Why I Hate Buying Used Textbooks At The Campus Bookstore
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Do you have purchasing your used textbooks at the campus bookstore? I do! I hate it with a passion! The campus bookstore is always complaining about how they never make any money and the publishers charge so much for the books in the first place. I think this is a load of crap and know that the bookstore is raking it in. So, why exactly do I hate the campus bookstore.
- Price gouging! Not only on new textbooks, but used textbooks. Think about it, if the bookstore can sell the same textbook (granted they buy it back from you) for four semesters for upwards $80 a pop, think about how much money they are making on every book that they initially buy. This is ridiculous!
- The prices they offer to buy back used textbooks. I don’t know how many times I have purchased $120 books and then only gotten $60 back when I went to sell it back. They are screwing every student that walks through their doors.
- Staff that doesn’t know anything. Sometimes I have a really hard time finding my books each semester. Heaven forbid that the campus bookstore staff knows where each and every book is for each class… This might be one of the must frustrating things to happen in a bookstore while shopping for new or used textbooks.
As you can tell, I am not impressed with the campus bookstore in the least. We as students need to take a stand and do something to help lower prices for all of us. In closing, there is only one thing the bookstore is good for, buying new Apple products at the student price without having to wait for it to be shipped from California! I love my iPod!!!
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