amazon.com for books

[skybirds]

I see a lot of textbooks on amazon that vary from a few
dollars to near full price. The cheap ones are well used I
Guess. How easy is it to get cheap books? It appears too
easy. How does thos work?

[ShotoJuku]

I see a lot of textbooks on amazon that vary from a few
dollars to near full price. The cheap ones are well used I
Guess. How easy is it to get cheap books? It appears too
easy. How does thos work?

I order used textbooks from amazon sellers all the time, just be sure that they have a high rating and you should be OK.

[cookderosa]

I see a lot of textbooks on amazon that vary from a few
dollars to near full price. The cheap ones are well used I
Guess. How easy is it to get cheap books? It appears too
easy. How does thos work?

I use amazon and ebay alllllll the time. Search by ISBN number, not title, and you'll likely get a great deal! *not all the time, but I've really gotten some fantastic prices. Then of course, you resell them.

[skybirds]

I see a wide variety of prices for books on
Amazon. Do you bid like Ebay or do you
purchase what ever you want. I see some
books for several dollars that maybe old but
it is all I can afford. Is it easy to set up an
account.

[rebel100]

It is that easy! Amazon is the usual place for me to buy books, abe, textbooks.com and chugg are other favorites.

The school bookstore is a big profit center where the school seems to attempt to fleece their students.

As little as some classes use the official textbook I no longer really worry much about condition, just seller reputation and price. Don't give the school bookstore your hard earned money!!!

[GoodtoGo]

I see a wide variety of prices for books on
Amazon. Do you bid like Ebay or do you
purchase what ever you want. I see some
books for several dollars that maybe old but
it is all I can afford. Is it easy to set up an
account.

I use Amazon all the time for books. Usually there are a lot of options because there are many individual sellers selling books back. You don't have to bid like Ebay, you just pay the price listed plus shipping listed. I always check the rating of the seller too. They are less expensive for new books too when you order direct from Amazon. Usually I buy my book and sell it back on their book buyback section. You get an Amazon credit, and then I use that to buy more books. Good luck.

[rebel100]

Im not sure why we now have two threads on this?

I will add that if it's a book I absolutely have to have right now I will generally buy it direct from amazon itself...they usually have it to my door on time, very good to deal with!

[skybirds]

Thanks for the information BTW the two lines were caused by me
not knowing how to a Blackberry . I think I will go for an iPhone
or Android. To many issues with Bb.

[happy232]

some textbooks on amazon have a buyback option. u buy the book, and if u send it back to amazon by a certain date (usually after the semester) they give you some money back. and they give u a free shipping label. when they get back the book u get amazon credit on your acct

[MISin08]

I buy textbooks from Amazon -- often at way better prices than school bookstores. I got my quantitative methods text for $40 vs. $150.
Their buyback program makes me pretty happy too. For testing however the public library saved my life (and wallet).

Phillip