why are school books so darned expensive?!?!?
Because of limited market forces. They can claim supply and demand and jack up the prices.
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DCJensen - Oct 10, 2005 4:34:05 am PDT #7385 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
SuziQ - Oct 10, 2005 4:36:04 am PDT #7386 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Selling hte book is not an issue because I will have to take that Critical Thinking class at some point, I just might be able to shuffle things around and take it later.
Hil R. - Oct 10, 2005 4:39:19 am PDT #7387 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
A few of my students bought grey-market calculus books from India to save money. I'm not sure exactly how they bought them, though.
Volans - Oct 10, 2005 4:39:40 am PDT #7388 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Is there anyplace online to get discounted textbooks?
Yay for progress, vw!
Topic!Cindy - Oct 10, 2005 4:41:43 am PDT #7389 of 10001
What is even happening?
vw recently bought a text book on e-Bay, Hil. It was a little bait-and-switchy, though. The cover pictured on e-Bay was the same as the edition the class was supposed to buy. When the book arrived, it was a foreign (UK, maybe?) edition, I think--at any rate, it was somewhat different.
vw, what happened with that, anyhow? Was the substance of the text the same? Also and completely unrelated, did Emily get a pillow?
vw bug - Oct 10, 2005 4:42:57 am PDT #7390 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
A few of my students bought grey-market calculus books from India to save money. I'm not sure exactly how they bought them, though.
Probably through half.com. I know Emily got one this way.
I got my Biology textbook on ebay for $74, as opposed to the $130 it was in the bookstore. You can get a lot of textbooks on Amazon as well, which helps.
Thanks, Raq!
vw bug - Oct 10, 2005 4:49:03 am PDT #7391 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
vw, what happened with that, anyhow? Was the substance of the text the same? Also and completely unrelated, did Emily get a pillow?
Turned out I did get the US edition, so it was all okey dokey.
Emily did not get a pillow. I may run to LnT today and try there. We weren't thrilled with the selection and BB&B.
Jessica - Oct 10, 2005 4:50:06 am PDT #7392 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
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sumi - Oct 10, 2005 4:52:51 am PDT #7393 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Maidengurl -- can you not return the book full price during the add/drop period?
Topic!Cindy - Oct 10, 2005 4:54:08 am PDT #7394 of 10001
What is even happening?
I'm pretty sure the one I got at Linens -n- Things (the lnt link in that email) is the same one a few Bitches have.