Wheres the best place to sell old uni textbooks

kmorrisuk

Hi

I have a pile of books i have aquired while doing my degree in computer science.

I have advertised on the uni online message board but not many people use it.

I was wondering had anyone on here had an sucess with any sites

thanks

Katy

emsywoo123

kmorrisuk wrote: »

Hi

I have a pile of books i have aquired while doing my degree in computer science.

I have advertised on the uni online message board but not many people use it.

I was wondering had anyone on here had an sucess with any sites

thanks

Katy

Well I am a new student...not doing the same course as you...but I've been keeping a close eye on ebay if that helps?

kmorrisuk

ebay was gonna be my last call.



But thanks for the reply

rubiales

Hi. I sold loads of my PGCE books on eBay and got a lot more back than I would have by selling via the bookshop at Uni (Winchetser).

I listed them in early September so that newbies with booklists would be able to find them easily.

As most degree courses start a bit later than PGCEs I think you are likely to find buyers for some of your books on eBay, even now. Worth checking to see whether there are any free/half-price listing offers in the pipeline before you put them on!

Good luck!!!

jacksons_mum

i just sold a uni book from 2000 on amazon and it sold in less than 2 hours for £10. amazon is better for smaller / lighter books though as the buyer only pays £2.75 postage

kmorrisuk

Most of the books I have are fairly heavy

In fact i have just checked with royal mail and it would cost £7.50 to send one of the books just in basic post

mouthscradle

Definately don't use Amazon then, most of your profit would go straight onto the extra postage costs. They should really work on that a bit, they'd get alot more sellers.

Being a new student myself I tend to check the department's notice boards, especially the first year board, and like the others have said, ebay. Have a look if there's a free listing day coming up

iwannabeonthebeach

try https://www.academicbooktrade.com
it's free to list

srfield

try your uni network's marketplace on facebook (assuming you have an account)

CarUser_2

im doing computer sciecne, what books have you got? i use ebay alot to buy and when i have to sell i only do it when they have promotion days like no fee, that means u only pay for postage.

doodlez1612

www.abebooks.co.uk is also q good

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