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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 04:52 PM Original message |
Why do college text books ram you up the ass with their cost? |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. $170 for a used text book? |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It's text book prostitution! |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Nah, I checked. |
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hatredisnotavalue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. Have you considered renting a textbook? |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I entered the ISBN # and they didn't have it. |
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tinkerbell41 (722 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 08:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
44. Thanks |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. The fucking worst is when the professor writes his own book... |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I think that's what this is! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
8. It's one of BusCo's franchises. Go figure. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Bastids. |
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theNotoriousP.I.G. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
10. Because It's a racket and students are willing to pay |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Yeah, that's what I figured. |
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theNotoriousP.I.G. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. The sad fact is |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Thanks! |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
55. that's the part that ALWAYS pissed me off the most... |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. agreed on that aspect, |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 06:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. "Willing to pay" is a questionable description |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 06:23 AM Response to Reply #10 |
40. Willing? Not really. |
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theNotoriousP.I.G. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #40 |
65. You are right of course |
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JTG of the PRB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. Because they can. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Hell, Rosetta Stone is cheaper. |
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JTG of the PRB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. PLUS, I barely remember any of the German I learned. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. That's pretty obvious here. |
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JTG of the PRB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Ohhhhhhhhh SNAP! |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
16. It's highway robbery,Gray. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. It is shocking. |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
18. Because they can. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
19. Locking. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 06:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Yeah, but what about the OP? |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. I AM borderline disgusting and proud of it ! ! ! |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. . |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Suddenly, I've totally forgotten what this thread was about... |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Glad I could help. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. thread title made me laugh a bit. |
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RiffRandell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
20. No kidding! |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. My two writing course books cost me $93. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
21. Seriously |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Maybe I should consider that. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:00 AM Response to Reply #21 |
39. You might just try leasing a Xerox machine |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
31. They've been getting away with it forever. |
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seaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
34. $ 700.00 |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 10:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Robbery. |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #34 |
59. That's pretty bad. I paid 700 dollars for 18 credit hours worth of class. |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
35. It's been like that forevah... nt. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:59 AM Response to Original message |
38. I was almost always $500 a semester for me back in the 1980's |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:36 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. We should protest in the streets! |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
42. This has been going on for decades. It p'd me off in the late 1960's. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
43. 1. Get a friend to buy the book |
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Highway61 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
45. Chegg.com |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
46. because they're probably going to be out of date in 2 years |
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mysuzuki2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
47. To put it in historical perspective |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
48. High production costs + limited runs = expensive books. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Hell, we could read those fuckers online instead. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Electronic textbooks generally suck. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. We're doomed. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Nah, someone will eventually develop a decent e-textbook. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. We should develop one |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. I've been noodling a few ideas around on one. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. Keep working on it. |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #48 |
62. Good analysis |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. I hear it from my students every semester. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
50. Because they can. nt |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
51. college bookstores must generate a lot of cash per square foot. |
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smoochpooch (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
54. You can always split the cost with a classmate. Also, depending on the class, |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
57. 700 dollars for my books this semester. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #57 |
66. Que le fait de baiser ? |
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