lifehacker.com: Spending a ton of money on books as soon as you get back to campus is no fun. Luckily, there are tons of places to buy or rent cheap books. Last week we asked you for your favorites, then looked at the five best sites for cheap textbooks. Now we're back to highlight your favorite overall.
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Amazon is actually really amazing at giving good deals and getting you what you need fast. There are not a ton of books that I do need but the ones I did I got on Amazon. I was able to find some of my books for a few dollars compared to $20 on other sites. It is also really useful because a lot of the books they have are available for Kindle which you can have an app for on your phone, computer and IPad. This has come in handy too so you do not have to carry around a ton of books and can keep a lot of the large textbooks in one lightweight place.
I love Amazon! It is cut a great resources for students because of huge range of products that they are offering. The prices are very affordable, and shipping is tends to be very reliable and cheap. One of the biggest ways that I think Amazon is able to obtain so many of its customers is by giving students the opportunity to have a prime account for one semester at no additional cost. Myself, along with many other students will get their textbook list and then purchase the books on Amazon because they are significantly cheaper! I highly recommend it.
Amaazing is amazing! I remember a few years back I never used amazon and only bought and sold things on ebay. Now Amazon has become my primary source for both buying. I still use ebay for selling, but amazon has grabbed my attention over the years. They are great about keeping prices low, which makes the customer extremely happy. For my elective this semester I needed to get a textbook that was originally about $90. I went to amazon and rented a copy for the semester for only 40. No other place came even close, not to mention the book was in my hands in two days. I also love how great Amazon's return policy is. Last year I bought a pair of pants that didn't fit me and instead of returning the pants back to the company, I was allowed to keep the pants and get my refund. Now thats customer service. Amazon is going to take over the online shopping industry and I can't wait to see where its going to go in the future.
Before I came to drama school and didn't need almost any textbooks, I did all my online textbook ordering through Amazon. The used books that resellers list on Amazon are simply a steal. It's amazing how you can get up to 10-fold discounts just by buying a slightly dinged up book.
On a related note, Amazon Prime is the bees knees. I think it's probably the best money I've ever spent. Free 2 day shipping! That's incredible!
In all of my years of buying textbooks from bookstores and online, I’ve always found getting a good deal is harder than it looks, unless you’ve got a good friend who can sell to you cheap. My first year of college, without knowing any better, I bought from the bookstore. Let me tell you, it was not cheap. Then for the past several years I bought my textbooks through Chegg even though people were saying Amazon was the better option. I’m stubborn in a way, that when everyone else is doing something, I’m going to go a different route, and I think what hooked me with Chegg was their free shipping all day every day. There was no having to pay for shipping. It wasn’t until a few weeks ago, the price differences between the two, and how Amazon was cheaper even with the shipping. So I’ve found my go to place to buy books now, and just as the article puts Amazon on top, I just might have to do the same.
Personally, I buy things from Amazon all the time. I also work in the university store, and I know how much independent textbook sellers suffer because of Amazon prices. How the site keeps their prices the lowest of the low is not entirely clear to me, but I know from having discussions with people I work with that if their prices were to be lower than Amazon prices they would not be able to make a profit. So, therein lies the issue. I want to support independent business, but I also want to spend the least amount of money. Do I continue to buy from Amazon? Of course. But, having the experiences I have had, I do think a bit more about the implications and profit lost from other markets by the millions of people who choose to "just get it on Amazon."
I have to admit that I kinda feel bad for the bookstores all around the country. This maybe different from others opinions but I love to go to bookstore and purchase books from there instead of buying it from Amazon even though I know I can save more money from buying them online but just because I love bookstores so much I try to support them as much as I can. Only on several situations that I will buy books from Amazon, which are if I need it within 2-3 days and I don't have time to go to book store, and when I want to find some books that are no longer available in stores or if I need a specific edition, then I will buy it from Amazon.
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