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post Jan 27, 2009 - 1:23 PM
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How can they get away ripping people off so badly on college text books? Its disgusting. A normal book that you can get in a book store for 20bucks will be sold in the college book store for at least 60$. My sister just got done buying a book for her typing class... $130 for a 20 page book that has nothing but typing exercises in it!

Today however was the icing on the cake. Last week I went to buy a physics book, that comes bundled with a lab kit that I need for the lab class. They were all sold out, so I had to special order one. A whole week goes buy and they still didn't get the book back in stock. I noticed that they had one copy of the book used...so I thought, great, I'll cancel my order and just buy the used book and a lab kit instead of waiting on the bundle I ordered. So, I get to the register, they refund the $83 I paid for the special order, and ring me up for the used book and lab kit.... this time.... its $109 because I didn't buy the books bundled! WTF!!! They are charging me more money for a used book! God damn crooks.


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post Jan 28, 2009 - 3:16 PM
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You're paying (tens of) thousands of dollars for a piece of paper that says you graduated. Is that any more of a bargain? So these $100-200 dollar books look cheap in comparison.


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post Jan 28, 2009 - 3:43 PM
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QUOTE (CAMAricer @ Jan 28, 2009 - 3:16 PM) *
You're paying (tens of) thousands of dollars for a piece of paper that says you graduated. Is that any more of a bargain? So these $100-200 dollar books look cheap in comparison.


No, I am paying tens of thousands of dollars to get an education.


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post Jan 29, 2009 - 1:41 AM
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Umm...an education? Not really, you're going to college to be able to get a good job. But you can't get that job unless you graduate with the degree. So even if you complete 99% of your education, without that final piece of paper, all that "education" isn't worth jack in the real world. But if you somehow to actually learn anything from college (and retain it), kudos to you. I view my time in college as a huge waste.

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I am paying tens of thousands of dollars to get an education.


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Posts in this topic
- lagos   School Books   Jan 27, 2009 - 1:23 PM
- - Sinyk   When I went to college, we were actually able to p...   Jan 27, 2009 - 1:28 PM
- - azian_advanced   here, there is a program where the book store is w...   Jan 27, 2009 - 2:03 PM
- - samir0189   Yup, it is a ripoff, but there are ways around it....   Jan 27, 2009 - 2:10 PM
- - lagos   My story gets even better... So I spoke with the s...   Jan 27, 2009 - 3:00 PM
- - manphibian   Yep, it's not fair. I did a design degree and...   Jan 27, 2009 - 3:08 PM
- - samir0189   Is that a school bookstore? Like the on-campus one...   Jan 27, 2009 - 3:27 PM
- - lagos   Yeah its on campus, and also the only place to buy...   Jan 27, 2009 - 3:43 PM
- - MacgibaS2   i know how you feel.. trust me. i'm pre-med an...   Jan 27, 2009 - 3:55 PM
- - Culpable04   Art, is like that at every single college. last s...   Jan 27, 2009 - 3:59 PM
- - Supersprynt   Yeah you get raped. The reason they are so expens...   Jan 27, 2009 - 4:56 PM
- - forkee   been there done that. then when u go back after th...   Jan 27, 2009 - 5:22 PM
- - 96bluevert   I've found that buybacks are few and far betwe...   Jan 27, 2009 - 7:54 PM
- - chucho   I spent 155 for a "book" that had no bin...   Jan 27, 2009 - 8:07 PM
- - NgoFcukinWay   <---works at a school bookstore. A dude came i...   Jan 28, 2009 - 12:13 AM
|- - chucho   QUOTE (NgoFcukinWay @ Jan 27, 2009 - 11...   Jan 28, 2009 - 12:30 AM
- - gt_driFFter   QUOTE Math bugs me though when it comes to new edi...   Jan 28, 2009 - 12:24 AM
- - NgoFcukinWay   I hear ya on that. At my school, they offer a book...   Jan 28, 2009 - 1:43 AM
- - Random_Stranger   Ay Art! I feel your pain man. Shoot, on amaz...   Jan 28, 2009 - 1:47 AM
- - lagos   QUOTE (NgoFcukinWay @ Jan 28, 2009 - 1...   Jan 28, 2009 - 8:38 AM
|- - forkee   QUOTE (lagos @ Jan 28, 2009 - 6:38 A...   Jan 28, 2009 - 4:17 PM
- - jcaron9gt4   It's rediculous. My friends and I buy one boo...   Jan 28, 2009 - 11:11 AM
- - Jared95   Just sold back a 60$ book for a whopping 4 do...   Jan 28, 2009 - 2:32 PM
- - CAMAricer   You're paying (tens of) thousands of dollars f...   Jan 28, 2009 - 3:16 PM
|- - jcaron9gt4   QUOTE (CAMAricer @ Jan 28, 2009 - 3...   Jan 28, 2009 - 3:43 PM
|- - CAMAricer   Umm...an education? Not really, you're going ...   Jan 29, 2009 - 1:41 AM
- - Sinyk   Think of the piece of paper as... the receipt!   Jan 28, 2009 - 3:57 PM
- - Cutrara   I'm taking 18cr this semester... my books cost...   Feb 2, 2009 - 10:15 AM
- - lagos   18 credits.... good lord ! You must have a bu...   Feb 2, 2009 - 11:21 AM
|- - dustin15brown   QUOTE (lagos @ Feb 2, 2009 - 11:21 A...   Feb 4, 2009 - 11:11 AM
- - dustin15brown   I usually spend close to a grand a semester for bo...   Feb 2, 2009 - 4:20 PM
- - 95CelicaST   All of my books were included in tuition, so I nev...   Feb 2, 2009 - 7:04 PM
- - creis   I sware some of the dumbest people I've meet w...   Feb 2, 2009 - 10:37 PM
|- - CAMAricer   QUOTE (creis @ Feb 2, 2009 - 10:37 P...   Feb 3, 2009 - 1:28 AM
- - beastman   Ive spent upwards of $500 a semester on books...   Feb 3, 2009 - 2:06 AM
- - lagos   QUOTE (CAMAricer @ Feb 3, 2009 - 1:2...   Feb 4, 2009 - 5:42 PM
- - Sinyk   *sniffle* I work at a college. Where's the lov...   Feb 4, 2009 - 6:35 PM


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