is(i think 10-15 percent is normal) and then after that they give you x amount of dollars towards shipping.</p>
<p>Example: just sold a small book for 10 dollars, but after they took their fee (1.50) and gave me shipping money, i got paid 11 dollars and some cents… i ship them in Media mail at the post office, which usually is about 2-3 bucks per book, depending on its weight and where it’s going to… and i bought a bunch of the bubble wrap envelopes at walmart to ship them in.</p>
<p>Thanks fendergirl. My son just told me that he was planning on selling some books on Amazon. He really did well with the one book at the bookstore. He told me that since there were few used copies (he ran to the bookstore after his final in that class) he was offered top $.</p>
<p>re UPS, go to UPS.com and set up an online account. Print shipping label on your computer. Then drop off at UPS store or with any UPS driver. Do NOT go into a UPS store or mailboxes etc. and let them ship for you. Very expensive.</p>