The Spot Restaurant in Cleveland TN
Our buyback location in Cleveland, Tennessee is The Spot Restaurant, home of incredible burgers, homemade shakes and frostys, chili, hot dogs, coffee, and more!
I had the burger, which was hot off the grill and hit the … well … spot. I haven’t had a shake yet, but I hear they’re good enough to make you want to move to Cleveland so you can have ‘em every day.
The Spot buyback serves students from Lee University, Cleveland State Community College, and other area campuses. See the details on our LOCATIONS page.
Here are a few pics from my visit. If you haven’t been to The Spot, what are you waiting for?! They also now serve breakfast.
I stitched this together myself! Can you tell? 
Buying a few books
Come by for a second opinion on your used textbooks!
The Spot crew, from their website: spotrestaurant.com
Students: Know Your Textbook Rights!
(cc) Flickr user roberthuffstutter
When it comes to selling your textbooks, you have rights. Even when your bookstore has a monopoly in your town, this Bill of Buyback Rights holds true. Print it off and take it with you!
The Bill of Buyback Rights
You have the right to fair treatment.
Your school exists to serve YOU, the student. If they are not treating you fairly at buyback time, they have failed in their main objective.You have the right to use your books for exams…
…and not have to worry about selling them before the bookstore hits their quota and drops their prices. Campus bookstores say to sell early to get the best prices, but your school (of all places) should care for your academic needs by holding the high prices until after your exams. Don’t be pressured to sell a book you need to study.You have the right to something better than wholesale prices.
When your campus bookstore hits their quota for the year (which usually happens on the first day of buyback), they drop to “wholesale prices,” which are insultingly low. You don’t have to take it!You have the right to a second opinion.
This is why BookFool exists and fights against monopolies for you.You have the right to shop around.
Any bookstore that refuses to let you compare prices does not have your best interests at heart.You have the right to think about an offer before accepting it.
If someone tries to pressure you to sell quickly, tell them to back off. You have a right to think about it.You have the right to walk away.
You can do anything with a book you own. You can throw it away, give it away, sell it online, whatever! And you never have to accept an offer that you don’t like.
Don’t get pushed around by textbook monopolies any more. Stand up for your rights!
(cc) Flickr user BL1961
Manager Training Fall 2009
We want to say a big Foolish thanks to our managers who made it out for manager training this Saturday. You are now prepared to free students from the monopolies that pay them so little for their books!
Here are a few shots from the day:
The night before, everything ready for your arrival.
The big screen.
Some of us had to attend live via Satellite.
Trying to get the hang of these signs.
The view from the stairs.
And finally, a short clip from the day:
Belmont Summer Buyback in Full Swing
Hey Belmont students (and anyone else in the Nashville area). Our buyback at Cosmic Connections is in full swing today and tomorrow. See our Locations page for more details.
But if you can’t make it out to see us this week, you can always sell us your books through our brand-new SELL page. Check it out!
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!
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.
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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The Ultimate Behemoth
[ed.- Voting is closed and we have a winner! Come see the new names HERE.]
What would you do with 27,000 lbs. of steel and redness? What if it had a siren, two industrial winches, and 10 bay doors for hauling around all kinds of cargo?
To tell the truth, we’re not sure we know the answers to those questions, but that didn’t stop us from plunking down a few grand for the mother of all delivery trucks. Witness:
Kris is the tiny dot behind the wheel.
Turns out this economy is a great time to get deals on giant diesel trucks. This is our second such purchase in ‘09. The first, a smaller, lighter bread truck, will appear in its own blog post when we get it back from the painters.
Anyway, we’ve got big plans for this behemoth. It will hold at least 4 good buybacks worth of books, maybe more. We’re also considering outfitting it to deliver books and supplies to disaster areas. It was once a fire truck (hence the siren and winches), so we think it will enjoy helping others once again.
Kodiak
But before we can take it anywhere, this beast needs a name. Something befitting its raw power and size.
What would you call it? The chosen name will earn the suggester some nifty Book Fool swag and the people’s ovation.
Kris surprised to discover how much this thing weighs.
Leave your suggestions in the comments. Multiple entries appreciated. Thanks!
