I walk in with a book I bought brand new and paid $80 for at the beginning of the semester. Knowing I\u2019m walking into a traditional college town bookstore, figuring they won’t give me close to the price I paid for it. So I figured they wouldn\u2019t give much more than $50 for something I paid $80, and barely used. \u201cAbout fifty right?\u201d I ask as the guy behind the counter scans the book. \u201cWell\u2026\u201d he pages through the book to find the CD which was untouched in the back of the book \u201cwith the CD I can give you twelve dollars.\u201d I say \u201cthanks\u201d, quickly grab my book and walk off, as he politely says \u201chave a nice day.\u201d I wanted to tell him, \u201cso you guys like raping college students of their money don’t you?\u201d I’d rather tell that to the owner of the bookstore, but I\u2019m sure he’s sitting in his multi-million dollar house somewhere. After all he makes so much money off books from poor college students.
\nEvery semester we have stupid poor college students rushing to the bookstores here on campus and giving them their books. Notice I didn\u2019t say \u2018sell\u2019 books back, because you aren\u2019t selling them, your giving them away. You know, they would cover up that $80 price tag on my book and put a $65 price tag on it because, well, it is used. So they would make a 542% profit on the book I basically gave them.
\nSo what to do? Don’t give them to the bookstore, sell it on Half.com. It\u2019s simple; I mean they have step by step instructions. \u201cThat takes too much time, it\u2019s too hard\u201d you say? Ok, contact me, I\u2019ll take your book and sell it for you. Just don’t take it to the bookstore, bring it here instead. Along with selling books, half is a good place to buy as well, I usually save about $300 a semester. Yes, $300. Last semester my books were $700 at the bookstore. No, I\u2019m not an advertisement for half.com, I\u2019m just trying to spread a good word, hope it helps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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