Only 1 U Need Connoisseur 6,671 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Has anyone ever tried to sell their book back only to get 2$ for a 300$ book? All of us feel the pain of expensive college books. Do you have any stories of being ripped off for books? Always remember you can trade fellow students and sell your books on ebay and amazon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysongeve 1,046 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 i've (thankfully) never had that situation happen to me, but my college's bookstore orders the wrong editions of books sometimes and it causes a lot of trouble for students. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Only 1 U Need Connoisseur 6,671 Posted May 19, 2016 Author Share Posted May 19, 2016 i've (thankfully) never had that situation happen to me, but my college's bookstore orders the wrong editions of books sometimes and it causes a lot of trouble for students. oh that sounds awful.. most classes also require the newest edition which is also a pain.. causes old books to become worthless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloupipoo 1,619 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 They sell 20 pages books for like 50$ when they're available for 5 on Amazon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xharuharux 2,487 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 nope never tried to sell my books back, always buy from past students and bargain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*lesigh* 6,759 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Textbooks are overpriced at bookstores. Get them online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Only 1 U Need Connoisseur 6,671 Posted May 19, 2016 Author Share Posted May 19, 2016 Textbooks are overpriced at bookstores. Get them online. They are overprice everywhere tbh. I always try to rent and buy used when I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
night vale. 8,071 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 My school once charged 50% tax on a book and I had no choice but to get it because I needed it for that day. College is like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Only 1 U Need Connoisseur 6,671 Posted May 19, 2016 Author Share Posted May 19, 2016 My school once charged 50% tax on a book and I had no choice but to get it because I needed it for that day. College is like that 50%!? What the hell! are they allowed to do that!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foo 3,048 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Colleges love to rip us off. I didn't buy any books from my school's bookstore this year, since the prices are 2-3x what I can get them for online/from former students. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakurahanabira 6,634 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Yes. I didn't buy a $100+ textbook just to get $5 back. And what I dislike about some of my courses as a foreign language major is that they make you buy a book with a course access code to use for assignments, and since those access codes have an expiration date, you have no choice but to buy them new because you don't know if those used books with course access codes have already been used before or not. Other than those books with access codes, I usually get my books off Amazon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Only 1 U Need Connoisseur 6,671 Posted May 19, 2016 Author Share Posted May 19, 2016 Yes. I didn't buy a $100+ textbook just to get $5 back. And what I dislike about some of my courses as a foreign language major is that they make you buy a book with a course access code to use for assignments, and since those access codes have an expiration date, you have no choice but to buy them new because you don't know if those used books with course access codes have already been used before or not. Other than those books with access codes, I usually get my books off Amazon. i've been downloading pdfs and buying access codes. a lot of my classes need access codes.. they cost like 50$ ea.. ugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSky46 68 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 For our textbooks here, they're usually cheaper when bought on amazon. Sometimes it can be a 10 dollar difference, sometimes more lol. And yeah definitely selling it in the bookstore would be a rip-off, selling to fellow students would be better! Our university usually has this facebook page where students do buying and selling off other students, maybe try looking for something like that for yours? Also some of profs were pretty chill, they know how expensive some books are so some of them literally tell us to search the book up online and forget about buying unless we really want it lmao. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
night vale. 8,071 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 50%!? What the hell! are they allowed to do that!? Honestly I don't know but a book around $100 turned to $150 and when I asked the person working at the front, she was like "yeah well that's the tax" Like...what the fuck do you mean? I didn't even have time to contest it because I had to go to another class. University bookstores are just there to take your money (just like the rest of the university). Don't even get me started on professors who co-write their own textbooks and their BS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiafyed 65 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Either get it second hand or borrow a copy from the library and download a scan to PDF app on your tablets/smart phone. It's quite a fair bit of trouble but it'll definitely save you quite a fair sum of money in the long run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoshLuxe 689 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 I've thought about selling them, but in the end I just donated them to save space and I ran out of time. It' sucks nowadays. They try to find anything they can charge you for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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