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okyoureabeast 01-15-2010 10:55 PM

Spring semester's already looking up
 
Six textbooks for $232. Not too bad.

Hatterasguy 01-15-2010 11:10 PM

Screw school.


Thats all I have to say.:D

Oracle12345 01-15-2010 11:11 PM

not bad im looking at least $400

okyoureabeast 01-15-2010 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Oracle12345 (Post 2383547)
not bad im looking at least $400

Where do you buy your books?

I've tried nearly every website but I have the best results at abebooks.com

Note: i'm not affiliated with them in anyway :)

Oracle12345 01-15-2010 11:22 PM

i bought 2 from biblio and some from half. I buy from the sites with the best sellers and prices. Half isnt bad but biblio is pretty good. Dont like amazon

iwrock 01-16-2010 04:00 AM

lucky..



I spent about $600 on text books because all but 1 were new editions. :mad:




The one that I was able to get used was a whopping $160.

Craig 01-16-2010 05:30 AM

When are textbooks finally going to be available on a kindle or something similar? I would have expected that by now.

dynalow 01-16-2010 07:16 AM

The textbook thievery is merely an extension of the college tuition ripoff. Unconscionable. What percentage of textbooks go on middle class mom and dad's credit cards at 18-20% interest rates? Plenty do...and take a long time to get "purchased" :mad:

Hatterasguy 01-16-2010 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Craig (Post 2383645)
When are textbooks finally going to be available on a kindle or something similar? I would have expected that by now.

They make more money selling them to us hardcover and changing the editions every year.


Its a scam.

Crazy_Nate 01-16-2010 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy (Post 2383711)
Its a scam.

I agree... some of the things they change are trivial at best (or slyly left in :rolleyes:)

I don't want to think about how much I've spent on books throughout college and grad school. Probably about $400 a semester :eek: I'm holding onto all the useful ones (engineering)...there's no way the bookstore would pry these from my hands given that they'll buy them from you for. It's all about money :rolleyes:

Hatterasguy 01-16-2010 10:25 AM

The problem with the updates I have found they change a lot of questions at the end of the chapters. So unless you know someone you can't do your homework with them.

Some classes I got away with it like my Int business classes where the exact questions were not so important. But for my finance classes I had to go buy the new edition.:mad:

Crazy_Nate 01-16-2010 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy (Post 2383719)
The problem with the updates I have found they change a lot of questions at the end of the chapters. So unless you know someone you can't do your homework with them.

Some classes I got away with it like my Int business classes where the exact questions were not so important. But for my finance classes I had to go buy the new edition.:mad:

In the engineering / math books, they often just rearrange all the question numbers (and actually change a very small number of questions)... :mad:

okyoureabeast 01-16-2010 10:29 AM

Could you guys give me some ISBN numbers for these engineering books? I go to a wheeny liberal arts college so there aren't a lot of hard science classes.

I want to see how much money I can save using my not so super secret website.

One book the discount was $40, while another book was $125 so the savings is really over the map.

Crazy_Nate 01-16-2010 10:36 AM

# ISBN-10: 0195084942
# ISBN-13: 978-0195084948

The "used" sticker is covering the ISBN on the book, I had to get these from amazon...

Analysis of Transport Phenomena, William M. Deen

okyoureabeast 01-16-2010 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Crazy_Nate (Post 2383728)
# ISBN-10: 0195084942
# ISBN-13: 978-0195084948

The "used" sticker is covering the ISBN on the book, I had to get these from amazon...

Analysis of Transport Phenomena, William M. Deen

Civil Engineer eh?

How much was the book on amazon if you don't mind me asking?

Edit: It looks you missed out! Those engineering books have international editions. Here's one for $9 with $23.70 shipping. The cheapest out there :eek:

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?isbn=9780195084948&sts=t&x=0&y=0


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