Keeping old ACCA textbooks

Rozzi Rainbow
Rozzi Rainbow Registered Posts: 462 Dedicated contributor 🦉
edited June 18 in AAT member discussion
Hi everyone

I'm getting a bit addicted to Amazon Trade In - I've got rid of a few of my revision kits already. I want to send in my textbooks as well to free up more space at home, but I don't want to rush into anything and regret it later if I ever need to refer back to them.

So what I'm basically asking is has anyone ever referred back to any of the F textbooks whilst studying for the P papers, or do the P textbooks cover everything you need to know?

Thank you :001_smile:

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  • stuartander
    stuartander Registered Posts: 82 Regular contributor ⭐
    Its up to you really, i have kept all my books from AAT, Accountants i work with are always referring to books and websites, Accountants dont know everything, thats why the pass mark is 50% on ACCA exams.
  • clegganator
    clegganator Registered Posts: 176 Dedicated contributor 🦉
    Books are useful to create the image of power and leading to people you have supreme intelligence. Lord Grantham in Downton Abbey has his own library and if Obama re did the Oval Office he would most certainly have books lining every single wall.

    But on a serious note, although I'm only studying Level 4 I study refer back to level three and have kept all of mine so far. It's good to hold onto them and so long as you don't end up using out of date tax tables. That said I am a bit of a hoarder...
  • janwal
    janwal Registered Posts: 1,173 Beyond epic contributor 🧙‍♂️
    I'm a bit of a lover of books and have kept all mine from level 2, I also still have all the books I used 20 yrs ago for doing my Diploma, which came in very useful for reference when doing level 2.
  • MarkT
    MarkT Registered Posts: 299
    If space is an issue then you should be selective on what you trade in etc. I wish that I'd kept all of my law books from when I studied as they would have given me a lot of additional help over the past few years...

    If you paid out top dollar for them, you never really get it back and as people have said above, they help at various points for reference :)
  • mark057
    mark057 Registered Posts: 352 Dedicated contributor 🦉
    I'm looking to make a little bit of cash and wondered if there would be any demand on Amazon or e bay for some old revision kits and passcards I've got from 2010/11.

    How much do you think I might get?

    Mark
  • Jo Clark
    Jo Clark Registered Posts: 2,470 Beyond epic contributor 🧙‍♂️
    Don't forget the books for sale section on the student discussion forum :)
    ~ An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest ~
    Benjamin Franklin
  • mark057
    mark057 Registered Posts: 352 Dedicated contributor 🦉
    Hi Jo. Yes I've just noticed that section.

    Do you know how it works interms of making payments etc?

    Mark
  • Jo Clark
    Jo Clark Registered Posts: 2,470 Beyond epic contributor 🧙‍♂️
    Hello Mark

    No I don't. I think you would come to some arrangement with the purchaser... if local they could collect and pay cash/cheque or send a cheque and once cleared you can send books. Another method which you could use would be paypal or world pay.

    Hope this helps.


    JC
    ~ An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest ~
    Benjamin Franklin
  • Rozzi Rainbow
    Rozzi Rainbow Registered Posts: 462 Dedicated contributor 🦉
    Wow, thanks for all the responses everyone, I wasn't expecting so many. I'd still be interested to hear from people who've studied the P papers whether they've referred back to the F textbooks or not.

    Mark, I got over £4 for each of my revision kits and I didn't have to pay to send them in. Some of the textbooks are currently worth £7 or £8. If you search on Amazon as if you want to buy the book, click to view all the details, and then there should be a "do you have this book" option to trade it in.

    Once they've accepted your trade in, they credit your account with a gift card to use next time you buy something. I've just ordered a fiction book for free!
  • Bluewednesday
    Bluewednesday Registered Posts: 1,609 Beyond epic contributor 🧙‍♂️
    Hi Rozzi

    I kept all my text books and I definitely used my F7 (although it was 2.5 when I studied it) when I did P2 as I needed to go over the consolidation stuff again. I also used the foundation tax as it was assumed knowledge for P6 and whilst a lot of it I use day to day, there was still stuff I hadn't used since I had passed that paper

    I did get rid of all my revision guides but kept all the notes until I qualified.

    Even now I refer back to the tax ones occasionally and as someone else has mentioned refer back a lot to the law text.
  • mark057
    mark057 Registered Posts: 352 Dedicated contributor 🦉
    Thanks Rozzi.

    I'm going to dig all my old books out and see what I can get.

    Mark
  • Rozzi Rainbow
    Rozzi Rainbow Registered Posts: 462 Dedicated contributor 🦉
    Thank you Blue Wednesday. I'll take everyone's advice and not be too hasty in getting rid of my textbooks, I'll stick to selling the revision kits.

    Mark, one thing to bear in mind is the publication date, obviously last year's books are worth the most. Once they get past about a couple of years they're not worth that much at all.

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