Buying or Selling Second-Hand Books?

.Sustainable School Shop provides the second-hand textbook trading system for the school. Our school’s 2016 booklist/textbook information for years 7-12 has been uploaded and is ready to use on the Sustainable School Shop website. To get started, go to www.sustainableschoolshop.com.au and either register as a parent or log-in if you’re already registered.

Buying second-hand textbooks

 

Click Find Books, select your booklist and tick the boxes of the books you need.  The system will show you the correct second-hand books to buy.  Click Member with Most Matches to see who has most of those books or click Cheapest Books.  You'll receive Ad Match emails when newly listed books match your wanted ads.


Selling second-hand textbooks

Get your books home and list them for sale asap.  Click Sell Books and follow the prompts, the system will assist ad construction and provides a pricing guide. Write the availability date in your ads if your books are still being used.  To sell books that are not on your old booklist, please click My Ads/Create Ads and follow the prompts.


Other tips by Sustainable School Shop

Searching for second-hand textbooks begins as soon as the new booklists are distributed.  People with wanted ads always get first choice of the newly listed books for sale.  Be mindful to price your books reasonably, this is a competitive marketplace.  Dont make special trips when collecting books, just fit it into your normal routine.  Only buy secondhand workbooks that have not been written in.  Many book suppliers have very good returns policies that will enable you to continue looking for second-hand texts, even after submitting your new book order - check your suppliers returns policy.

 

Be considerate to others be delisting your ads promptly as your books sell, this assists everyone using the service.  To delist, login, click the red Delist button and then the sold button on the right side of your ad.

 

Please remember, by recycling your textbooks you are helping another family in our school community.

 

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