Nice idea, but: "We're sorry, but something went wrong." http://www.beerfortextbooks.com/results?brand=bud&q=ISBN...
Thanks for letting us know. We'll work on it and fix the bugs.
NP. Is there "beer for bug reports" too?
Sell your used textbooks for beer
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#12I'd rather sell my textbooks for money (perhaps I don't like beer). I can then choose to buy wine, more books, cigarettes, course fees ...
That said, it's kind of a neat way to find which site is paying the most for my books. Kudos for a simple execution.
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#13Bio book worth 1 keg of sam adams
I chose some random physics book that was good for all of one bottle ($3.08)!
Columns of kegs, cases, bottles need titles (icons are shockers), get a designer to help out in general too. I think the concept has potential as a viral gimmick that makes people think about selling old books, but your execution will need to look a little better before I passed the link around.
Maybe suggest a fake book title for those who just want to kick the tires and see how it works?
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#14The "Sell for Beer" buttons don't seem to do anything at all in Firefox 3.6.16 on Ubuntu 10.10.
Otherwise a funny idea. Are there any laws about direct-mailing alcohol, though? It seems like much of your target market is legally prohibited from buying alcohol, and I would be surprised if there weren't restrictions in at least some states.
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#15I only see one or two good beers for trade ;)
Good idea, though.
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#16this is awesome! My calc book is worth two kegs of heineken
I have a feeling that fraternities will become the biggest buyers of used calc text books.
Re: Sell your used textbooks for beer
#17The "Sell for Beer" buttons don't seem to do anything at all in Firefox 3.6.16 on Ubuntu 10.10. Otherwise a funny idea. Are there any laws about direct-mailing alcohol, though? It seems like much of your target market is legally prohibited from buying alcohol, and I would be surprised if there weren't restrictions in at least some states.
We're working on the Firefox issues. Sorry about that. Thanks for the feedback though.
We don't actually sell beer, but rather give you a quote of how much beer you could buy if you sold your book.
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#18As an avid Keystone Light drinker, I'm disappointed that you show it in a bottle! I have never seen Keystone Light in a bottle, only cans (and kegs).
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#19I initially thought this was going to let me sell my textbooks and have beer delivered to my door.
Sadly, it looks like it just calculates the beer value of your books (unless I am missing something here).
Re: Sell your used textbooks for beer
#20The "Sell for Beer" buttons don't seem to do anything at all in Firefox 3.6.16 on Ubuntu 10.10. Otherwise a funny idea. Are there any laws about direct-mailing alcohol, though? It seems like much of your target market is legally prohibited from buying alcohol, and I would be surprised if there weren't restrictions in at least some states.
We're working on the Firefox issues. Sorry about that. Thanks for the feedback though. We don't actually sell beer, but rather give you a quote of how much beer you could buy if you sold your book.
Same problem in Chrome 10.0 on OSX...