Should you buy textbooks?? (1 Viewer)

[theone123]

Traditionally, students at high schools would use textbooks provided by the schools. Now, that we are in uni, are there any other ways/methods to get you hands on these uni textbooks for which you'd need to study on. Personally, i would'nt want to buy it new from the bookshop, as it will place me on a burden.Each books is going to cost around $100. Is there any other way to buy it for a affordable price like how we use to buy HSC study guides. For eg. buying second hand?? Where would you find ppl that have that book and wanting to sell??

 

[boredofschool]

can we borrow (even if its only for a fews hours) books from the library??

 

[Dingo2004]

buy it for a 5 finger discount

 

[Cape]

My mum works in a bookshop and I get a 25% discount on the books that i buy

 

[Dingo2004]

i get all books for free

parents paying for me

heheheh

 

[VX1-08U]

Originally posted by boredofschool
can we borrow (even if its only for a fews hours) books from the library??

Yeah, textbooks are generally on closed reserve at your library.

If you want to buy secondhand, check the notice boards at your campus.

 

[evil99]

heee..

I got for free, bcas I rob the book shop

 

[MonkEE]

How about osme1 buy it and share with me?
Sharing is caring.

 

[hipsta_jess]

reserved section of the library, 2nd hand bookshop (not sure if UWS has one or not), noticeboards around the campus

 

[MonkEE]

Whats that site, where they sell 2nd hand bookzA?
??UWS.com
saw it on the noticeboards...

 

[theone123]

is there a sec hand b shop, where???

 

[christ_ine]

I buy all my textbooks brand new. Habit, I guess. And really, I'm not going to find any second hand policing textbooks.

 

[theone123]

Yeah, who wont wanna save like half price on a book and then sell it back at teh same price? so theoretically your not paying a cent on the text book, everyone likes that.

 

[Dingo2004]

they usually sell 2nd hand books for half price
i got some numbers down today
might ring em up soon

 

[peepee]

Originally posted by VX1-08U
Try www.studentsexchange.com ... where people can sell/buy textbooks. Saw notices around blacktown campus today for it, so give it a try.

A first glance (depending on how you look at the words), the web address looks like student sex change, but it's really StudentsExchange.

 

[VX1-08U]

See above ...

 

[Dingo2004]

lol
www.StudentSexChange.com

LOL LOL LOL

 

[christ_ine]

Everyone should try http://www.textbookexchange.com.au dammit!

I sold some of my science books on there and I've bought a few law books from there, too. I got a book for $20 when it was selling for $65 retail

 

[Dingo2004]

a textbook costs around $100
so u need $400
blahh
i got all 4 of my textbooks

 

[Matthew_152]

my textbooks are going to cost me $468....damn.