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Old Textbooks....

baby e
edited April 2008 in General
What the hell do i do with all of them?

Obviously i was too stupid to cash in on the buyback thing, so now i have a billion editions of books that are too old and are not used in the classes anymore....im guessing they dont use old editions anyway.

So....any suggestions on what i can do with them? Do you think anyone would actually want to buy these if i posted them up on craigslist or something? Are they even worth anything????

Or do i just throw them in the trash? :(

Thoughts? Suggestions? Thanks!

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  • vonnie
    edited April 2008
    Post it up on Facebook and other sites (like Craigslist or Kijiji). There's 2 SFU Textbook exchange/buy/sell groups on there as well, so you'll probably be lucky there.

    I usually sell mine. Except CCW, which is retarded because they change all the time. Keeping them would look to me like just a sunk cost and that's so depressing lol.
  • IVTIVT
    edited April 2008
    burn them




    or recycle
  • baby e
    edited April 2008
    vonnie;27535 said:
    Post it up on Facebook and other sites (like Craigslist or Kijiji). There's 2 SFU Textbook exchange/buy/sell groups on there as well, so you'll probably be lucky there.

    I usually sell mine. Except CCW, which is retarded because they change all the time. Keeping them would look to me like just a sunk cost and that's so depressing lol.
    It is depressing! lol. The only ones that are actually useful are my KIN one and one i had for GEOG....

    There are groups for that sort of thing?? But do people actually buy old editions of textbooks? I guess the editions dont change that much when compared to each other, so that could be a good idea.

    I just hate having books around that i will never read again.

    and LOL @ IVT....that thought has actually crossed my mind! I could have a little bonfire :D
  • vonnie
    edited April 2008
    baby e;27538 said:
    It is depressing! lol. The only ones that are actually useful are my KIN one and one i had for GEOG....

    There are groups for that sort of thing?? But do people actually buy old editions of textbooks? I guess the editions dont change that much when compared to each other, so that could be a good idea.

    I just hate having books around that i will never read again.

    and LOL @ IVT....that thought has actually crossed my mind! I could have a little bonfire :D
    Yep, a lot people do. Students like to save money =)
    I try and post it after ever semester cuz most profs still use the same books. Some new editions just add like an extra word or period and they call it a NEW "EDITION". Like wtf!?

    If you search "SFU textbook" or something in the groups, you'll see a few of them. Oh, post on UBC and BCIT groups as well, cuz they sometimes use the same books. I've sold some / bought some textbooks off BCIT students personally.
  • baby e
    edited April 2008
    Ok, i just went and facebook and looked around at those groups.

    Question (and it might be dumb, but oh well): how do i know what to price my books at? Most of mine are in pretty good condition....some are highlighted throughout or halfway through or whatever, but none of them are terrible. Is there a way to know the pricing for them, cuz i cant remember what i paid for them....maybe the more recent ones i have the receipts for and can find out that way, but the older ones, no way.
  • vonnie
    edited April 2008
    The best way to find out is to search the same book. Try the internet, or the groups. See what other people are selling it for. And depending on the condition, knock off a couple bucks. Lots of people don't mind highlighting and notes and stuff, some of it really helps when people write "know for midterm!!!" =D
  • buflibufli
    edited April 2008
    i sold some of my books that are irrelevant to my major
    but i did keep some, and sometimes i find myself reading them on topics we did not cover in class... i guess the nerd gene is strong in me LOL

    but really im probably going to ebay them, although shipping will be more as their heavy
  • vonnie
    edited April 2008
    ^ Usually the buyer pays for shipping fees, so that's nothing to worry about.
  • Shi2
    edited April 2008
    I have the 6th edition bio book (the latest is 7th edition). The 6th edition can still be used for the course. The original price of the textbook was over $160, but I'd sell it for $40. I posted posters around websites and UBC trying to get someone to give me an offer and I got no replies at all. So sad.

    Would SFU buy books like these?
  • Student0667
    edited April 2008
    I have a textbook (more like a novel) that I am absolutely certain that the professor will use during the summer. However, the idiots at the bookstore is not buying it back. Should I resort to cover the classroom with my ad to get rid of my book?

    In case you are wondering, it is HUM-201 and the book is Troilus and Cressida.
  • DaNoobie
    edited April 2008
    180px-Large_bonfire.jpg

    If you look closely, theres some remnants of my psyc 385 textbook
  • buflibufli
    edited April 2008
    Student0667;27589 said:
    I have a textbook (more like a novel) that I am absolutely certain that the professor will use during the summer. However, the idiots at the bookstore is not buying it back. Should I resort to cover the classroom with my ad to get rid of my book?

    In case you are wondering, it is HUM-201 and the book is Troilus and Cressida.
    u should email the prof, maybe he will buy it back
    i've had a prof who bought our books back and sold them next semester
  • Jimmy
    edited April 2008
    why dont you just build a book shelf and tell you're kids when you're older that this was your mythical journey through SFU undergrad
  • baby e
    edited April 2008
    Jimmy Tung;27602 said:
    why dont you just build a book shelf and tell you're kids when you're older that this was your mythical journey through SFU undergrad
    Honestly, ive thought about keeping them....to be like, when im older, "these are the books i read".

    But ive realized that i havent really read half of them and the other half were a waste of time to read in the first place.
  • Student0667
    edited April 2008
    baby e;27606 said:
    But ive realized that i havent really read half of them and the other half were a waste of time to read in the first place.
    I actually kept a lot of history textbooks, particulary the primary sources ones. I often complain to my professors and TAs that I had a hardtime finding primary sources.

    Also, I keep a few "coffee table" textbooks just for decoration.
    bufli;27601 said:
    u should email the prof, maybe he will buy it back
    i've had a prof who bought our books back and sold them next semester
    Yesssss!

    I may just do that, with a slight variation. I will tell him that I want to sell the text and he will tell his class about it.
  • illicit
    edited April 2008
    start putting them in bookshelf.then when you're out of school you can have a shelf of literature and impress the ladies while you're in your velvet robe and cigar and wine
  • DaNoobie
    edited April 2008
    illicit;27702 said:
    start putting them in bookshelf.then when you're out of school you can have a shelf of literature and impress the ladies while you're in your velvet robe and cigar and wine
    Assuming she turns lesbian between now and graduating right?
  • primexx
    edited April 2008
    bufli;27559 said:
    i sold some of my books that are irrelevant to my major
    but i did keep some, and sometimes i find myself reading them on topics we did not cover in class... i guess the nerd gene is strong in me LOL

    but really im probably going to ebay them, although shipping will be more as their heavy
    it's ok you're not the only one.

    I keep the books i find interesting too.

    Everything else (which is most of the books I'm ever required to buy) I sell at 70% the price of the bookstore.

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