What are two things that most college students are reading on a daily basis? Well, hopefully, they are spending a great deal of time reading their textbooks. But, on a nonproductive afternoon, a typical college student can be found reading status updates on Facebook. MyBookBuyer obviously took these daily activities into account when they conformed their textbook buyback program to fit the needs of busy college students.
While college buybacks do have their advantages (such as cash in the hand immediately), they are often scheduled on certain days and times. Students may have difficulty getting to the designated area if they are busy taking final exams. Or, students may not have the time or patience to stand in line during the frigid December weather. Many college students simply prefer selling the book online and shipping it to its destination. The money may arrive in a few days. But, they avoid the crowds and weather.
While there are many online textbook buybacks, MyBookBuyer lists itself as the most aggressive, and claims to buy the most books for the best possible buyback prices. MyBookBuyer will purchase used titles for Beagle Books, the largest online bookseller in Northern California. Originally created in 1999, it went from a one-room business handled by one person to a business that has sold over 1 million books in the last 3 years.
While their general background and basic buyback concept sounds similar to many other online websites, they offer a unique convenience feature that others don’t. With their new Facebook application, MyBookBuyer allows a student to enter an ISBN number and receive an instant, free quote without ever leaving Facebook. After receiving the quote, the student can then accept it, print a prepaid USPS or UPS shipping label, and receive a payment via check or Paypal. For students who spend several hours a day on Facebook, this application just made their life a little easier.
Aside from offering convenient textbook buybacks, MyBookBuyer is also dedicated to donating money for specific causes. Their current four causes are Susan G. Komen For the Cure, The Humane Society of the United States, Toys for Tots, and American Forests. Each time you sell back a textbook, they will donate $1.00 for every $10.00 of your order to the cause of your preference. For example, my Norton Anthology Book brought up an offering quote of $16.67. Beneath the quote, I was informed that $1.67 would be donated to Toys for Tots.
If you find that your textbook is not available for purchase at that time, do not immediately throw it in the garbage. MyBookBuyer has also taken a green initiative and has recycled millions of textbooks that would have otherwise ended up in a landfill.
Another unique feature of MyBookBuyer is that, unlike many other websites, they fully disclose all customer testimonials, positive and negative. Via the Facebook Application, you can read over 2,200 reviews with a 96% satisfaction rate. Reading the reviews of an online buyback is always recommended prior to selling. You can determine how fast the service really is, how prompt the payment is, and their standards concerning book conditions.
If you want to avoid the long lines, selling your textbook to an online buyback website is the way to go. Be sure to research who will offer you the highest buyback price. MyBookBuyer is just one example of an online textbook buyback website that makes convenience its number one priority. You can receive a quote, donate for a cause, print the shipping label, and confirm payment all without leaving Facebook.
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