University motherfucking cocksmoking assraping ripoff Bookstore

[Buddy_Christ]

the past few semesters i've gone in to purchase my books a week early. this gives me 2 benifits. one is if i have to take my kids, i don't have to deal with big crowds. the other is that if the book is horribly overpriced, i can just write down the ISBN and order it online. it has been my experience that if the book is priced over $50 in the school bookstore, i'll save $10-20 ordering it online. under $50 and i just buy it at the bookstore. it's faster.

there's only 2 ways to find out what books i need. one is to go to class and get the syllabus. the other is to go into the bookstore and find it in there.

so i figure today i'll go down and start my book shopping. semester starts next Monday, so today would be a great day to get started and if i had to order any books online, they'd be here by Tuesday next week or so. perfect.

stopped at a buddy's house on the way down to campus and hung out for a while. he called the bookstore to make sure they were open. they said no then he asked when students can come down and start buying books....SATURDAY.


so what does this mean, you ask? well, since Saturday is the first day we can go in and start finding books and the semester starts on Monday, that leaves no time to order books online. this, my friends, was done on purpose.

me and my buddy are mad as hell about this. it's a fucking rip off. last semester i took an electronics class. the bookstore wanted $115 for the book new, they had no used ones (which if they did would've been $85). i ordered the book online for $70 shipped. since the bookstore was open a week early and i could find out what the book was, i had it the first day of classes.

so yeah, ok, i could just wait, right? well, every semester i end up having 2 classes where i need the book during the first week. with my luck, it will be the outrageously overpriced ones this time. fucking bullshit.

fuck the god damn university.

so i took some aggression out on my rental car i don't feel any better though. i need to go take out more aggression on the rental car

 

[echelon right]

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[Optimus B]

if i were you, i'd still order them online then go to the library and take the book out until your order comes in. but you're right, the university bookstore is a ripoff.

 

[Buddy_Christ]

campusI.com

i'll check that place out. i usually do Amazon and half.com.

but finding the books isn't the problem. the problem is that they're not letting anyone find out what books they need until 2 days before the semester starts so they HAVE to buy them at the bookstore and get overcharged for the books. that's the fucking load of BS i'm pissed off about.

 

[ViperHMS]

I feel your pain, thank god that a new non university controlled book store has opened up and were saving a butt load of cash!

 

[Buddy_Christ]

if i were you, i'd still order them online then go to the library and take the book out until your order comes in. but you're right, the university bookstore is a ripoff.

i almost had to do that last semester but a professor let me borrow an older edition until mine showed up. i've talked to other people about doing that....the library doesn't stock our textbooks. many people have searched before and they don't have them in there, and they do that so we HAVE to buy them.

 

[tiger88]

steal other ppl books when left at library

or go to union and steal there


then sale back and buy new books


OR

why buy the book unless u need it? wait week or so and see if the class room leader says that u need the book not always need book fro school bro

 

[Buddy_Christ]

steal other ppl books when left at library

or go to union and steal there


then sale back and buy new books

bro, come on. i'm a former US Marine. i don't steal.

OR

why buy the book unless u need it? wait week or so and see if the class room leader says that u need the book not always need book fro school bro

i've made the mistake of buying books i havn't used at all and still kicked ass in the class. it's hard to figure it out in the first week or so though. usually it's 3-4 weeks into the semester that i realize i won't need the book at all.

 

[Optimus B]

i almost had to do that last semester but a professor let me borrow an older edition until mine showed up. i've talked to other people about doing that....the library doesn't stock our textbooks. many people have searched before and they don't have them in there, and they do that so we HAVE to buy them.

that's fucking bullshit.

 

[hamstershaver]

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