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Originally Posted by Moogs
I say boycott all college text buy-back programs. It is better to make nothing on it, and donate it to your local library, than it is to let them scalp you repeatedly, semester after semester. Ideally, if you find someone who is taking the class after you, you sell it for $10 less than the used price. Then the Buy-back program gets reamed.
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There's other options too:
- If you're taking classes for your major in a different order than a friend, just swap books after the semester.
- If you live with friends who are taking the same class, and the book isn't required in class to do work, just split the cost and buy one book to share for the semeseter.
I will say that in rare occurrences (1% of the time), buyback actually beats what you can get on some used book sites.