tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post6863914082303551571..comments2023-11-02T07:25:45.884-05:00Comments on Mormanity - a blog for those interested in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Tip from a BYU Grad on Saving $ on TextbooksJeff Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08776493593387402607noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-91675216304015913102007-06-26T07:52:00.000-05:002007-06-26T07:52:00.000-05:00There are those affected by BYU bookstore's anti-c...There are those affected by BYU bookstore's anti-consumer return policy that say that BYU is evil. I don't think that its exhorbitant price gouging is evil but necessary for the kind of business they do. Rather, I choose to think of shopping for my books at the bookstore as economically irresponsible. It's like doing your weekly grocery shopping at 7 eleven. Sure you'll get everything you want, but you'll pay through the nose for the convenience. More sensible to go to the grocery store, to which you will have to drive, but the savings outweigh the inconvenience.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06988373838158892159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-82121050636611150662007-06-13T22:16:00.000-05:002007-06-13T22:16:00.000-05:00I understand the position that BYU Bookstore has p...I understand the position that BYU Bookstore has placed itself in by requiring itself to stock all text books, but out of principal I completed law school using it only for a couple of unique books because of their anticonsumer return policy. I believe in bookhq.com that is the travelocity of text books.quandmemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04150452060469789038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-5554654520875745102007-06-12T11:52:00.000-05:002007-06-12T11:52:00.000-05:00I too bought many of my textbooks online for deep ...I too bought many of my textbooks online for deep discounts over the on-campus bookstore price. There are two things to be aware of when buying books online. If you buy a used book, you have no way of telling how distracting the marking will be. When buying used from the local bookstore you can pick up the book and see if every paragraph is highlighted and in an assortment of colors, or whether relevant passages were marked. <BR/><BR/>Secondly, if you buy new online, but get the international version, the ISBN is different, so you probably won't be able to sell them back to your local bookstore. If you don't want to keep them you'll have to sell them yourself.marcushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05998778504790208999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-64482759351420768212007-06-12T11:10:00.000-05:002007-06-12T11:10:00.000-05:00i don't know if they still have it, but BYU used t...i don't know if they still have it, but BYU used to have a used textbook swap, where you could buy and sell textbooks from students who had taken it the previous semester. <BR/><BR/>If they don't have it, try the BYU free classifieds (do they still have it?) or Provo Craigslist.JShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16680369600292306406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-89261493771592906072007-06-12T10:58:00.000-05:002007-06-12T10:58:00.000-05:00I heartily agree with the advice to get old editio...I heartily agree with the advice to get old editions and to shop around online. That got me through school without breaking the bank too much. <BR/><BR/>Another idea that works well on occasion is to see if the book is at the school's library (or a public library, but that's much less likely unless it's a literature class or something).Keri Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634172749457075836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-35056673323197408032007-06-12T09:27:00.000-05:002007-06-12T09:27:00.000-05:00Shopping around is really easy: bigwords.com will ...Shopping around is really easy: bigwords.com will compare B&N, Amazon, Amazon marketplace, alibris, abebooks, etc.etc. and find the lowest prices. They'll show you the lowest prices from a single store, or multiple stores, including shipping.<BR/><BR/>One caveat, though: occasionally, you have bad luck, like one of my books that took more than two weeks to arrive and finally got there three days before I had a test on it. Or in my sister's case, she spent like a month waiting for a book that never came, and then the people who'd never shipped it gave her the run around but finally sent another book.Jordan McCollumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16523599384793856702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-46923339541683858132007-06-12T08:37:00.000-05:002007-06-12T08:37:00.000-05:00As a BYU student I would wait till the start of cl...As a BYU student I would wait till the start of class to find out what books I would need--and then only buy them when it was time to use them. Sometimes we never used some of the required books. Many times we would only read one or two chapters from the required books as well. If this was the case, I'd offer to buy books with friends or study groups or "rent" the book from some one who'd actually bought it.<BR/><BR/>In grad school I would buy older editions of my books on the internet (most times older editions are the same with a few editing changes) or share the cost with a study group as well.Mrs Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01737295446780857349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-44585369036699314652007-06-12T06:53:00.000-05:002007-06-12T06:53:00.000-05:00Typically on Ebay you can buy the international ve...Typically on Ebay you can buy the international version of the textbook for about a 10th of the price. <BR/><BR/>I am getting my MBA right now, and I buy all my books from Ebay or Amazon (used)<BR/><BR/>The worst books for me are the ones which the teacher had published especially for the class. These generally cost 80 to 100 bucks, and you can only get them from one location. Very annoying.<BR/><BR/>MAtt W.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com