what to do with these books

**MVS0122** · 05-17-2008, 07:06 AM

I joined a book club with the intention of cancelling after I bought the two required to fulfill the membership. Well, my email to turn down the featured selection must have gone into my junk mail and the other day I thought I better get online and check my account because it had been a while. Sure enough - I missed the deadline and they shipped them to me.

So the books came yesterday - now...I love books and can enjoy almost anything, but not these. One is the Dictionary of American Slang (who reads that??) and the other is 365 short essays on American History. Right now I owe them $29 for those two paperbacks and $8 for shipping. If I return them I'll have no books and be probably $12 worse off for my dumb mistake and then I'll still have to buy more books eventually before I can cancel. Or I could keep them and try to unload them somewhere...or regift them to some unlucky recipient LOL! Does anyone know of a place to sell books for a reasonable price? Any American slang lovers here?

**Its_Donna** · 05-17-2008, 07:23 AM

You could try Cash4Books, Craigslist, Ebay, local Bookstore.

**YankeeMom** · 05-17-2008, 07:55 AM

Half.com too!!

**Frugal Nurse** · 05-17-2008, 09:43 AM

Put them back in the box.... just like you found them.
(glued shut even) It has to llok like you never opened the box.

And write with a BIG BLACK marker

REFUSED RETURN TO SENDER.

THen cancel your account
Problem averted.

**Jskell911** · 05-17-2008, 10:19 AM

If you return them in the original box, these book clubs usually pay the shipping back. I would do this and wait until there are two selections you will actually love before cancelling.

**janelane** · 05-17-2008, 11:55 AM

I've been with a book club for years (qpb) and I've messed up and forgotten to respond to main selections probably a dozen times (yeah, I have a big problem with that, lol.) Everytime I've just sent them right back. Takes a few weeks to get creditted, but they've always refunded everything, including shipping.

**C@rol** · 05-17-2008, 12:04 PM

half.com is my favorite but amazon.com is another good one.

**MVS0122** · 05-22-2008, 09:25 PM

Thanks for the replies, I think I will pack them up and send back. It was QPB club too so it sounds like they'll accept them and credit back the shipping too - that's great!

**very_inky_fingers** · 05-23-2008, 11:11 AM

Just a little added info...anytime you receive a package that you do not want, do just what was suggested above, Big Black REFUSED and hand it back to the post office. However, that means you can not open any of it, including the envelope they stick on the outside with the billing info. Open NOTHING. Just write refused and off it goes. You will be credited and the post office does not expect money from you. But, if you open it..then it becomes your responsibility and you will have to pay shipping.
(unless you are sneaky of course! LOL)