How many of you agree the college textbook industry is a ripoff?
jlrct asked:
I mean they come out with a new edition every year it seems and barely makes any changes from the previous edition. What I do instead of paying $200 for a new one..I buy the previous edition used, on Ebay or such for usually around $5-$20. I have not ran into any problems buying previous editions…any thoughts??
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I mean they come out with a new edition every year it seems and barely makes any changes from the previous edition. What I do instead of paying $200 for a new one..I buy the previous edition used, on Ebay or such for usually around $5-$20. I have not ran into any problems buying previous editions…any thoughts??
April 2nd, 2009 at 4:53 am
very big rip off
April 4th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Its a rip off but its good business. You have to have the books. Were I in their shoes, I guess I’d do the same thing.
April 5th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Huge ripoff. Professors must get kickbacks to use newer additions. Used book stores are a joke too. We hardly ever used the text book in most of my classes. Students should organize and protest!
April 6th, 2009 at 11:19 pm
Ebay is great for buying textbooks. But yes, buying them from the bookstore is a major ripoff. Especially when you don’t even use it.
April 10th, 2009 at 7:16 am
It is a huge rip off. I know that it takes a lot to write a textbook. It’s a pain for the authors from what one instructor told us who wrote the textbook we used for his class.
I’m in a graduate program. Most of my textbooks have all been over $100. When I was taking science courses, all of those books were over $100. It’s ridiculous.
April 13th, 2009 at 4:42 am
the entire “business” of university is a rip off.
you can get just as good an education at a 2 year school for a fraction of the price.
Not to mention. Your walking into a war zone. It’s not like theres such thing as a safe school anymore.
April 15th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
great idea
thanks for sharing