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Time to bitch about book prices
Posted on 1/15/16 at 2:49 pm
Posted on 1/15/16 at 2:49 pm
FML, I hate the beginning of every semester. I could be out getting drunk on this money. I needed 4 books, but the bookstore didn't have the fourth. My teacher wanted us to get another edition of this engines book that is $492 on amazon, but I got the newer version for cheaper somehow.
To this day, I think the most expensive book I've ever bought was $390. That's a lot of cheddar for a bunch of pieces of paper
Here is today's loss:
All they had was new books, and I don't rent ones that I'll possibly use again. Fricking Amazon couldn't get anything to me before the 22nd
To this day, I think the most expensive book I've ever bought was $390. That's a lot of cheddar for a bunch of pieces of paper
Here is today's loss:
All they had was new books, and I don't rent ones that I'll possibly use again. Fricking Amazon couldn't get anything to me before the 22nd
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Posted on 1/15/16 at 2:50 pm to Hammertime
<-- that colleges still make people buy books in 2016 and charge ridiculous prices
Posted on 1/15/16 at 2:50 pm to Hammertime
quote:
My teacher wanted us to get another edition of this engines book that is $492 on amazon, but I got the newer version for cheaper somehow.
You should fight him, after knuckle check of course. Can't be too careful.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 2:51 pm to Hammertime
Just bought a damn $200 book because of the online homework access key it comes with. Totally a rip off.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 2:52 pm to Hammertime
Don't worry, you can sell them back at the end of the semester for $60.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 2:52 pm to VermilionTiger
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Just bought a damn $200 book because of the online homework access key it comes with. Totally a rip off.
i'm sorry but that just suuuuucks
i cant imagine ANYTHING i need for my job (and its very technical) that i cant look up with a 30 second google search.
colleges are such archaic dinosaurs.
what a racket.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 2:52 pm to Hammertime
LSU bookstore has digital book rentals now. I rented the digital copy of a $200 book for $70 and a $140 book for $45. Saved a lot of money there, and I'm not worried about renting bc I've never gone back to look at a book after I've finished with it for the semester. However the books that didn't have digital rentals were expensive as hell
Posted on 1/15/16 at 2:54 pm to Hammertime
Holy hell, I guess my days of bitching about textbook prices back in the day are officially over.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 2:54 pm to Hammertime
Cant wait to get this shite over with. A piece of me dies from rage everytime i have to purchase a book. Even more when I have to drop $140 for a fricking access code.
Anyone know of any textbook torrents?
Anyone know of any textbook torrents?
Posted on 1/15/16 at 2:56 pm to Hammertime
I wonder if there are publishing reps that kiss professors asses like drug reps do with doctors.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 2:57 pm to CAD703X
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colleges still make people buy books in 2016 and charge ridiculous prices
One of my professors blatantly admitted that the department requires him to list a "required" textbook now, despite the fact that he used to tell his students not to buy a textbook
Posted on 1/15/16 at 2:59 pm to Scooba
I don't sell back upper level books. I keep them in case I need to reference them for some reason. Used a few of my forestry books after I graduated, and will probably be looking over these engineering books before the EIT/PE
Posted on 1/15/16 at 3:00 pm to Hammertime
oooooooo are you in engineering????????
Posted on 1/15/16 at 3:00 pm to Upperdecker
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One of my professors blatantly admitted that the department requires him to list a "required" textbook now, despite the fact that he used to tell his students not to buy a textbook
God forbid he give his students a break.
what a scam.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 3:00 pm to Hammertime
I'm so glad all my textbooks are online and included in the cost of tuition.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 3:00 pm to Upperdecker
I got off cheap this semester, the kids Organic Chem book and Bio book are still good for the second parts of those courses and she got one of the other books from a friend. Only shelled out $235 this semester.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 3:01 pm to Hammertime
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I don't sell back upper level books.
only book i kept from the 1980s was my calculus book because i used it for Calc 1, 2 and 3 and i thought it was ridiculous that it cost me like $55
Posted on 1/15/16 at 3:01 pm to Hammertime
Unless the Professor wrote the textbook and is mandating it for his course at outrageous rates while no other institutions use the text, I have no problem with any price charged for access to intellectual property. It is a free market, and the market sets the price.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 3:01 pm to DownSouthCrawfish
quote:That + chegg is how I get all of the solutions manuals
Anyone know of any textbook torrents?
Posted on 1/15/16 at 3:02 pm to lsunurse
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I'm so glad all my textbooks are online and included in the cost of tuition.
why in the frick does this not happen everywhere??
i thought universities were all for saving trees & shite.
hypocrite hypocrite tell you what he do.
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