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re: 26 years later and I’m still pissed off about LSUs book buying scams
Posted on 9/8/26 at 9:44 am to CocomoLSU
Posted on 9/8/26 at 9:44 am to CocomoLSU
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Total scam, but we felt like millionaires walking away from that buyback with like $130 in our pockets
I had a full ride scholly that paid for books too.
What I'd do is schedule 24 hours. Go to all classes the first week. Drop the two worst classes, sell those two books back for cash. Go out drinking on that money for half the semester.
At the end of the semester, the book buyback would be my drinking money for the semester break.
Ah, to be a stupid college kid again.
Posted on 9/8/26 at 9:58 am to One72
I have a friend who ran a bookstore for the owner. The amount of money that guy made is mind blowing. I cannot imagine how many university admin types were on the take 
Posted on 9/8/26 at 10:08 am to One72
To add to the scam, the Professor would write the book, require you to purchase the book and pocket the royalties from the sale.
Posted on 9/8/26 at 10:13 am to One72
I started LSU 30 years ago (damn I'm getting old) and I remember some of them being a rip off, but I don't remember any that were $600. Some of them were $150.
Posted on 9/8/26 at 10:18 am to BitBuster
Freshman calculus. They changed books my year so no used available. They must have had some new developments/discoveries in the field.
Posted on 9/8/26 at 10:23 am to Loup
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I can't remember if it was at LSU, BRCC or McNeese but I had a professor who wrote his own book for the course. He didn't get it published and charged students about $10 to buy it printed on regular printer paper directly from him.
There was bio teacher at LSU that did that. He put together his own textbook and charged like $50 for it.
With all that said pocketing $300 at the end of the semester from selling books back made for a great couple of weekends.
This post was edited on 9/8/26 at 10:24 am
Posted on 9/8/26 at 10:31 am to One72
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26 years later and I’m still pissed off about LSUs book buying scams
All universities bro, but I agree.
Why the heck do we need another calculus book. Mine was 4th edition when I finished and I barely got under the wire. Stewart Calculus is on the 9th Edition now.
I didn't realize we had anything new to learn about calculus.
Posted on 9/8/26 at 10:53 am to One72
It kinda worked out for me. My parents paid for my books, but then they let me pocket the money I sold them for on Amazon when the semester was over, so I made a few hundred from it each semester.
But yes, otherwise it is a huge scam.
But yes, otherwise it is a huge scam.
This post was edited on 9/8/26 at 10:54 am
Posted on 9/8/26 at 10:55 am to One72
Even if only 50 bucks, i enjoyed to book selling days
Posted on 9/8/26 at 10:59 am to One72
OP cooked
Posted on 9/8/26 at 11:04 am to One72
They did this at La Tech too, a girl I know started an off campus book store that bought and sold text books and caused a big stink.
The campus bookstore had been a monopoly for 20 years and tried to block her but they went to court and she won.
It's all a scam
The campus bookstore had been a monopoly for 20 years and tried to block her but they went to court and she won.
It's all a scam
Posted on 9/8/26 at 11:08 am to PotatoChip
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Then after a couple semesters, they would change versions to push the new versions. It was all scammy. You had to buy the books when I was at LSU or it was hard to keep up with the material.
Had a professor for a few different classes that would call this practice out. She would then have her TA figure out if there were any changes and just give handouts to explain the differences. This allowed her to buy an extra 1-2 semesters before she was forced into the new book, which would then have used versions available at the off-campus bookstores
Posted on 9/8/26 at 11:10 am to Loup
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but I had a professor who wrote his own book for the course.
Same. Except this bastard was published. Absolute racket
Posted on 9/8/26 at 11:23 am to One72
My favorite ones were the ones you couldn’t buy used cause you needed the code thing.
Posted on 9/8/26 at 11:27 am to One72
I always wondered if professors get kickbacks from textbook publishers….there is so much money involved in that game, it has to be tempting!
Posted on 9/8/26 at 11:34 am to One72
Fall 1992 - Calculus I book - almost $300
Spring 1993 - Calculus II Needed new book because they came out with a new edition and professor was using it. almost another $300 and not buying back old edition. (like calculus changed so much in 6 months after over 300+ years of being creates, that we had to have the newest edition)
May 1993, go to sell calculus book back after final..... Sorry, we have enough and are no longer buying that book back.....
Spring 1993 - Calculus II Needed new book because they came out with a new edition and professor was using it. almost another $300 and not buying back old edition. (like calculus changed so much in 6 months after over 300+ years of being creates, that we had to have the newest edition)
May 1993, go to sell calculus book back after final..... Sorry, we have enough and are no longer buying that book back.....
Posted on 9/8/26 at 11:42 am to One72
Book sell back day was always a great day. Had a little cash in my pocket and ready to party
Posted on 9/8/26 at 11:52 am to One72
I bought used books online and usually sold them for pretty close to what I paid
Or found a PDF of book for free
Or found a PDF of book for free
Posted on 9/8/26 at 12:08 pm to One72
Professors had quite a side hustle when they would write their own textbooks, require them to be purchased by giving assignments out of them, then add an update or 2 every year so the old books would be outdated.
Posted on 9/8/26 at 12:52 pm to One72
This happens everywhere, as far as I know. It’s a scam on epic proportions. I assume everything is digital now, but I’d bet my left nut they still charge hundreds for the download.
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