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I am in an off-campus program through UNCG, so my textbooks were shipped to me. Now I'm wondering how I can sell some of them back without driving to Greensboro. Is there anywhere in the Triangle area that buys back textbooks other than the actual college bookstores?
I went to UNCG and I would only sell my books back to the campus bookstore as a very last resort, because they barely give you anything for them. I always bought and sold all my books on Amazon, it's so easy and I never had one not sell.
Half.com is the best. That's where I do it. Use to do it at The Book Exchange in downtown Durham. It's only slighty better than the college book stores. Oh, and they will only take them if the local schools use them. I imagine that is the same anywhere.
Anywhere you can sell directly to someone who wants it (eBay, half.com, amazon) without involving a middleman will be better, since they will offer you MUCH less than what someone will pay for it directly.
In Raleigh, there is Addams bookstore near NSCU, which is not an NCSU store, but I think it has about the same "monopoly" on the business as a student store would. I'd try 'em on Amazon first.
You can sell back to any of the text book stores around NC State. Pack Backers is across the street from Zackby's, corner of Hillsborough and Dan Allen Drive.
List them on Half.com or Amazon.com. My school used MBSDirect.net as the online book and course material supplier, but I rarely ever used them to buy or sell books through as they were too expensive and didn't give you anything for used books. It got so that I refused to pay $200 for a textbook and was able to find the used equiv at Half.com for about $50 or less. Then I'd sell it as soon as the course was over and would get near the $50 back.
In Raleigh, there is Addams bookstore near NSCU, which is not an NCSU store, but I think it has about the same "monopoly" on the business as a student store would. I'd try 'em on Amazon first.
Last time I drove by their Mission Valley location they had signs up saying they went out of business.
Packbackers is still open. Maybe Hillsborough Street textbooks might still be.
When I was selling back my books as undergrad the off campus bookstores gave more money back than the ncsu offical bookstore. This however was before places like half.com got really popular.
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