Comments on: Save Money on Books for your Degree Course http://www.howtogetafirst.co.uk/save-money-on-books-for-your-degree-course/ How To Get a First Class Degree Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:13:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: get a first class degree http://www.howtogetafirst.co.uk/save-money-on-books-for-your-degree-course/comment-page-1/#comment-1512 get a first class degree Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:19:04 +0000 http://www.howtogetafirst.co.uk/save-money-on-books-for-your-degree-course/#comment-1512 Hi Sam, Thanks for your comment. I started buying used books off both Amazon and Ebay, you save an absolute fortune. As you say comparing the cost of new books and used books on Amazon... there is a big difference. I would never pay for a new book if it was available used (unless it was a present for someone else ;-) ) Regarding library loans, we were able to reserve and renew books online, so there were no wasted journey's, this was a massive benefit. Jez Hi Sam,

Thanks for your comment.

I started buying used books off both Amazon and Ebay, you save an absolute fortune. As you say comparing the cost of new books and used books on Amazon… there is a big difference. I would never pay for a new book if it was available used (unless it was a present for someone else ;-) )

Regarding library loans, we were able to reserve and renew books online, so there were no wasted journey’s, this was a massive benefit.

Jez

]]> By: sam http://www.howtogetafirst.co.uk/save-money-on-books-for-your-degree-course/comment-page-1/#comment-1510 sam Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:02:05 +0000 http://www.howtogetafirst.co.uk/save-money-on-books-for-your-degree-course/#comment-1510 I spent my few year at university renting the course books from the library and renewing them every week. In hindsight, this was a bad move, as it meant I had extra things to remember about book deadlines and had to take time out of the day to go to the library to renew them. At times of stress/work, I often forgot to renew them on time and incurred large fines. I could have paid for the books outright by the time i paid all my fines. This year i decided to take a different approacch and actually buy the course books off Amazon. Using the Amazon marketplace saved me LOADS of money. I bought one book for £1 that costs £119.99 new. The books are all in good condition and you can write your notes in them and refer to them over the holidays when you cant otherwise get to the library. I spent my few year at university renting the course books from the library and renewing them every week. In hindsight, this was a bad move, as it meant I had extra things to remember about book deadlines and had to take time out of the day to go to the library to renew them. At times of stress/work, I often forgot to renew them on time and incurred large fines. I could have paid for the books outright by the time i paid all my fines.

This year i decided to take a different approacch and actually buy the course books off Amazon. Using the Amazon marketplace saved me LOADS of money. I bought one book for £1 that costs £119.99 new. The books are all in good condition and you can write your notes in them and refer to them over the holidays when you cant otherwise get to the library.

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