Vent fligin flargin expensive college text books

[Katattack]

Gaaahhhh! So freaking expensive! Even if you buy the online access or pdf version. I'm all for a company making a profit but I really hate having to choose between my books and feeding my kids (I exaggerate but their menu will be less abundant). I know it's all for a good cause but dang my wallet is taking a beating like the idiot who flirts with the bouncer's wife.

 

[Katattack]

Feeling better...rented that $300.00 textbook for $50.00 for 2 months. Still...dang.

 

[Tuesday]

The price of education is so out of control 8-o
You would think the college teachers would take this into consideration when choosing the textbooks they use for their classes.
I have never heard of renting a textbook, glad you found something cheaper than 300.00.

 

[Mestra]

we know the feeling wife just spent 600 dollars on her text books for this semester and that was only for 4 books 3 of which were online PDF's

 

[dejo]

chegg.com best book rental place I have found, fast and sure

 

[Jimmy_2k9]

Well hopefully it all pays off for You down the road with whatever it is You plan to do with Your education.

 

[VictorySpeedway]

I bought books for one class in college that cost more than the tuition for the course.

What's worse is that the books are often obsolete the next semester.

What a freakin' racket.

 

[honuhart]

and if all that isn't enough, they charge me 225.00 a QUARTER for a parking pass!! I've got 2 kids in college right now and even with the one getting student loans we are being drained. I had to buy 17 books for my daughter for 1 quarter! and then she tells me they didn't use all of them. I only want to post happy thoughts, so i'd better get off this subject.

 

[tarheeldan]

Katattack (and others) - I feel your pain. I actually didn't buy a bunch of texts the past few quarters because I find they're superfluous - class notes seem to do it. That doesn't sound like the case in your coursework; so, have you looked on RapidShare? There are often pdf copies of textbooks coming from Russia and Turkey if you're in a discipline that uses U.S. or UK texts in other countries. Not sure if that's ok to post so apologies if that wasn't kosher. I also tend to buy older editions but for the best savings, international editions of texts esp. from India. They even sometimes have helpful, additional material.

 

[honuhart]

Thanks for the info for chegg and rapidshare, my daughter checked it out tonight and seems interested. My son needed an aviation book and found a used one online from barnes and noble, I had no clue they sold used books. That saved me about 70 dollars. My biggest mistake was not buying a " college for dummies book "..