Godd@mn bookstore

93rollaracer · #1 05-06-2005, 02:10 PM

OK I know these fuckers always shaft people, but I'm getting it much worse than normal. Let's start with my $60 English book. I go in there expecting around $15-20 for it...it's a hardcover ~1500 pages. I leave with nothing. New edition in June. Next up is the $120 Spanish book. Haven't sold it back yet, but I've heard rumors that they're offering $15 for it. And reselling it for $80. Thank you I'll sell it for $40 by myself. Fucking douche bags.

drewh4386 · #2 05-06-2005, 02:27 PM

Ah yes. the everlasting school book mark up. Which is why I really think somethings in college are a rip off, but who know for sure? It is really that serious to pay $5000 a semester for school?

ToyTundra · #3 05-06-2005, 11:03 PM

not everyone pays $5k. I just keep my books i look through them sometimes.

93rollaracer · #4 05-07-2005, 12:05 AM

But I gotta buy beer tomorrow night.

Andydg · #5 05-07-2005, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ToyTundra

not everyone pays $5k. I just keep my books i look through them sometimes.

I keep all of mine too. But most of them I get for free anyways...

knorwj · #6 05-07-2005, 02:01 PM

thats why i stopped buying text books... you can always borrow them from others when you need to look something up, and the campus library usually has a copy or two for reference.

crayzayjay · #7 05-07-2005, 02:16 PM

The 5 books i need for my upcoming exam sold for a total of $885. No sympathy here

sidewayzS13 · #8 05-07-2005, 03:40 PM

oh yea its horrible. they offered me $3 for a $50 book i was like WTF. out of my 6 books they were only going to buy one back for $3. i i ended up keeping them all. and im w/ u 93roll. i use my book money i get back on beer for my final night at school before i come home. but since they didnt give me money back i ended up having to get cheap beer. oh well. what really made me mad though is i only had to use 3 of the 6 books i bought. so i wasted like $175 on books i didnt need and cant get any money back for.

drewh4386 · #9 05-07-2005, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ToyTundra

not everyone pays $5k.

yes I know. I sure as hell don't. I bought 5 books ($650 damn computer and history classes) this semester in school. We've already started buy back and guess what my total was.....$120.

Why? "we haven't decided if we were going to use the particular books next semester."

Did I let them buy them back? no.

93rollaracer · #10 05-07-2005, 05:01 PM

Well after it's all said and done, the bookstore gave me exactly $1.50 for the $190 worth of books I got. Fortunately, my roommate is buying my spanish book for $30, so it's not bad.

Yes that's the same Spanish book they're buying for $15 and reselling for $88.50.

TexasF355F1 · #11 05-08-2005, 08:15 PM

Get use to it. Occasionally you'll get lucky. I think the most I've ever gotten for all my books was like $189. And that's the one time they took them all back.

fredjacksonsan · #12 05-10-2005, 10:37 AM

The bastards have been at this game forever. New edition? All the author has to do is change 1 paragraph and 1 picture/chart per chapter to have a new edition published. (I checked with a publisher).

My worst was a $160 chemistry book that, guess what, was a new edition and was outdated after 13 weeks and therefore worthless as a buyback. Total rip off. I'm still pissed about it and it was several years ago.

#13 05-10-2005, 12:58 PM

So this is what I have to look forward to.

fredjacksonsan · #14 05-10-2005, 01:19 PM

Enjoy college! Buy used books whenever possible.

ToyTundra · #15 05-10-2005, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by fredjacksonsan

The bastards have been at this game forever. New edition? All the author has to do is change 1 paragraph and 1 picture/chart per chapter to have a new edition published. (I checked with a publisher).

So true. The worst part is the author makes only $6 on a $100 book. The publisher/retailer keeps the rest

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