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War  ·  3393 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski's Living List of Amazon Alternatives

I wish I could get away from Amazon. They have literally saved me over a thousand dollar in school fees honestly between textbooks and other miscellaneous goods. There were a few times that textbooks were going to destroy my food budget for the month and amazon helped me salvage it...

With that being said they are essentially the devil, and it is painful to be so selfish. I hope after college I can finally stop using it all together. I will be looking to expand on my list of specialty stores, and when i get back to my desktop I'll do some digging.





dublinben  ·  3393 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Most of the major used textbook sellers that list on Amazon can be shopped directly on their own sites. BetterWorldBooks.com and TextbookRush.com will usually match or beat whatever price Amazon has.

user-inactivated  ·  3393 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Good links. If you don't mind, I'll add them to the list. Let me know if you think I should add or change something in the description of them.

dublinben  ·  3393 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The descriptions are perfect. I also added a comment for electronics vendors.

user-inactivated  ·  3393 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Awesome. Thanks. I added them to the list.

user-inactivated  ·  3393 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You're the second person to talk about school books. I'll add Chegg to the list.

War  ·  3393 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think its a big draw for people. PLUS, the six months of free prime shipping followed by like 6 years of half priced amazon prime for college students.

user-inactivated  ·  3393 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Those are indeed hard deals to beat. They definitely do what they can to make you a captive customer and they do a good job at it too.