Buyback

Next Buy Back Dates

USED BOOK BUYBACK

A Used Book Buyback is held at the end of each semester during finals week. When books are bought back for The College Store, you are paid 50% of the retail price of a new book under the following conditions:

1. There is an order for that book for next semester.

2. The book has NOT gone into a new edition

3. The College Store needs additional copies to satisfy estimated enrollments.

THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT BUYBACK

When textbooks are bought back for use in The  College Store, you are paid 50% of the NEW book price even if the book you are selling back was purchased as a USED book.

WHY YOU RECEIVE LESS THAN 50% AT BUYBACK

When The College Store textbook quantities are filled, you may elect to sell your textbook to the off-campus USED book buyers. They will pay you their wholesale price, which is usually significantly less than 50% of the NEW price. They are purchasing that book for shipment to their warehouse and are only SPECULATING that they can resell your book to another college campus.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BUYBACK AND TEXTBOOK RETURNS

BUYBACK of textbooks occurs OUTSIDE The College Store, usually at the end of a semester during Finals Week. No receipt is required. RETURNS must be made INSIDE The College Store within 10 days of purchase and must be accompanied by a cash register receipt. They usually result in a full price refund.