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Campus bookstore to offer drive-thru textbook buy-backs
Tina Arons
Issue date: 12/2/08 Section: La Vida
Barnes & Noble at Texas Tech plans to provide students with a way to get cash during finals without leaving the comfort of their vehicles.
John Creed, general manager at the campus bookstore, said Barnes & Noble will offer a drive-thru buy-back opportunity on campus from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. beginning Friday and available through Dec. 10. in the West Commuter parking lot.
The goal of the program is to eliminate as much hassle as possible.
"Students will be able to drive into a parking lot," Creed said in an e-mail, "get greeted by a Barnes & Noble employee at their car window, sell their book while sitting in their drivers' seat, get their cash and leave without ever getting out of their car during the winter cold."
Feedback from students revealed bookstore parking was the "biggest pain in the butt" when it came to selling used books at the end of the semester, Creed said, and a drive-thru textbook buy-back should eliminate parking frustrations.
He said students will need to bring their student ID cards and the books they want to sell.
Barnes & Noble buys back books requested by professors for next semester, Creed said, but not all requirements have been posted by professors.
The bookstore may be able to buy back some books that have not been requested or will not be used next semester and sell them to a wholesale retailer, he said, but it is not guaranteed. Also, the bookstore will only be able to purchase textbooks until the number of books equals the number of seats in the class.
Students can expect to receive 50 percent of the price at which the bookstore will sell the textbook during the spring semester when they sell their books, he said. Books that were purchased new will receive higher dollar values.
Krystina Eaton, a sophomore pre-physical therapy major from Houston, said she chose to sell some of her books at the campus bookstore Monday because she lives on campus.
"It's a lot more convenient," Eaton said, "and I didn't need all my books for finals."
Thus far, she said, the bookstore has been able to take all the fall semester books she wanted to sell, and she plans to use the money to help pay for books next semester.
Creed said Barnes & Noble at Tech bought $400,000 worth of used textbooks in December 2007 and plans to buy about $500,000 this year.
"It's a lot of cash," he said, "and we want to put it in the hands of students for the Christmas holidays."
John Creed, general manager at the campus bookstore, said Barnes & Noble will offer a drive-thru buy-back opportunity on campus from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. beginning Friday and available through Dec. 10. in the West Commuter parking lot.
The goal of the program is to eliminate as much hassle as possible.
"Students will be able to drive into a parking lot," Creed said in an e-mail, "get greeted by a Barnes & Noble employee at their car window, sell their book while sitting in their drivers' seat, get their cash and leave without ever getting out of their car during the winter cold."
Feedback from students revealed bookstore parking was the "biggest pain in the butt" when it came to selling used books at the end of the semester, Creed said, and a drive-thru textbook buy-back should eliminate parking frustrations.
He said students will need to bring their student ID cards and the books they want to sell.
Barnes & Noble buys back books requested by professors for next semester, Creed said, but not all requirements have been posted by professors.
The bookstore may be able to buy back some books that have not been requested or will not be used next semester and sell them to a wholesale retailer, he said, but it is not guaranteed. Also, the bookstore will only be able to purchase textbooks until the number of books equals the number of seats in the class.
Students can expect to receive 50 percent of the price at which the bookstore will sell the textbook during the spring semester when they sell their books, he said. Books that were purchased new will receive higher dollar values.
Krystina Eaton, a sophomore pre-physical therapy major from Houston, said she chose to sell some of her books at the campus bookstore Monday because she lives on campus.
"It's a lot more convenient," Eaton said, "and I didn't need all my books for finals."
Thus far, she said, the bookstore has been able to take all the fall semester books she wanted to sell, and she plans to use the money to help pay for books next semester.
Creed said Barnes & Noble at Tech bought $400,000 worth of used textbooks in December 2007 and plans to buy about $500,000 this year.
"It's a lot of cash," he said, "and we want to put it in the hands of students for the Christmas holidays."
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