F....College Textbooks

[Gmanc711]

Originally Posted by saden1

Same exact thing happened to me while I was in college. I remember buying an Astronomy book for $114.99 and when the semester was done I wanted to sell it. They told me a new addition was coming out soon but they would be willing to buy it back for $5. I was enraged, I told them I would rather give the book away to a friend or keep it than sell it for $5! Needless to say, I kept the book and I enjoy reading it now and then.

A big FU goes out the the publishing industry. They certainly know how to frisk college students. I have even heard that publishers smooch university employees responsible for choosing and procuring books pharmaceutical industry style. What's even more amazing is that professors are willing to change to new editions of books even though there were no significant changes.

I think the thing that pisses me off more than anything, is that the book is sitting on the shelf right now and I walked back and checked and sure enough is selling for 115 bucks.

The other thing that pisses me off, is I bought it two weeks ago. So you mean to tell me the value of that book has depreiciated 100 dollars in two weeks? Common.