What is a fair price for an annotated FA?

[DrBowtie]

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So as the semester winds down so does my bank account and I was thinking about selling my annotated copy of FA to an underclassman (along with a bunch of other books) once I was done with boards to help end meet.

My copy will be fully annotated with a certain question sources info.

I have no idea what it would be worth to someone, but I know how much time I have spent writing stuff into it. I feel like having those extra hours might be worth a pretty penny to someone.

So lets have a bit of fun and speculate on what I should price it at.

 

[MilkmanAl]

Well, let's see...new, FA=$40, RR path=$40, BRS phys=$30, CMMRS=$35(?). Anything else that goes into it? I dunno, I'd say $50 is a decent starting point.

 

[vicinihil]

$0 since all of the value of an annotated FA is YOU ANNOTATING IT WITH STUFF YOU FEEL IS IMPORTANT!

Writing is a way of solidifying knowledge and putting stuff together. Reading what other people did is less effective than you actually doing it.

 

[kryptik]

wont you need a well annotated FA for quick review during clinicals or even step II?

PS: am really attached to my FA lol

 

[hartbot]

I'd hold onto it for rotations...and then tell some sucker you got a 260 and ask for a couple hundo

 

[username456789]

$0 since all of the value of an annotated FA is YOU ANNOTATING IT WITH STUFF YOU FEEL IS IMPORTANT!

Writing is a way of solidifying knowledge and putting stuff together. Reading what other people did is less effective than you actually doing it.

Completely agree; however, if making a quick buck is his goal, you can bet someone will probably dish out money for this.

 

[DrBowtie]

$0 since all of the value of an annotated FA is YOU ANNOTATING IT WITH STUFF YOU FEEL IS IMPORTANT!

Writing is a way of solidifying knowledge and putting stuff together. Reading what other people did is less effective than you actually doing it.

Not really what I feel important. Just everything not in there in the first place from a certain qbank.

 

[lord_jeebus]

(Your Step I score - 200) in dollars

 

[DrBowtie]

(Your Step I score - 200) in dollars

Thats a bummer given how FA is 40 alone. Here's to hoping I don't pay them to take it

 

[metalrex]

wont you need a well annotated FA for quick review during clinicals or even step II?

PS: am really attached to my FA lol

my FA is my other 'half' too!

I would say hold on to it, sell the other textbooks you won't be needing much for instance I sold my Snell's neuroanat, Moore persaud's embryo, katzung pharmac,LANGE micro...whooot! I made coupla bucks to buy some prep stuff like q banks online!

The point is : FA is too precious, I would give away other texts I can do away with.Good luck!

 

[IMGUSMLEStep1]

I agree that First Aid is a great book to keep with you for rotations.
If you do want to sell it, I think $50 is too much because most people will just play it safe and buy a NEW one for a lower price than that. I also think $0 is absurd because the book still does have some value. IF your annotations are good and you got a good score because of it, I would say a fair price is the price you'd pay for the book brand new, so about $40. It could still be hard to sell at this price. If you want to get rid of it fast, go for a lower price.