How bad did textbooks pwn you??

[nismodrifter]

Damn boyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeee, seems this year I am getting OWNED for textbooks. Some of my classes never even used a text in previous years....but this year they all decide to use one and obviously it just HAS to be some book they've never used in the past.

One of my teachers is retiring this year...hmm..is it just a coincidence that she totally changes HER book (she wrote it..)for her last year of teaching and requires you buy it new..hmmmm.

For one of my classes, the book is like maybe 200pgz or less...paperback..really small...and costs $73.95. :nut:
What kind of freaking scam is that.

Have found a couple steals on used books which has been good but for the most part all my books are new. :guns:

How bad are YOU getting owned by these bookstore/University scammerz?

[l8braker]

i think it was about 400$. bought most from a friend who is a year ahead.

[thinmyster]

i havent bought mine and i dont really want to... but yeah every year its a new edition which screws you over for buying and selling :guns: :guns: :guns:

[benyl]

$375

Sucks...

I now realize how much I don't miss school.

[Kirbs17]

$590 for this semester :banghead: no used text books at all.

[2002civic]

450 and i got off lucky, if my gf got all new books it woulda been 700+ bu she found some used ones luckily

[guessboi]

never buy textbooks unless you need them!!!. :thumbsup:

I spent for sure less than $1000 on books for my university degree in bcomm.

[600cc's]

6 billl$$$$:guns:

[2000_SI]

My last semester I dumped over 6 bills as well.... stupid SAIT

[b_t]

$470! YAY!

[SiG Baby]

$600.00... ouch won't be shopping any time soon:(

[/////AMG]

Last year I spent $20 thats it! :D

[A2VR6]

$475 for 4 textbooks :banghead:

[Nix87]

Im at six books for an awesome 730 bucks

[t-im]

$450~...

[AcuraTl]

600.00 and probably about 2,000 on the Chiropractor because i had to take it all :nut: damn uni scammers, all the used books were gone too :(

EDIT** after i picked up physics and chem its now 800 :banghead: :banghead:

[ringmaster]

600 fucking bones

[cman]

$900

[girlRACER]

I order most of my textbooks used online at www.abebooks.com.

They are very cheap!! You should try them first before buying used at UofC.

I only paid about $200 for 5 books (3 courses). The good thing about Religious Studies is that we never use textbooks...only paperback novel type books.

[gpomp]

$15, haha. im not buying shit this semester.

[Shaolin]

only 200 bucks this semester.. :thumbsup:

[max_boost]

Oh man I am so glad textbooks are included with the tuition at Athabasca. $578/course is expensive enough!!!

I will get owned with my gf's textbooks though, I encouraged her to borrow a classmates as I am willing to spend the night at Staples photocopying it. :D :rofl:

[AcuraTl]

Originally posted by max_boost
Oh man I am so glad textbooks are included with the tuition at Athabasca. $578/course is expensive enough!!!

I will get owned with my gf's textbooks though, I encouraged her to borrow a classmates as I am willing to spend the night at Staples photocopying it. :D :rofl:

hahahah its better if you get a friend that works at staples to o do it :P :bigpimp:

[Gainsbarre]

Over $320 just for two freaking textbooks. And as my luck would have it, both are brand new editions used for the first time so no used copies were available. And to top it all off, one of the texts was just revised for the first time since 1984...the university had been using the same damn text for 21 years and then the author comes out with the new edition just in time to screw me over.

[habsfan]

around 700 so far, 6 books i think...and i "need" 3 more :banghead:

[Team_Mclaren]

250, two new books, 2 from friends, 1 I can reuse from last year (calc 3)

[IncredibleToad]

3 for $220 approx, all new! haha sounds like i have it pretty good already compared to a lotta ppl here...even tho i have about 3 more to buy...:banghead:

[Ramdawg]

Dam edition changes

[Street_Soldier]

i stopped buying text books the first semester of my first year. Saved a shit load of money.

[Gondi Stylez]

$605 for 10 texts!! ALL NEW!! looks like i got the best deal!!

but still $605 in the pooper for 4 hellish months :guns:

[brettg]

450 and i got 4 of my 6 books used, if i had to get all new it would have been like 700. Just Brutal!!!

[JordanEG6]

3 books for SAITs 2nd year EET coarse cost me $419.00 and about $650 in total, thats maybe 5 books and some modules. :thumbsdow

but those 3 books ate my ass hardcore

[Mad$ella]

Originally posted by A2VR6
$475 for 4 textbooks :banghead:

Exactly what I paid for four classes, but I also got an Accounting/Stats calculator.

[robpark]

I paid $282, but 2 books are going back because I switched courses.....

2 of my classes have all the reading posted on Blackboard, gratis.
Only thing is, you have to supply the ink and paper if you want hard copies.

[Audio_Rookie]

780$ for 5 text books, 2 are used.

Physics is brutal! luckily I get to use 2 of these text books for next semester classes.

Dumping alot of cash into school. I guess I better try my best in class so I can get something out of it in the end. I kind of slacked through my first year....still 3.7gpa in all math related classes :D

Got shot down in crappy general courses though.

[pinoyhero]

I bought a book last semseter which was co-authored by the prof. Cost me $40, at the return store they offered me $2.25 so I took it and threw it on the donation rack. I went tothe bookstore today and saw the book was being used again, wtf? can't they give me more than 2.25 for the same damn book they are using again.

Just thought I'd give a quit rant.

Go capitalism.

[Chiram000]

$650 for 7 books

[PinkKitty]

I think almost 1K for 9 books, mostly 'cause I bought the solutions along with the math texts.

[n00bit]

$0 this year.

In total, I've spent $800 for 4 years in electrical engineering.

[DC2uned]

Only $253 for me.
Thats the cheapest I ever got away with, and all books are new. :eek: