Comments on: Amazon.com Textbook Buyback Program

By: Jay Kay

Jay Kay — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:01:36 +0000

In January 2011 I sent in 5 textbooks for trade in. One was deemed damaged and returned to me, one was processed and the value applied towards my account, while the other 3 became expired. Customer service has no explanation as to why 3 of my textbooks vanished without being returned or myself being credited. After a short chat with customer service they credited my account for the “lost” items, and i am currently trading in more text books through amazon’s service.

By: Jayne

Jayne — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 07:22:00 +0000

A little over a year ago I sent Amazon my books that were in very good condition and should have brought me a $133.00 gift card. It took 3 months before they even admitted that they had received them. To this day, I still have not received anything for them. And have never been told why not. Because of the run around I was getting, I did a little research, and discovered that there are ALOT of people who have been ripped off by this company! BEWARE!

By: Marie

Marie — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:32:17 +0000

I was wondering how long it takes to get the gift card sell back $$ from amazon once you mail out your books.

By: James

James — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 06:23:12 +0000

Shirley, I just had an online chat with Amazon’s customer service and NO, they will not accept books that have been highlighted.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:54:12 +0000

Does this work for Canadian residents? Or do you have to be residing in the United States to sell your textbooks to Amazon.

By: Shirley

Shirley — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 21:27:40 +0000

Can books being sold back to Amazon be highlighted or do are they rejected if they are highlighted?

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:27:17 +0000

Hey, you might consider RentScouter.com – I have been using them to figure out if buying or renting my next textbook is cheaper, and they help me find the best price when selling a book, CD, DVD, or even video game – Amazon included.

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 15:12:14 +0000

I’m curious, Laura, if you ever got your book back. I have highlighted in a couple books and don’t know how much is too much. I don’t mind sending for them to check but don’t want to just lose the book totally if they reject it.

By: Stu

Stu — Sun, 16 May 2010 03:17:40 +0000

ISBN stands for International Standard Book Number, so when you say “ISBN number,” well, I’ll leave it at that.

Also, I’m a little leery about their terms where they keep your book if it’s too badly damaged or the wrong item. Where do you draw the line between good and acceptable? And I could see it being very easy to send in the wrong item, what with all the different used book re-sellers slapping on their very own UPC stickers.

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:45:59 +0000

I did the Amazon buy-back for my textbooks this week because it was super easy, no time involved, and they seemed to offer a higher price than what I could get on Half.com/eBay. It was double or triple what Textbooks.com would offer me for my books. I usually buy my books through Amazon anyway for school, so the credit will go to good use.

The only drawback is that one book I sent in was too damaged and they won’t give me anything for it. Part of the terms says they won’t mail back a damaged book, but part says they will return incorrect items, so I’m not sure if I get the book back or not. It’s still in decent shape so I can probably still sell it online directly.

By: Rick in San Francisco

Rick in San Francisco — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:15:10 +0000

Thanks, Jonathan! Just got rid of five textbooks and am waiting for Amazon to send me a credit for $83.02. Not bad for about fifteen minutes of work researching trade-in value, packing it up, and taking it to the post office.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 14 May 2010 11:12:29 +0000

Or you can just simply sell your book directly to another person on amazon and I’m guessing get more money (and real cash). It’s not really that hard to sell on Amazon and there is no listing fee or limited period like on ebay.