Winning at Powell’s
Posted on February 24th, 2013
Because nothing cheers me up like new (or used) books, this afternoon I took Pea to Powell’s, where I traded in some books for credit and bought more books. What makes me happier? All the books I traded in were freebies for review (which I dutifully did), so the trip cost a whopping $1.90 over the store credit.
And Pea bought her own books with allowance/gift money. We’ve been working on teaching her the value of money (literally and figuratively). Earlier this week, she bought herself something she’d wanted from the zoo that I would not buy her (a pink plush dolphin in a furry purse), and today she bought the books. It’s pretty cool.
Categories: Reading
Woo hoo! Score! I always wonder if it’s worth it to sell used books to bookstores….I always feared the experience would be like selling used college books back to campus bookstores which is just depressing because they give you $1.50 for a book you spend $85.00 on!
It’s not quite as bad as it was in college, but it’s not a great rate. Still, exchanging free books for store credit makes me happy! (There have been time when they’ve taken suitcases full of books from us and I’ve ended up with a whopping $150 or so. That’s depressing, but it’s nice to have the shelf space!)