Buy used and save big on your textbooks

Hello fellow chem kids–

As the fall semester grows closer, I will remind everyone of this again, but here is something to think about now.  If you are taking freshman chem now or know you are going to take sophomore organic chemistry next year, find out which book your university uses.  Usually, there is one textbook that all the profs at one school use.  Once you know which book it is, go online and buy a copy before the class starts.  What unfortunately happens to alot of students is that they don’t know what text is used til the class starts.  Then it is too late to buy it online because the shipping takes too long (unless you pay the big bucks).  I was shocked what a big difference in price there is between used organic chemistry books and new ones (prices listed below are from Amazon).

Organic Chemistry by Solomons; $194 New, $32 Used

Organic Chemistry by Carey; $162 New, $79 Used

Organic Chemistry by McMurry; $192 New, $164 Used

Think about all of the wonderful things you could buy with the extra bucks: Admission to a StarWars convention, extra value meals for all of your friends at McDonalds, the extra fancy car wash, a couple of months of your favorite pay-per-view channels.  The possibilities are endless.

Anywho, just something to think about.  Good luck with the semester and as always, happy reacting.

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