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Anyone know a place in Dublin to trade in books?

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  • 13-02-2010 2:05am
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    L31mr0d
    Registered Users Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭


    Hey, just an inquiry, does anyone know if there are any bookshops in and around Dublin that will give cash/credit for books?

    I have lots and am looking to offload them. Would rather not just give them away as they are still in great condition.

    I guess I don't really care what I get for them as long as it's something.

    Does such a place exist? That would take in books and give money for them?


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    Lillylilly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 446 ✭✭Lillylilly


    Chapters book store is a magical place on Parnell Street will do just this! They pay cash for books, CDs and DVDs. They are brillo!!


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    L31mr0d
    Registered Users Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭L31mr0d


    Lillylilly wrote: »
    Chapters book store is a magical place on Parnell Street will do just this!

    So the legends were true... :eek:

    Cheers, I'm heading into the city tomorrow so I'll bring in a few books and see if they take them.


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    L31mr0d
    Registered Users Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭L31mr0d


    Cost of bus into town: €3
    Cost of bus home from town: €3
    Money received for books: €3
    Total profit: -€3
    Seeing the look on the employees face as I tried to hide "The Da Vinci Code" in the pile amongst "War and Peace" and "Don Quixote" and having her flat out refuse to take it: Priceless


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    Denerick
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,488 ✭✭✭Denerick


    L31mr0d wrote: »
    Cost of bus into town: €3
    Cost of bus home from town: €3
    Money received for books: €3
    Total profit: -€3
    Seeing the look on the employees face as I tried to hide "The Da Vinci Code" in the pile amongst "War and Peace" and "Don Quixote" and having her flat out refuse to take it: Priceless

    This post created a LAUGHING OUT LOUD moment. Well done!


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    brumindub
    Registered Users Posts: 87 ✭✭brumindub


    OP, another option would be to donate them to Oxfam.

    There is a book shop on Parliament street if you're interested.


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    Coriolanus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,879 ✭✭✭Coriolanus


    How many books did you sell to earn three euro?


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    L31mr0d
    Registered Users Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭L31mr0d


    Nevore wrote: »
    How many books did you sell to earn three euro?

    Would of probably been around 5 or 6 books. I didn't want to bring a load in, in case they didn't take them. So worked out about 50c a book.

    They where in mint condition though, no dog ears, tearing, writing on any of the pages or discoloration.

    Will have to just bring in the rest when I have some other errands to run in the city. A trip in just to exchange the books just isn't worth it.


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    cheesydoodles
    Registered Users Posts: 40 ✭cheesydoodles


    anybody know anywhere else that'll take them?? chapters told me they were full :(


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    pwd
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    chapters are frankly insulting in what they will offer for very saleable books. I would rather give books away to random people than sell to them.

    There is a book shop in Dun Laoghaire, near the centre, that offers good rates of exchange and cash. Don't remember the name but it's easy to find. They also usually have a good selection in stock -- so they won't buy cr@p.

    Also there's a man in the market in Temple Bar at the weekends that will do a good deal on books or comics. He focuses on sci fi / fantasy I think, but will look at other genres also. Again he maintains a good selection, and won't be interested in buying crap, but will give a good rate for stuff he can sell...He used to have a shop in Dundrum that I liked, but it closed when the character of the area changed thanks to the shopping centre. He was good enough to collect a good number of books from me at a decent rate also, on one occasion recently.

    Both these businesses will give you more than 10 times what you'll get in chapters, in my experience. Used both a number of times. [Both the ones I recommend. I tried to sell books in chapters twice and both times I walked out without selling because they just take the p!ss tbh]


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    eclectichoney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,291 ✭✭✭eclectichoney


    The Exchange in dalkey is really good but you can only exchange them for other second hand books they have there - no cash. Still I got about 4 new second hand books for the 7 or 8 I traded in last time, so a decent deal imo.


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    Amazotheamazing
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,048 ✭✭✭Amazotheamazing


    pwd wrote: »
    chapters are frankly insulting in what they will offer for very saleable books. I would rather give books away to random people than sell to them.

    I agree, those prices the OP quoted are insane, I'd rather send them off into the world for free at those prices.


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    PADRAGON
    Registered Users Posts: 71 ✭✭PADRAGON


    Theres a place on talbot street that exchanges books.
    I brought in three decent books in good nick and was
    offered two fifty cash or a fiver credit.Cant remember
    the name of the place its opposite the indo/herald
    building.


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