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Secondhand Textbooks
The recycled textbook service is run by the Shore Association and volunteer helpers from the Shore community and provides an avenue for families to buy and sell used textbooks.
The service operates at the end of Term 4 and all the book lists are displayed on this page and referenced in the Shore Weekly Record mid-November. A buying service is also provided at the end of Term 3 for the Year 11 boys to allow them to purchase their Year 12 texts prior to commencing Year 12 in Term 4. The buying date this year is Friday 18th Sept from 8am till the end of period 1.
Lindall Nutt lindallnutt@outlook.com and Meredith Dahlsen meredithdahlsen@bigpond.com Secondhand Textbook Convenors.
Frequently Asked Questions
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If all books are sold, the sales price is ½ the current new price of the books on the Campion booklists. In the event that not all books are sold, the proceeds of the sale of a book title are shared among all sellers. A 10% handling fee is charged (by The Shore Parents' Association).
For example if 110 boys provide a book for sale and only 100 are sold, the proceeds will be 10/ 11th ‘s of ½ the Campion book price. This avoids the situation where 100 boys receive payment and 10 receive none.
A large wooden box is used to collect textbooks for sale from the Year 12 boys during the HSC period. These books are then stored and offered for sale the following Term III for boys entering Year 12 in Term 4 of that year. Every book that boys wish to sell must have a post-it note inside the front cover with details of the book and the seller. The post-it note should look exactly like this:
Book title Seller’s name Seller’s address Sellers school year Calendar year
For example:
Cambridge Latin Course Book 1 Sam Smith 15 SHORE St, Sydney 2000 Year 12 2016
Please note: The information must be on a post-it note as pieces of paper sticky taped, glued or stapled into the book cannot be removed to process payment loose paper may be fall out of the book and then the seller can’t be identified and won’t receive payment If the information on the post-it note is not clear or is not complete the seller may not receive payment Books must be of a quality suitable for sale Given that Year 12 books cannot be sold until the year after you have left school we cannot credit your school account with the sale proceeds. If your books can be sold the next year we mail a cheque to the postal address on the post-it note in the book.If the books are not sold that year they are donated to the Shore Association.
Year 6: Buy Year 7: Buy Sell Year 8: Buy Sell Year 9: Buy Sell Year 10: Buy Sell Year 11: Sell Year 12: Buy