college text books
college text books
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From: Clearwater, Fl
i graduated in 01, dont know about now but then it could be between 80-150 bucks a book.
and yes it seems like you finsish a semester, yuor buddy lends you his book for the next semester and yes they have a new edition in like 2mts,lol
and yes it seems like you finsish a semester, yuor buddy lends you his book for the next semester and yes they have a new edition in like 2mts,lol
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From: Kasson, Minnesota
I thought that also with I was in college. You pay all this money for books than can't get nothing back. The old edition usually worked anyway and professors often told us that, but it would be harder to follow our syllabus when it came to page numbers/chapters and what not. And also, sometimes it didn't need a book if the professors gave us good notes. Not really a scam persay, but it seems like books get outdated so quick and they make new editions, so they can't give a very good price back or won't take them back so you are stuck. So yes, a scam and a very good one also. The price of books should be cheaper when they know a new edition will come out next year and I'm sure they know.
Last edited by bucks77ford; Aug 1, 2007 at 02:10 PM.
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my 3 daughters (I) spent plenty on books that often didn't get used in the course.If they sell them back,they get about 10% of what they paid for them and they get sold again........I'd like to have a scam like that going
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From: the beaches of florida
Yeah i got lucky. Where i go to school i take the automotive courses they all use the same book. That book was like $80 used and its kinda screwed up. It got wet at some point so the first 3-4 chapters are slightly warped.
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So long as you have the ISBN, you can search down used copies for good ("better") prices. One place you should start looking is www.half.com
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He is right
Originally Posted by CapeF250
my 3 daughters (I) spent plenty on books that often didn't get used in the course.If they sell them back,they get about 10% of what they paid for them and they get sold again........I'd like to have a scam like that going
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Wow I feel incredibly lucky. I have one full year left and my school rents us the text books we need for fall and spring semesters (hands em too us, we pay for em at the end of the semester if we wanna keep them). Summer school we have to buy em though, but they give us maybe 50% back if I remember correctly.
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Originally Posted by WheelMA1
So long as you have the ISBN, you can search down used copies for good ("better") prices. One place you should start looking is www.half.com
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From: Valley of the Sun AZ
scam...yep...my last semsester in college it cost $875.00 in books and I could of sold them back for a whopping $80.00, so I kept them and have my students use them.
During grad school I used e-bay and amazon a lot and found the books A LOT cheaper.
During grad school I used e-bay and amazon a lot and found the books A LOT cheaper.
