Hey Gadsden – We’re here!
Scenes from the opening of our new location in Gadsden, AL. Serving Gadsden State Community College and Jacksonville State … as well as anyone else who has used books to sell!
- BUYBACK DATES: April 30 & May 1, 4, 5, 6
- HOURS: 8am – 6pm
- LOCATION: The Parking lot in front of Stevi B’s pizza; Look for the Foolish tent!
The Foolish tent looks like this.
From the front, just opened for business.
Can you spot the Fool?
Come by for your free sport bottle, while supplies last. And thanks for the killer response so far. We hope you’ll tell your friends about the great prices we’re giving.
Remember: When your bookstore drops to wholesale prices, our prices stay high!
Diaper Bag Advertising
This post could also be called “Commitment to the Cause.”
The Book Fool Street Team distributes thousands of bookmarks to get the word out about upcoming buybacks. This semester alone, we printed over 100,000 bookmarks to hand out at our Locations.
We love our Street Team because they’ll do anything to help us get the word out. This year one of our agents sacrificed more than just an afternoon:
As I was packing up to head out to campus, I realized my messenger bag is in storage (we’re about to move). I looked all over the house for something suitable, but all I found was a diaper bag. I swallowed my pride and grabbed it off the shelf.
To be fair, it was a pretty cool diaper bag from DiaperDude.com, but carrying a diaper bag without a baby was a blow to my ego.
Special thanks to Agent X* for sacrificing his pride to spread the word. Actually, a diaper bag may the perfect bag for the advertiser on the go. Lots of compartments and easy access with one hand.
Hey, it's better than a purse!
*If you haven’t guessed, Agent X, c’est moi.
How to Sell Your Books to BookFool.com
My friends, the rules have changed:
NO MORE COMPLICATED RULES!
Most bookstores impose complicated rules on the sale of your books. If you want the most money back, you have to sell by the third day of finals when the moon is full while wearing a blue shirt and penny loafers and blah, blah, blah.
Worst among these is the wholesale rule: Schools only buy the books they can sell again next semester. So if a professor changes editions or the school reaches their quota of a particular book, they will offer you a low “wholesale price” for it, regardless of its value in the used market.
BookFool.com doesn’t mess with wholesale prices or quotas. We’re buying books for the national market, so if a book is valuable anywhere in the used market, we can offer you a good price for it.
WE MAKE IT EASY
We make it easy to sell your books. No matter where you originally bought them, bring ALL YOUR BOOKS–textbooks, study guides, paperbacks–to one of our buyback locations. We’ll find their values quickly and tell you what they’re worth.
There’s no obligation and no pressure to sell to us. All we need to complete the transaction is your name and a picture ID (student ID or state-issued ID).
IF YOU’RE TIRED OF ALL THE RULES…
Give BookFool.com a try. Click LOCATIONS to see if we’re coming to a school near you.
And this semester, we’re giving away BookFool.com sport bottles at most locations. Get yours while supplies last!
Free while supplies last.
You make it look easy
Some people make it look easy. Some programmers can execute code that just plain works. Some accountants can make the numbers dance and the spreadsheets sing. They amaze you with their effortless success.
And some bike tricksters, well… [video link]
At BookFool.com, we have a certain affinity for bicycles. Our first website promotion was on the back of a bicycle at Ole Miss, and about 25% of our current full-time staff ride their bicycles to work.
Thanks to Danny and Inspired Bicycles for inspiring us with their mastery!
The Blue Monster
[ed.- Voting is closed and we have a winner! Come see the new names HERE.]
Help! As mentioned in the last post in which you helped us name a truck, we’ve got another one we could use your naming input on.
It’s a former bread delivery truck with a top speed of 60 mph (unloaded, with all the doors open). Sides of aluminum with dual tires on the back. Here it is before we applied the logo this morning:
Pre-logo
And here it is with the logo applied:
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In situ at our Vandy location this year (logo still being applied):
Corner of 21st and Grand
Smoothing out the banner on the back:
We buy from out the back.
So what would you call this baby? Leave your ideas in the comments. Whoever suggests the chosen name will win a cool SWAG pack from BookFool.com! Multiple entries encouraged and appreciated.
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