Apparently, my economics textbook costs $300.

[lightningandsnow]

Bricks have been shat.

[rug]

1. It's a test.

[petronius]

2. If it's written by the professor, take it as a sign that he really knows

his stuff - the lecture on monopolies and captive markets should be particularly informative... :)

[LeftyFingerPop]

3. You can have mine for free, but it's from 1978.

[Brother Buzz]

4. A proper demonstraton of the supply and demand theory, no?

Adam Smith is laughing.

[elleng]

22. No.

Monopoly.

[Blue Diadem]

5. Have you priced the used ones yet?

My daughter has used Amazon for some and occasionally E-bay too.

[Nikia]

6. I chose my electives based on book costs

I went to a relatively small school so it was easy to see which books were required how much they cost. I was a biology major and usually didn't buy the textbooks for departmental classes. Most of the profs had them on reserve at the library and tests were on the lecture material anyway.
If this is a class that many students have taken in the past, try to find a used one directly from the student who has it. The book store is a bad deal for seller and buyer in regards to used books. A fellow student might be willing to sell the book to you cheap or if it is a friend, even borrow for the semester.

[rcrush]

7. Back in my day (late 90s) $300 was the price of a physics text book

The big one with the CD in it. The econ book cost like $20. Wtf does a physics book cost now? like $5000?

[proteus_lives]

25. It now costs 10 bars of Gold-Pressed Latinum.

;-)

[KamaAina]

8. But what's the marginal cost?

:P

[elleng]

23. 3 cents!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

9. That was Lesson One.

The last chapter is about getting screwn on buy-back day.

[DarkTirade]

10. Isn't that ironic...

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[Taitertots]

11. I've paid well over $1,000 on math books

One semester calc 1:$300 for book that covers Calc 1,2, and 3
New College different book for Calc 2:$300 for book that covers Calc 1, 2, and 3....+$150 for study guide
New edition of book required for Calc 3:$300 for book that covers Calc 1, 2, and 3
Plus another $500 for matrix and diff-eq

All my econ books this semester didn't total much more than $300, and I've got 4 Econ classes.

[Bucky]

12. Supply and demand in a command economy

Under the theories of Rousseau and Locke, you're entirely within your rights to kill him and become professor, as long as the class consents.


Ha! "Class warfare" at its finest.

[KatyaR]

13. Jeezbus, that's awful.

I'm so old--$400 paid for two semesters of NEW books for me my junior year of college. Of course, that was 1977, but still . . . .

I don't know how anyone can afford to go to college these days, the costs are just too high to be believed!

[graywarrior]

14. That's economical.

:sarcasm:

[Rabrrrrrr]

15. But what's the opportunity cost?

[Turbineguy]

16. Maybe the guys

who gave us the economic meltdown were unwilling to spend that kind of dough.

[Ivan Sputnik]

17. Have you tried Chegg.com?

A textbook rental site.

[Fearless]

18. Take the ISBN number and google it.

Otherwise ask the Prof if you can use and older version of the book. (Most textbooks profs write have multiple versions to keep selling books.)

[armyowalgreens]

19. Welcome to college. I spent just under 700 bucks for books this semester.

[mopinko]

20. get an older edition.

my daughter has learned that most profs don't mind. she had a microbiology text that was the previous edition and the difference was one illustration. there is generally almost no difference. she has even gone back 2 editions, and still, almost no difference.

[applegrove]

21. I worked at a campus book store once. Some of the radiology books cost $500.

[blue_roses_lib]

24. I'm staff at a college bookstore

It is way out of hand, what books cost now. Hell I work there, and I hit Amazon and ask profs if I can use old editions before I lay out money for new. F'ing custom pubs and bundles and the gawddang online access codes. And it's students that are getting fucked over. I heard a pub rep go on about custom pubs once, and how they were a win-win for everyone involved. I interrupted her "sales pitch" and said I had gotten an old edition for 5 bucks off the textbook bargain cart, and returned my fancy custom pub that said 'University of________________' on the front of it, that was $140.00. The only difference was a handful of different problems. It is NOT win win for students. DUH. Get a f'ing clue.

Ok off rant. :rant: