Textbook Thievery

Maybe thievery isn’t the best word choice, but I liked the alliteration. Anyway, hands down my favorite part of the semester is when I get to sell back my books. Why? Being the intelligent person that I am, I buy all my books on eBay/Amazon or some other source. The point is that I don’t buy them at the bookstore, ever, because it’s over-priced and the majority of the employees are more worried about catching you stealing something than actually being of service to you.

Anyway, today I took my International Business book back to the bookstore to see what I could scrounge up for a trade-in. While the retail price is around $117, I was able to nab it in January for a mild $17.50 on eBay. That’s a significant mark-down, I’ll admit, but I was even more ecstatic to see what the bookstore gave me back. With $80 in extra cash at the end of the day (that’s $62.50 profit, for those of you who can’t do the math…), I’ll be able to thoroughly enjoy my evening of video games and Friday Night Lights. The moral of the story is to never settle for overpriced, sub-par goods. I was taught at an early age to be thrifty. Good old Boy Scouts…