Don't Get Ripped Off at Your College Bookstore

Your college bookstore is probably the biggest rip off of your collegiate career. Textbooks are very expensive. An average text costs between $60.00 and $150.00. You only need the book for the quarter or semester and then it will sit on your bookshelf gathering dust or you will sell it back to the bookstore for a huge loss. It is ridicules that you can only get ten to twenty percent back on a book you had hardly used. There are ways to recoup most or all of your money on your textbooks. If you are tired of getting ripped off by the college bookstores, you might want to try some of methods.

Half.com is a site that can usually turn over your textbook sale fast. It is user friendly and you can see the current cost of your text book in poor, good, very good, like new, and new condition. Look at the condition of the book. If you have highlighting or margin notes put that in your description. If the binding is loose or there are some page watermarked tell the buyer what they are getting. Most college kids want a used book at the cheapest price. Your margin notes are sometimes a bonus for students looking for a short cut. My suggestion is that you set your price at least five dollars below the going lowest price. This will move your book faster and you can have a little spending money quicker. Half.com will notify you that your book is sold and inform you to which address you need to send it.

The web site will request your bank account to deposit your money into. They usually pay every two weeks and you will receive an email that your money is deposited. It's that easy. No more standing in line at the bookstore to receive a fraction of the worth of your book. With half.com your book is advertised to millions of buyers out there that are looking for a bargain. Even if the edition of your textbook is obsolete at your school, there are classes around the world that will still be using it.