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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 1:16 pm to Midtiger farm
Posted on 9/8/26 at 1:16 pm to Midtiger farm
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do students still have to buy textbooks today or is everything online?
You rent a virtual copy. I understood the POV of the publishers. If everyone just handed a copy down they’d eventually go bankrupt. They played out the “new version” scam as much as they could, then they used the college bookstores to facilitate the grift at a high price. The online renting is a fair balance. The publisher gets paid, as they should, and the price to the student is reasonable.
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Posted on 9/8/26 at 1:25 pm to One72
Text books were part of your tuition fees at Southeastern when I was there... 
Posted on 9/8/26 at 1:25 pm to PotatoChip
Had a math prof who wrote the textbook. He'd change editions EVERY quarter (I'm old. We were on the quarter system back then, not semesters.). Bookstore would not buy them back because the edition was outdated. Nice little scam he and the bookstore had going on there. ETA: The prof was a dothead. Not that it matters, I guess?
This post was edited on 9/8/26 at 1:27 pm
Posted on 9/8/26 at 1:28 pm to One72
I forgot about the textbook scams at colleges. Those were the days.
Posted on 9/8/26 at 1:30 pm to GeauxGutsy
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Same. Except this bastard was published. Absolute racket
When I was at Auburn, all MIS majors had to take an Intro to Telecom class. The book was written by two AU professors and they had worked it out with the bookstores (University and private off campus) to not buy used copies.
They were starting to work on a second edition and one of the two professors taught a class that featured how to use Microsoft Project. One class figured out that he was having the class develop the project timeline (milestones, deadlines, etc.) for that second edition.
Posted on 9/8/26 at 1:46 pm to One72
I think about this every time I get an email or junk mail asking me to donate to my alma mater. When asked personally, I’ve explained to the person asking for money that the university will only receive my tax dollars because any extra money I would be able to donate was squeezed out of me by the university when I was at the poorest point in my life. When they look confused I start with the textbook scam then go on to the technology fees, parking costs, etc and usually by then they’ve excused themselves to move on to their next target. 20 years later it’s still fresh on my mind and I will never forget what they did to me and other poor students who were just trying to make something out of their lives.
After typing all of this I think I may have needed therapy 19 years ago.
After typing all of this I think I may have needed therapy 19 years ago.
Posted on 9/8/26 at 1:56 pm to SlickRickerz
Then you find out the professor wrote the book, and only changed a few graphs or terms in the back. New Edition cost eleventy billion dollars.
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