sir_captain
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Mon Sep-18-06 11:15 PM
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Why are textbooks so damn expensive? |
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Is it just because the publsihers have got their target audience over a barrel?
I'm looking at a little *paperback* case studies in anatomy book that is about 250 pages long with a glued on cheap paperback cover--$50. It hasn't been updated since 1979. What a crock.
Goddamn. I've gotten myself into the wrong racket.
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Mon Sep-18-06 11:17 PM
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1. I love when you go to sell them back and they say that the book is |
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an old edition and can't be bought back. Then the ones they do buy back are only worth 10-20 bucks even though I just paid 100 bucks 2 months earlier.
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sir_captain
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Mon Sep-18-06 11:22 PM
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5. I can't sell any of them back anyway |
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cause I'll actually need them down the road. But you're totally right.
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Mon Sep-18-06 11:18 PM
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2. half.com is a godsend for that kind of stuff. |
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But, yeah, I feel you. Plus, I'm a history major, so lots of my books won't be bought back. :grr:
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Mon Sep-18-06 11:20 PM
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3. I heard it jumped exponentially because of Reagan... |
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...something to do with how editions and publishing, but I had a professor who said that Reagan did something to trigger it.
It's fucking unreal and it's IM-POSS-I-BLE to afford 600/semester on most financial aid.
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Mon Sep-18-06 11:21 PM
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4. UMB gives us up to $750 of our aid for books |
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Mon Sep-18-06 11:24 PM
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6. Wow...yet another reason that guy sucked |
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I can't understand how anyone could possibly like him at all. As far as I can tell, the only thing he ever had going for him was starring in a movie with a monkey. I do like monkeys.
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Mon Sep-18-06 11:42 PM
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...the kickbacks for the Professors and the colleges!
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Mon Sep-18-06 11:44 PM
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8. As the child of two college professors |
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I only wish that were true...it's not.
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Mon Sep-18-06 11:51 PM
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9. I'll Take Your Word For it about the Profs,... |
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...because I want to out of respect for your parents and for many great ones that I had.
But the schools have to make one hell of a profit!
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Mon Sep-18-06 11:53 PM
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10. Amazon.com is your friend for used text books. It's the best way |
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to buy and to re-sell yours as well.
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