I threw 16 books into my backpack and walked over to the USC bookstore to sell my textbooks back. Most of them weren’t accepted, but for the 9 that were, 2 were offered $1 and 1 was offered $1.50. The rest were $2 or more. So I went ahead and sold them back. That earned me $24.50, paid in cash. Back in my dorm, I decided to see what those books were really worth. Going from memory, I marked on my booklist (which has been posted on my bulletin board since the start of the semester) the books I sold back. I added their total used value: $119.60. So I got, if you look at it this way, about 20.5% of their value. All but one of the books were sold to a warehouse (wholesaler) at wholesale prices. However, my books were all marked in, and the most expensive book was bought used online (and came with water damage). All things considered, I’m happy.
Archive for December 14th, 2005
David Skul, Internet Entreprenuer [sic] is a comment spammer. He left a comment on my ‘Chinese inventions’ post, with links to his own sites. His comment was called ‘Inventing Something get a Patent’, an article that has been published on at least 10 other pages on the web. His spelling is comical. Not only did he misspell entrepreneur in his site’s title, but also in the header graphic for a course he appears to teach called CWB 130, “Intro to Web Ediating [sic] Tools”. Nice try, David. 
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