Guess how much I spent on textbooks today...
Posted January 30th, 2013 at 07:05 PM by Toshiro.
I just purchased the textbooks I need for this semester, and I can't believe how much I spent. I spent $546 on four tiny textbooks. That's the most I ever have spent for books. What annoys me is that it's only four tiny books, not like 8 big books. The money you spend for stuff like this at college is insane. They're robbing us blind. When is it okay for textbooks to cost more than the actual classes?!
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I read the title and I was gonna say..
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAH!!
Did you look at Amazon for the books beforehand? Sometimes they have it for cheaper!
>_> And yeah, it's ridiculous, isn't it?! ;_;Posted January 30th, 2013 at 07:20 PM by Kura 
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What makes this even worse is that college education is becoming more & more crucial with each passing day. Eventually, every job position is going to require some form of college education, so it'll become a case of succeeding in college, or kill yourself trying.Posted January 30th, 2013 at 07:22 PM by Blade_of_darkness
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Now that you have the books maybe you can research their ISBN numbers online and see if you can't find the same editions somewhere else for cheaper and then return the books you originally bought to the store once your cheaper books arrive.
I've worked in a college bookstore (and gotten a lot of angry people complaining to me about prices) and this is what I'd tell them to try.Posted January 30th, 2013 at 07:38 PM by Scarf
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I spent over $900 so I don't even wanna hear it.Posted January 30th, 2013 at 08:20 PM by Sydian
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Haha! We are competing now for which school has conned its students out of the most money for their supplies!
Posted January 30th, 2013 at 08:24 PM by Kura
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Textbooks are way overpriced, I swear people price them way more than they should be worth since they know students will buy them for classes. I refuse to buy textbooks if they're over $80 anymore and usually that doesn't cause me any problems since I can either get them other ways or borrow a friend's/check the library. D: But not everyone is as lucky, ugh.Posted January 30th, 2013 at 10:27 PM by Cirno
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slugbooks? I heard about them, you should check them out or something?Posted January 31st, 2013 at 01:09 AM by droomph
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I got my textbooks, $720. I KNOW. I tried looking for second hand but there weren't any there unfortunately (and I can only get them from one place.)Posted February 1st, 2013 at 06:00 AM by Curious. 
