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   Last spring we used this site called GetRoys.com to sell some stuff and make a little extra cash. I sold some textbooks and a couch on GetRoys. Whats good about this site is you buy and sell to the students on your own college campus so it's really easy. Also the site is free, that's the best part. Anyone else tried this site?

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   The site doesn't seems realy trustable - but that's just my opinion. There is no structure or design in the whole site. Anyway this is all highly personal. Anyway if you have used it and it works, then it's good enough to use, I guess. Thanks for sharing it!

   If you want to have some extra coins. You can try selling your old books on ebay or to other students. With the money you can buy your new one without investing a lot. But be sure you don't need the books anymore. Look into the libaries if they have your book if you should need it again.

   http://www.ecampus.com/ seems a good site for these things, though - to be honest - I never used it before. You can buy and sell your college books and receive some extra money. It's up to you.
   You can try some different sites and see what offers you the best value.

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   GetRoys looks a little sketchy in my opinion... I stick with eBay for anything I have to sell.

   However, instead of buying my books each semester and selling them back (usually at a loss), I rent them! Chegg.com is the best for doing so. The cover shipping/handling both ways and you pay about half price for your book!

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   Renting is also an option. But I think it's even more expensive. You don't own the books and still pay much. If you buy books and sell them again you can get about 70% back of your money. So you can say you've basically to pay 30% of your schoolbooks. Not bad, I think.

   You can always ask people - who has finished their college - for their books. But afcours this is not always going to work. The more people you know, the greater the chance is you find somebody who will do that. It worked once for me though, that proves it's possible!

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   I don't know. I just think it's a hassle to have to find a buyer. My bookstore gives back 25% of what you originally paid for the book, so it's not worth it there. Finding a student buyer is equally difficult because most people want you to just let them borrow your book for a semester...

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   A bookstore is big, they can't check every used book they receive. They also want to make some profit with your books. They aren't just 'kind' to you. In high school there was a system where you could get a lot of your money back by selling them. I tried it too and it worked, not all my books where sold, but most them were.

   Best thing to do about selling is ebay. I'm sure you'll get more then 25% of the value back. It stays expensive, buying books, no matter what you try...

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   I wouldn't bother selling your book to the bookstore for only 25% of what you paid. That's horrible.

   To be honest though, I wouldn't try eBay either. There is just too much diversity there. Most people who want to buy a textbook will also want to see it in person to check out the condition and to make sure it's the right one (edition and whatnot).

   In Canada, RedFlagDeals.com is pretty good. Lots of students go on that site looking for a bargain. Since the site caters mostly to Canadians, you shouldn't have a problem finding someone local. Craigslist is another good option. Most schools will also have their own popular website for selling books.

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   At my current Uni, (Uni of Canterbury, NZ) we have a second hand book sale at the beginning of each semester. You give in your old books, and are given a ticket with a number assigned to your book. At the end of the 4-day sale, you go in and collect your money. The only problem is that your book sometime doesn't get sold, but I suppose a 4 day delay isn't too bad.

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   I know that bookstores need a profit, but that doesn't mean I should take a loss to help them :P Honestly, I'm just finding the whole process to be a bit of a hassle. I found some books lying around in my attic from last year but I just don't feel like putting them up on eBay...

   I wish my school did a second hand book sale. That sounds like a neat idea!

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    My school had one too, but it was more 'personal', you must do the job to sell it.

    @Bodgan
    I know it's hard to sell them, you want to keep them. Just in case if you need something in future and it's more fun to see what you have reached already, if you see the mega tower of books in front of you! :D

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    Nice to know.Good for you pal. :)

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    To earn extra money, I tend to publish my assignments as blog posts for my website! How's that?

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    I use amazon, or ebay. Been using em for years, so i trust em.

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    Yeah,Amazon is usually the most reliable to me,so that's where I go for books.

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    yup, u know someone's accountable at amazon.

    sometimes you need to threaten the seller at ebay to make them do what you need.

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    Best way to make cash in college is... school "experimental" programs! Kmon guys, I can't believe no one has mentioned this! In my college, every now and then (very frequently, really) there are a handful of profesors doing projects and needed "lab rats" to practice on. Sure, some were a bit risky in the terms of taking their experimental drug BUT if you did have a reaction you wouldn't die (i think, hahaha).

    Anyway to the point, some professor pay from a "crappy" $100 to a couple of Gs.. Depending on how long the program is for and how much work you actually have to do. Other than that, who cares!? Money is money!

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    I learned to stop selling my textbooks back to the school long ago. I turned in $200 of books and they handed me a twenty. I remained in front of the desk because I thought he was getting the rest of my money, and then he asked me if I needed anything else. Talk about a rip-off. I haven't sold back to the school since.

    I have all my books from first year and plan on just putting them up on Amazon. At least there you make discount bank instead of fractional prices from the school.

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    yup.
    School bookstores try and screw you from every angle possible.

    I wanted to see just for the heck of it, how much I would get for a brand new, never used still shrink-wrapped book. MSRP 150 dollars, they said 32 dollars.

    I was amazed, and started literally laughing.

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    The problem is, they have the power, you don't. You can't threat going to another bookstore, they simply don't care, as long as they have customers, and because college will always exist, they will never care.

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