Cheap College Book

Eden asked:


This is something I have been doing in many of my college classes for a while now and I’m wondering if it’s okay to do. I never give them to anyone else and I throw them away when I’m done.
In regard to the people slamming me for being “unethical”:
If what I did was illegal, then that is fine and I thank everyone for answering because that is indeed what I wanted to know. But to call it unethical is where I disagree.
I am a second year college student, paying $8,000 a semester to attend college (out of my own pocket) and expected to spend over $400 a semester on books and supplies. I think the unethical thing here is for textbook companies to charge $200 for a single book that is REQUIRED for a class. I did not copy an entire book, I copied 65 pages. I did not buy from a small, private bookstore that was charging a reasonable price. I bought it from a giant bookstore that buys many books back for about $15 and turns around and sells them for $100. That seems way more unethical to me to rip people off who are trying to get an education and have no choice but to get the books required for a class then me copying 65 pages from a book and returning it.

Scholes asked:


I’m in college and some of my books are kind of hard to understand. So, I’d like to note inside the book on the margin the meaning for certain things. If i wrote in the textbook would it reduce the sell back price? Because they were very expensive and i need to try and get all the money back from them as possible. If the price does reduce, i may rethink about writing in it. Thanks in advance!

Rorschach asked:


And where would I get the most money back?

vintage_rabbit asked:


Which will offer me the most money back for my used textbooks from last semester? Thanks in advance to anyone with advice!