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Zybach
08-21-2002, 06:58 PM
Can you guys believe I just spent 100 dollars buying 3 books? 3 stupid books!!
Kyle
08-21-2002, 07:15 PM
for my sister, she had to pay 500 for 8...you got it easy
mt.biker
08-21-2002, 07:42 PM
this reminds me off denises post
94_AcCoRd_EX
08-21-2002, 07:59 PM
Originally posted by mt.biker
this reminds me off denises post

:yes:
doownek
08-21-2002, 11:05 PM
Can you guys believe I just spent 100 dollars buying 3 books? 3 stupid books!!

???

wow that cheap!! ever quarter i spent like 2-400 buks for 3 books.

i had a chemistry book (one dam book) that was over 200 buks!!!!!

its a scam! <G>
XdiscontensionX
08-22-2002, 07:25 AM
ha, my current school doesn't tell you how much your books are - they include them in your tuition and just hand them to you at the beginning of each quarter - i know we're getting reamed. ...not to mention the fact that i already had 3 of the books we used and they MADE me take the new ones anyway.
i also have a class where the professor just gives us photocopies of another book and doesn't teach us anything. she hands them out and then surfs the web while we read her illegal reproductions. oh how i *loooove* paying $1500 to get photocopies of a book that i could have bought for $20. oh, and did i mention that the photocopied book has nothing to do with the course?!?!
ChrisCantSkate
08-22-2002, 08:18 AM
heh, one of my computer books was $79 my 2 english books were 120, my macro-econ book was 55, my sociology books are going to be 110. you have it better than i do man.
blind34_1
08-24-2002, 03:56 PM
I had to get 2 electronics books, 2 lab books, a tech math book, and an english book. It ran me $490, and I still have to buy another $40 book! These books are not that great, where do they get off charging that?! stupid...

well, there goes buying my new clutch & short shifter for a while...
DsBlu01CivEX
08-24-2002, 05:05 PM
Originally posted by mt.biker
this reminds me off denises post

yah i'm sooooo cool everyone tries to be like me! HAHAHAHAHAHA:D riiight...ask erin...she "copied" me last night at the club.
cstrom80
08-24-2002, 07:07 PM
Here, our most expensive book this year is our Biology book. 152.00!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's not a packet of books... just one freaking book.
ebpda9
08-24-2002, 10:24 PM
dude i spend 4-600 every semester for the stoopid books.
richmclaren
08-25-2002, 01:08 AM
This might be a little bit redundant, but I felt left out of the whole "here's how much my books cost" loop:

accounting: 114
econ: 80
legal and ethics: 160 + 15 for an access code
calc: 53 (i got so lucky i found this online, used. it was 112 in the store)

Oh, and get this: last semester, i had to take a computer class that was the biggest bullshit ever. I read up on terms such as harddrive, floppy disk, and memory..., etc. The book was 110 and came with a password that each student had to have in order to take the tests. My brother and I each had the same class and we both had to pay over a hundred dollars for a stupid password. We never opened the books.

By the way, this semester was the least I ever had to spend on books.
blind34_1
08-25-2002, 01:36 PM
thats just stupid. Another case of textbook makers trying to overuse technology. Passwords and crap should be used for security not to extort money from people, and especially students.

Don't even bother with those rudimentary computer classes - they are a waste.
ChrisCantSkate
08-25-2002, 01:51 PM
Originally posted by blind34_1
thats just stupid. Another case of textbook makers trying to overuse technology. Passwords and crap should be used for security not to extort money from people, and especially students.

Don't even bother with those rudimentary computer classes - they are a waste.
im taking a BS comp course too, but its required
Zybach
08-25-2002, 07:17 PM
But see what ticks me off is that we have about 5-6 book stores in town and all the books are the same freaking price!! Damn college people.
Kyle
08-25-2002, 07:49 PM
is there anyway you coulda bought your stuff sooner?
94_AcCoRd_EX
08-25-2002, 08:08 PM
Originally posted by Mobbo
is there anyway you coulda bought your stuff sooner?

What would that do for you?
Kyle
08-25-2002, 08:16 PM
Well, i figure that the book people raise the price of books as college gets closer...
94_AcCoRd_EX
08-25-2002, 08:19 PM
Originally posted by Mobbo
Well, i figure that the book people raise the price of books as college gets closer...

Oh, I see. That would make sense, but @ my bookstore, the textbooks stay roughly the same price all year.
Kyle
08-25-2002, 08:26 PM
Thats good...some people are dicks though...they know people need books....so they make it cost more
DsBlu01CivEX
08-25-2002, 09:00 PM
it does suck...but it's called staying in business. The student services at my school (who run the bookstore and just about everything else on campus) won't let any other types of restaurants or businesses come within like 3 or so miles of the campus. So in turn they know that the students will go there to buy their stuff. It's sorta like in retail....Womens jeans are like $10 more expensive than mens cuz the manufacturer knows that the chicks will pay the price.

I swear my school is run by socialists! But oh well...I know that I'm getting just as good of an education there as I would at a big name school and not paying as much in tuition. So what do ya do.....