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re: College Texbook Prices have gone up 1,041% since 1977
Posted on 8/4/15 at 8:38 am to GetCocky11
Posted on 8/4/15 at 8:38 am to GetCocky11
Yeah it's a hell of a rip off. You end up using maybe a quarter of the book and then they stick useless software inside that you never end up using. Then you get maybe $20 back when you sell it back.
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Posted on 8/4/15 at 8:41 am to itawambadog
My favorite was when my department of English got together and created a university-specific English 101 textbook that cost >$100. It was essentially an anthology. You couldn't get it used because it changed every year. That also meant you couldn't sell it back.
I don't know how those buy back student bookstore employees could handle it when they had to tell a student who spent $200 on a textbook that they could sell it back for $5 because a new edition was coming out the next year. That is insanity. I ended up keeping many of my textbooks.
I don't know how those buy back student bookstore employees could handle it when they had to tell a student who spent $200 on a textbook that they could sell it back for $5 because a new edition was coming out the next year. That is insanity. I ended up keeping many of my textbooks.
This post was edited on 8/4/15 at 8:42 am
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