college and textbooks

DiEwitHoNoR: gimme the title of the book so i can post it on facebook marketplace

roflcopterp1lot: that books is like valued 1$

roflcopterp1lot: as a door stopper

DiEwitHoNoR: wtf

roflcopterp1lot: nobody needs it man

DiEwitHoNoR: i bought it for full

DiEwitHoNoR: rofl

roflcopterp1lot: yo we tried selling it

roflcopterp1lot: and the guy said

roflcopterp1lot: they dont buy that book no more

DiEwitHoNoR: wat about the stupid math book

roflcopterp1lot: worthless

DiEwitHoNoR: FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUU

College textbooks are such a burden to students. We buy the textbooks at their used price if we can, and when we can't, we have to buy it in full price (roughly $100+). Back in Stony Brook last Fall, I had to buy a brand new Economics textbook for $160 because it just came out and there were no used versions of it. So I thought why not, since it's a new edition I can most likely resell it after I'm done with it. After I left SBU, I lent it to my friend to use. Only two semesters passed, and the book is already deemed door stopper worthy. $160 goes down the drain because textbook companies keep printing out "newer versions" of the same freaking book every semester and students are forced to buy the newest ones.

Even in Baruch it's the same thing. We are forced to buy textbooks that require online access codes. The access code is required for online exams and homework assignments. The bundle for both the code and book is usually around $80-100+. It's almost impossible if you want to sell the book itself because the buyer has to buy the access code separately. The irony is that the access code itself costs more than the book itself, so why even go through all the trouble of buying the book from someone when you will have to spend $50-60 on the access code.

/end rage


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