Just saved $72 because I bought a book late.

Scarpozzi

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I put off buying a book for one of my classes because I knew it was $130. I just went to the bookstore and looked around....all the used books were sold already....except one. I picked it up and the binding was torn so the hard cover of the book sort of flopped...something that binding tape CAN fix. I took it to the manager and said, "I'll buy this at a discounted price." She knocked $72 off the used price of $122....so I got it for $50. I can fix it and STILL sell it back next semester for the same price. Free book. :D

That rocks. :)
 

radioouman

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Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
I put off buying a book for one of my classes because I knew it was $130. I just went to the bookstore and looked around....all the used books were sold already....except one. I picked it up and the binding was torn so the hard cover of the book sort of flopped...something that binding tape CAN fix. I took it to the manager and said, "I'll buy this at a discounted price." She knocked $72 off the used price of $122....so I got it for $50. I can fix it and STILL sell it back next semester for the same price. Free book. :D

That rocks. :)

WTF? Why was a new book $130 and a used one $122??? The bookstore is ripping students off!!!!!!
 

StageLeft

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WTF? Why was a new book $130 and a used one $122??? The bookstore is ripping students off!!!!!!
University bookstores are notorious for being Stalin-led hellholes that have no interest but to totally screw the students.

 

Scarpozzi

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Originally posted by: radioouman
Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
I put off buying a book for one of my classes because I knew it was $130. I just went to the bookstore and looked around....all the used books were sold already....except one. I picked it up and the binding was torn so the hard cover of the book sort of flopped...something that binding tape CAN fix. I took it to the manager and said, "I'll buy this at a discounted price." She knocked $72 off the used price of $122....so I got it for $50. I can fix it and STILL sell it back next semester for the same price. Free book. :D

That rocks. :)

WTF? Why was a new book $130 and a used one $122??? The bookstore is ripping students off!!!!!!
!I know I was surprised too.

(please notice what I'm really saying with the previous comment)
 

Scarpozzi

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Originally posted by: Skoorb
WTF? Why was a new book $130 and a used one $122??? The bookstore is ripping students off!!!!!!
University bookstores are notorious for being Stalin-led hellholes that have no interest but to totally screw the students.
I've been screwed SOOOO many times by my bookstore, yet I'll still die a virgin.