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Originally Posted by OleMissGlitter
Well since I was on the 6 year plan....each year was different since I changed my major so much. I would have to say that my final major which my degree is in, was the most expensive. (English). I had a bunch of professors who would only have our books at the local bookstore Sqaure Books and they mark their books up big time. They did this since Barnes & Noble owns our bookstore on campus and they wanted to support their local bookstore. I probably would spend about $500 a semester and when I would go to sell my books back I would maybe get $20 bucks. One time when I was returning a book they told me the value was 25 cents, I was like I'll keep that one!
Check out this article:
http://www.thedmonline.com
Then go down a little and you'll see something about textbooks....I am not good at linking their stories because they usually don't work |
I hate when professors do things like that to make a point when it's detrimental to the students. We had the same issue with a copy shop that had been on campus and then was replaced with a FedEx/Kinkos. Copies for university member were 3.4 cents each at Kinkos and professors still insisted on using this guy's copy shop for their course packets.
It's all well and good that you're supporting the little guy but you're not letting us make that same choice!