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PDittie

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29. At least since the late '70's

Reply to white_wolf (Original post)

Tue Jan 22, 2013, 11:14 PM

Jan 2013

which is when I was in undergraduate school.

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Have textbooks always been such a ripoff? [View all] white_wolf Jan 2013 OP

Yes. In 1988, I paid $110 for an English Lit book... ScreamingMeemie Jan 2013 #1

Just wait till you sell it back. sadbear Jan 2013 #2

Yeah I paid over a 100$ for a book once and got 5$ back. white_wolf Jan 2013 #4

Have you tried half.com or swapbooks.com? Incitatus Jan 2013 #71

In HS a looong time ago, I bought and sold used textbooks Bozita Jan 2013 #62

Business Law book HappyMe Jan 2013 #3

I paid a hefty sum for mine but sold them back. JaneyVee Jan 2013 #5

Public admin 110 book $135.00 Poli Sci 329 two books on $110.00 other $35.00. Ed Suspicious Jan 2013 #6

$250 for one book Confusious Jan 2013 #33

'Twas ever thus. Richardo Jan 2013 #7

That should be banned Hayabusa Jan 2013 #67

I don't think so... Kalidurga Jan 2013 #8

Yep...and to prove it..I bought a hard bound copy today of "Windows 8 Bible" about 600 pages... BlueJazz Jan 2013 #9

Yes, my books back in the 60's cost a fortune, especially some of the math and physics ones ... RKP5637 Jan 2013 #10

Yes jberryhill Jan 2013 #11

Yes, they've always been expensive Poiuyt Jan 2013 #12

I remember some college textbooks MadrasT Jan 2013 #13

I had an anthropology class that had 6 required textbooks which were $80-120 each. baldguy Jan 2013 #14

Engineering textbooks used to be $500/semester librabear Jan 2013 #15

Yes, but I think the internet is making things better now. deucemagnet Jan 2013 #16

I try not too, sadly I had to for the book I mentioned in the OP. white_wolf Jan 2013 #24

I always bought used books..... prairierose Jan 2013 #17

They were in 1995. New editions every semester, anyone? DirkGently Jan 2013 #18

I can't speak for all of time, obviously, liberalhistorian Jan 2013 #19

Just wait till you sell it back to the univestity...they'll give you $45 for it. TOPS. n/t Earth_First Jan 2013 #20

...then sell it used next semester for $90. n/t Earth_First Jan 2013 #21

Yes, textbooks have always been costly. Brigid Jan 2013 #22

Yep... FirstLight Jan 2013 #23

Nobody has beat me yet Confusious Jan 2013 #30

Was it good? MannyGoldstein Jan 2013 #36

Big ripoff. Colleges are in the scam, too. demosincebirth Jan 2013 #25

Totally, and never more so than now. MichiganVote Jan 2013 #26

just bought a neurobio textbook for 190 dollars Cane4Dems Jan 2013 #27

Kandel and Schwartz, by any chance? MannyGoldstein Jan 2013 #41

haha no its by Bear Cane4Dems Jan 2013 #68

Well, I hope it's not a bear to read! MannyGoldstein Jan 2013 #69

Thank you! Cane4Dems Jan 2013 #70

Professor's perspective alcibiades_mystery Jan 2013 #28

Since I was and am in education, duffyduff Jan 2013 #53

That's the right thing to do. JVS Jan 2013 #61

I do try to use books that would be "keepers" for students alcibiades_mystery Jan 2013 #63

At least since the late '70's PDittie Jan 2013 #29

I'm still the winner, or loser as you may see it it Confusious Jan 2013 #31

Yes! cilla4progress Jan 2013 #32

Chegg? No, I normally use Amazon. white_wolf Jan 2013 #34

Must check out Chegg. cilla4progress Jan 2013 #38

Always Leslie Valley Jan 2013 #35

1976 -- Yup, a rip-off. earthside Jan 2013 #37

I think so--even back in the early days of affordable tuitions, I always thought books were dear. MADem Jan 2013 #39

absolutely. but if it makes you feel any better, the professors get ripped off too. unblock Jan 2013 #40

I worked in a campus bookshop 5 years ago and some law students and radiology applegrove Jan 2013 #42

1000$ per term? white_wolf Jan 2013 #46

Yup. They were by far the most expensive textbooks. And you needed a lot of them. applegrove Jan 2013 #47

Major rip-off. A couple of my professors have mentioned that their texts get updated periodically. rhett o rick Jan 2013 #43

Ha! I was on the other end of this some years ago. MannyGoldstein Jan 2013 #44

i was ripped off in the 90s but not that bad. damn. dionysus Jan 2013 #45

Textbooks are expensive... the devil Jan 2013 #48

Yup nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #49

I had to buy a book this semester for Fitness Walking. VenusRising Jan 2013 #50

Let me save you 65$. Put one foot in front of the other in a slow leisurely pace. white_wolf Jan 2013 #51

My jaw dropped when I saw the price on that book. VenusRising Jan 2013 #54

They've always been duffyduff Jan 2013 #52

My statistics text cost $230 new (with accompanying disk and online module "license") haele Jan 2013 #55

I posted about this recently, complaining about having to buy a new Shakespeare each semester Orrex Jan 2013 #56

No wtmusic Jan 2013 #57

A big ripoff in the 90's. hughee99 Jan 2013 #58

That's not so bad. JVS Jan 2013 #59

i did`t buy my books when i went to community college in the late 60`s madrchsod Jan 2013 #60

Yes. and it's getting worse. nt bemildred Jan 2013 #64

Yes, they've always been a ripoff ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2013 #65

They've always been really expensive. LWolf Jan 2013 #66