offroadcmpr
Enlightened
today was the first day of classes of college, what a difference!
In high school, they would give you the textbooks, and you would return them at the end of the year at no charge.
Now, i spend over $170 on books for 5 classes, and I got off easy! My friend spent over $300. And we only use them for one semester! A hard cover book usually goes for over $100, and some classes require several.
We can sometimes resell it back to the school, but at less than half of what we bought it at! And that doesnt always work because the textbooks companies are always coming out with new editions, which means that the school won't take it back.
I had a softcover book that i bought for $18, and a slightly larger softcover book at $60! what makes it cost so much different, its practically the same size?
I understand that it must cost a lot to get all off the information, but when they come out with new editions, usually very little is changed, which means that they must be making quite a profit off of this.
Is there any way to save money on this? I try to buy used if I can, but only a few books are sold used. Has it always been like this?
(sorry for venting on this, its just that I have to do this same thing over and over for the next few years, and I may not get so lucky next time)
Brandon
In high school, they would give you the textbooks, and you would return them at the end of the year at no charge.
Now, i spend over $170 on books for 5 classes, and I got off easy! My friend spent over $300. And we only use them for one semester! A hard cover book usually goes for over $100, and some classes require several.
We can sometimes resell it back to the school, but at less than half of what we bought it at! And that doesnt always work because the textbooks companies are always coming out with new editions, which means that the school won't take it back.
I had a softcover book that i bought for $18, and a slightly larger softcover book at $60! what makes it cost so much different, its practically the same size?
I understand that it must cost a lot to get all off the information, but when they come out with new editions, usually very little is changed, which means that they must be making quite a profit off of this.
Is there any way to save money on this? I try to buy used if I can, but only a few books are sold used. Has it always been like this?
(sorry for venting on this, its just that I have to do this same thing over and over for the next few years, and I may not get so lucky next time)
Brandon