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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 12:52 PM
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$93 for a used math book?
Gah.

I bought my textbook for my online math course that starts on Monday.

Suck me dry why don't they?

That's a week of part-time retail right there. *sigh*

I have a house closing in a month. Don't ask me how I'm going to pay for that!

How much do you think I can get for hooking?

:crazy:
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 12:55 PM
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1. Geez, how much is it new?
And can you resell it for what you paid for it?
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 01:04 PM
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3. I asked
They won't buy this particular book back. :(
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HERVEPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 01:08 PM
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6. Sell it back on Craigslist
My son has made a lot of money back this way
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 01:15 PM
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7. Good idea
I'll keep that in mind. Though now that I'm looking at it, I may need it.

"Math for Business and Personal Finance Decisions"

I need to learn about all this shit for more than just college credits.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 12:55 PM
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2. 92 dollars
gotta keep up the misfortune :(
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 01:05 PM
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4. Bummer
I guess I'll have to find some other source of income. :P
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 01:06 PM
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5. If you're going to be a hooker my city would be perfect to rake in the dough.
Because the ones we have here have two teeth and bullet wounds. :scared:
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 01:17 PM
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10. I do have all my own teeth!
I can honestly say I haven't been shot at, yet.
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carlyhippy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 01:16 PM
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8. that is a cheap one
my kid's biology book was 150.00 used, but it could be used both semsesters, usually around 500.00 a semester for books. And when it's time to sell those books back, so far she only gets maybe 10% back, it's a ripoff.
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 01:18 PM
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11. I'm an art major
This is the first textbook I've had to buy. It was a bit of a shock. I guess I wasn't too worried about pricing way back in the days that mommy and daddy paid for my books. Heh.
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 01:23 PM
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13. Oh lord, wait till you get to Art History
$92 will seem so so cheap. Seriously.
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 01:25 PM
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14. Shhhhhh
That is my Fall class...I've been putting it off.

:scared:
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 01:27 PM
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15. Try to find out what text they'll be using and
keep an eye out on Craigslist and Half.com. I knew someone who got a $120 textbook for $20 on half.com. Instructor's edition too. :D
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 01:16 PM
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9. Textbook prices are a CRIME. nt
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 01:19 PM
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12. I feel bad for those taking a full load of courses.
This is just one online course over the Summer.

Crazy.
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 01:31 PM
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16. Well, I'd volunteer to help out with that last part...
... but all my bills just went through at once and I'm down to 6 cents in my bank account. :P
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 02:06 PM
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18. No employee discounts either!
:P
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 02:30 PM
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21. ...
:spray:
:rofl:
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 01:53 PM
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17. It's essentially a monopoly
http://www.maketextbooksaffordable.org
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 02:07 PM
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19. Thanks for the link.
:thumbsup:
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 02:13 PM
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20. Books are teh suck!
Speaking of suck... :evilgrin:

Doh! I feel I've crossed a line.. but, but, butt.. you did mention hooking :P

:hide:
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 07:50 PM
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26. That is extra
:P
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 07:56 PM
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31. Consider a trade?
:rofl:

:*
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 07:58 PM
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33. What you got?
:shrug:
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 08:12 PM
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37. hmm..
I have strong hands. A massage? with oils?

:P
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 08:13 PM
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38. I'm listening.
:P
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 08:22 PM
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41. I'll only be as frisky as you allow
How's that for a trade?

:evilgrin:

PS: there's that line again :blush:
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Sky Masterson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 03:07 PM
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22. Umm
Millions. :hug: :hi:
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 07:52 PM
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28. Really?
I'm down with that!

errrr
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Sky Masterson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 08:00 PM
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35. Ha!
Not that I have a million :cry:
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 08:03 PM
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36. What?
OMG! False advertising!

:spank: :spank:
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Sky Masterson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 08:20 PM
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40. Ouch!
I'm only glad I didn't have to pay up front. :evilgrin: :P
Bad me! Bad me! :loveya:
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 03:14 PM
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23. textbooks are a racket
i'd pay $20 for a used paperback and only get $2 or $3 bucks back, so i wound up keeping a lot of books.

that's one of the few things i don't miss about college
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 07:53 PM
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29. I'm learning this.
Ridiculous!
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Dramarama Donating Member (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 03:22 PM
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24. Same here
and last semester I didn't even use two of the books
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 07:54 PM
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30. Hopefully I'll use this one.
I'll read the whole damn thing on principle alone now.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 04:39 PM
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25. So, how many hours of labor is that $93, and what percentage of your weekly income?
:P

Sorry to hear about it - I'm glad I did college in the 80s, when textbooks were only $50 a shot.
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 07:56 PM
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32. I'd make more hooking
no doubt about that.

Both suck (pun intended), but retail pays way less with longer hours.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 07:52 PM
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27. That depends - how many rugs can you make in a week?
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 08:00 PM
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34. I really should learn that type of hooking
Since I have a discount on those products now.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 08:15 PM
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39. Want to make $94 the fun way?
I figure you can use the extra buck for a coke. ;)
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 08:27 PM
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42. What is the fun way exactly?
*ahem*

Make it a diet coke.

:P
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 08:30 PM
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43. Well it involves close physical proximity and...
Edited on Thu May-28-09 08:30 PM by GOPisEvil
(redacted - there are children here for crying out loud).

Diet coke it is.

:P
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 08:39 PM
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44. You have children???
Since when?

Wait, are they furry?

Oh hold on, those are just my stuffed chimps.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 08:58 PM
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45. Wait? My post got redacted?
Children? My only kids are dust bunnies.

You and your chimp are cute. :)
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-29-09 12:53 AM
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46. turning a trick?
i'd pay you at least $500?
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Tabasco_Dave Donating Member (744 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-29-09 02:01 AM
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47. A People's History of the United States
was the cheapest textbook i bought. MY history professor said, it was the best textbook out there and the campus bookstore, was a rip of. He ordered extra copies, at book at a local independent bookstore and I paid $3.00 for a used copy.
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BolivarianHero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-29-09 07:37 AM
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48. Lame...
See if the book is piratable before you let these people gouge you dry. Given how much more we pay than Europeans and Asians, the publishers deserve it.
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