Anybody else getting raped on book costs for school?

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I was just browsing my schedule for tomorrow when I remembered that I'd have to get books, too. I took a look and was, more or less, surprised to see that it's $320.88 for 4 books, and I believe that's without taxes, too. Anybody else has some big prices for these books that they "need"?
 
I am taking 4 classes = 14 class hours, and books for thoose were 440 bucks. I can kiss that new ps2 goodbye
 
I got lucky this year. I only have one class to buy books for and they're all paperback. But I've paid in the $200-300 before.
 
Every semester. I tried to buy used books online but some times I can't so I have to buy new. Books are selling from $70 to $100 each on campus.
 
I work at a college bookstore and the prices are ridiculous. The publishers and the stores are to blame. They are making a killing on this crap.
 
$355 and still one book (physics) to buy. That's another $120 down the tubes. It'll be worth the investment down the road hopefully--that's the point of college after all. Well, that and the "social" experiences, but that's outside of the classroom... unless you're a lucky dog and doin' the hot English professor or something.
 
[quote name='MorbidAngel4Life']I got raped, but not on book costs!*Points at DC*[/quote]

8-[ I raped you because text book costs are so high.
 
[quote name='dcfox'][quote name='MorbidAngel4Life']I got raped, but not on book costs!*Points at DC*[/quote]

8-[ I raped you because text book costs are so high.[/quote]

Taking your sexual anger out on people because of college?!
 
I spent almost 300 for books this term, but i found a few onlline for cheaper so i saved about 100.

It is quite disgusting what they charge, and doing it 3 times a year makes it all that much worse.
 
[quote name='kaji7p56']College ain't cheap.[/quote]

Exactly- it costs to get a 6 pack of Corona and a box of Trojans.
 
I usually buy the books used from half.com or the Amazon Marketplace if I can. It saves a lot of money.
 
[quote name='Kaijufan']I'm in my senior year of high school, so any books that i buy my school pays for. :D[/quote]
Same here, they have shelled out almost $200 this year for my books!
 
Feel happy you don't have two chemistry classes a semester to buy books for. Last semester, I ended up over the $600 mark for books. That's for four classes. Now that's getting raped. At least one of those books gets used again this semester.
 
[quote name='karsh']Feel happy you don't have two chemistry classes a semester to buy books for. Last semester, I ended up over the $600 mark for books. That's for four classes. Now that's getting raped. At least one of those books gets used again this semester.[/quote]

:?: I've found Chem books to be quit cheap because they last all year, biology books now those suck, every quarter you need a new book and every year they update the damn things so you can't sell them back.
 
My books were actually pretty cheap this semester, compared to what the total usually is. I got 4 books (all used, but one) for $350 before tax. But yeah, I agree that college books are still WAY overpriced.
 
[quote name='zionoverfire'][quote name='karsh']Feel happy you don't have two chemistry classes a semester to buy books for. Last semester, I ended up over the $600 mark for books. That's for four classes. Now that's getting raped. At least one of those books gets used again this semester.[/quote]

:?: I've found Chem books to be quit cheap because they last all year, biology books now those suck, every quarter you need a new book and every year they update the damn things so you can't sell them back.[/quote]

Yeah, but still, handing out $600 in one semester for books is ridiculous. Also, only one of those books gets carried over. I'm going to have to buy another $100 chemistry book for this semester. Trust me...You can easily get raped with chem books.
 
[quote name='karsh'][quote name='zionoverfire'][quote name='karsh']Feel happy you don't have two chemistry classes a semester to buy books for. Last semester, I ended up over the $600 mark for books. That's for four classes. Now that's getting raped. At least one of those books gets used again this semester.[/quote]

:?: I've found Chem books to be quit cheap because they last all year, biology books now those suck, every quarter you need a new book and every year they update the damn things so you can't sell them back.[/quote]

Yeah, but still, handing out $600 in one semester for books is ridiculous. Also, only one of those books gets carried over. I'm going to have to buy another $100 chemistry book for this semester. Trust me...You can easily get raped with chem books.[/quote]

What in the world are these Chemistry classes?

I mean basic, Organic, P-chem, biochem all carry over, do you have that many other side classes?
 
[quote name='zionoverfire'][quote name='karsh'][quote name='zionoverfire'][quote name='karsh']Feel happy you don't have two chemistry classes a semester to buy books for. Last semester, I ended up over the $600 mark for books. That's for four classes. Now that's getting raped. At least one of those books gets used again this semester.[/quote]

:?: I've found Chem books to be quit cheap because they last all year, biology books now those suck, every quarter you need a new book and every year they update the damn things so you can't sell them back.[/quote]

Yeah, but still, handing out $600 in one semester for books is ridiculous. Also, only one of those books gets carried over. I'm going to have to buy another $100 chemistry book for this semester. Trust me...You can easily get raped with chem books.[/quote]

What in the world are these Chemistry classes?

I mean basic, Organic, P-chem, biochem all carry over, do you have that many other side classes?[/quote]

For us, P-chem isn't going to be carried over I believe, since they've actually split it into two seperate classes that seem to use entirely different books. First is Quantum Mechanics and next is Thermodynamics. My QM class is using a specifically QM book. My Orgo is carrying over, as I said. But also, last semester, I had Analytical Chemistry, which is it's own seperate course, not connected to any other course. So that's a seperate book.
 
[quote name='karsh'][quote name='zionoverfire'][quote name='karsh'][quote name='zionoverfire'][quote name='karsh']Feel happy you don't have two chemistry classes a semester to buy books for. Last semester, I ended up over the $600 mark for books. That's for four classes. Now that's getting raped. At least one of those books gets used again this semester.[/quote]

:?: I've found Chem books to be quit cheap because they last all year, biology books now those suck, every quarter you need a new book and every year they update the damn things so you can't sell them back.[/quote]

Yeah, but still, handing out $600 in one semester for books is ridiculous. Also, only one of those books gets carried over. I'm going to have to buy another $100 chemistry book for this semester. Trust me...You can easily get raped with chem books.[/quote]

What in the world are these Chemistry classes?

I mean basic, Organic, P-chem, biochem all carry over, do you have that many other side classes?[/quote]

For us, P-chem isn't going to be carried over I believe, since they've actually split it into two seperate classes that seem to use entirely different books. First is Quantum Mechanics and next is Thermodynamics. My QM class is using a specifically QM book. My Orgo is carrying over, as I said. But also, last semester, I had Analytical Chemistry, which is it's own seperate course, not connected to any other course. So that's a seperate book.[/quote]

That P-chem thing is just plain odd, Analytical is seperate and so is inorganic normally but those books are normally on the cheaper side.
 
Computer Science books are the worst- always expensive and they're frequently changing editions which destroys buyback values. Seriously, last semester I had to pay $100 for a little book the size of a computer game manual for my operating systems class.. It's rediculous.
 
[quote name='zionoverfire'][quote name='karsh'][quote name='zionoverfire'][quote name='karsh'][quote name='zionoverfire'][quote name='karsh']Feel happy you don't have two chemistry classes a semester to buy books for. Last semester, I ended up over the $600 mark for books. That's for four classes. Now that's getting raped. At least one of those books gets used again this semester.[/quote]

:?: I've found Chem books to be quit cheap because they last all year, biology books now those suck, every quarter you need a new book and every year they update the damn things so you can't sell them back.[/quote]

Yeah, but still, handing out $600 in one semester for books is ridiculous. Also, only one of those books gets carried over. I'm going to have to buy another $100 chemistry book for this semester. Trust me...You can easily get raped with chem books.[/quote]

What in the world are these Chemistry classes?

I mean basic, Organic, P-chem, biochem all carry over, do you have that many other side classes?[/quote]

For us, P-chem isn't going to be carried over I believe, since they've actually split it into two seperate classes that seem to use entirely different books. First is Quantum Mechanics and next is Thermodynamics. My QM class is using a specifically QM book. My Orgo is carrying over, as I said. But also, last semester, I had Analytical Chemistry, which is it's own seperate course, not connected to any other course. So that's a seperate book.[/quote]

That P-chem thing is just plain odd, Analytical is seperate and so is inorganic normally but those books are normally on the cheaper side.[/quote]

Yeah...The P-Chem thing is part of the fact that my whole college is undergoing a transformation from 3-credit classes to 4-credit classes. Thus, they decided to do that to p-chem. And my analytical book was about $100 also. I think my teacher must have decided to get the most expensive book he could find. And the worst part was it was the single worst text book I have ever seen.
 
I have a loan, so hopefully I'll have some money left over from my classes so I can get a book voucher. I've heard the Physics book I need is about $160. This is the only thing I miss about high school, your books are free.
 
[quote name='karsh']
Yeah...The P-Chem thing is part of the fact that my whole college is undergoing a transformation from 3-credit classes to 4-credit classes. Thus, they decided to do that to p-chem. And my analytical book was about $100 also. I think my teacher must have decided to get the most expensive book he could find. And the worst part was it was the single worst text book I have ever seen.[/quote]

Harris book for quant?
 
We're using this book for Quantum:


Text: `Quantum Chemistry`, Donald McQuarrie, University Science Books, ISBN 0-935702-13-X, 1983, 517 pages, 6 X 9 1/4`, casebound
Recommended Reference Text: `CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae`, ISBN 1584882913
 
[quote name='karsh']We're using this book for Quantum:


Text: `Quantum Chemistry`, Donald McQuarrie, University Science Books, ISBN 0-935702-13-X, 1983, 517 pages, 6 X 9 1/4`, casebound
Recommended Reference Text: `CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae`, ISBN 1584882913[/quote]

Thats P-chem, I was curious about quant, sorry.
 
Luckly I received fianical aid while i was attending college, but i still tried to save as much as possible on books. What i did was email the department and ask if anyone wanted to sell their books. I would usually pay 1/2 of bookstore price. This also works well when your trying to sell you books.
 
[quote name='zionoverfire'][quote name='karsh']We're using this book for Quantum:


Text: `Quantum Chemistry`, Donald McQuarrie, University Science Books, ISBN 0-935702-13-X, 1983, 517 pages, 6 X 9 1/4`, casebound
Recommended Reference Text: `CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae`, ISBN 1584882913[/quote]

Thats P-chem, I was curious about quant, sorry.[/quote]

My bad. It wasn't Harris, but I don't have the book with me right now. Let me look and see if I can find out online what the book was.
 
[quote name='karsh'][quote name='zionoverfire'][quote name='karsh']We're using this book for Quantum:


Text: `Quantum Chemistry`, Donald McQuarrie, University Science Books, ISBN 0-935702-13-X, 1983, 517 pages, 6 X 9 1/4`, casebound
Recommended Reference Text: `CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae`, ISBN 1584882913[/quote]

Thats P-chem, I was curious about quant, sorry.[/quote]

My bad. It wasn't Harris, but I don't have the book with me right now. Let me look and see if I can find out online what the book was.[/quote]

I just know there is this one harris book, terrible. It's funny because his more advanved quant book is quite good.
 
[quote name='zionoverfire'][quote name='karsh'][quote name='zionoverfire'][quote name='karsh']We're using this book for Quantum:


Text: `Quantum Chemistry`, Donald McQuarrie, University Science Books, ISBN 0-935702-13-X, 1983, 517 pages, 6 X 9 1/4`, casebound
Recommended Reference Text: `CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae`, ISBN 1584882913[/quote]

Thats P-chem, I was curious about quant, sorry.[/quote]

My bad. It wasn't Harris, but I don't have the book with me right now. Let me look and see if I can find out online what the book was.[/quote]

I just know there is this one harris book, terrible. It's funny because his more advanved quant book is quite good.[/quote]

We used this book:

Analytical Chemistry with CD, Sixth Edition
Gary D. Christian

It was one of the single worst books I have ever read. After reading some of the stuff in it, I felt like I knew less then before I read the book. Plus, my teacher, though he was a nice guy, was really bad. He had an indecipherable Korean accent. Example: While trying to say lamda, all I could hear him say was something more to the effect of "numbnuts"...I was like "WTF did he just say?"
 
[quote name='karsh'][quote name='zionoverfire'][quote name='karsh'][quote name='zionoverfire'][quote name='karsh']We're using this book for Quantum:


Text: `Quantum Chemistry`, Donald McQuarrie, University Science Books, ISBN 0-935702-13-X, 1983, 517 pages, 6 X 9 1/4`, casebound
Recommended Reference Text: `CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae`, ISBN 1584882913[/quote]

Thats P-chem, I was curious about quant, sorry.[/quote]

My bad. It wasn't Harris, but I don't have the book with me right now. Let me look and see if I can find out online what the book was.[/quote]

I just know there is this one harris book, terrible. It's funny because his more advanved quant book is quite good.[/quote]

We used this book:

Analytical Chemistry with CD, Sixth Edition
Gary D. Christian

It was one of the single worst books I have ever read. After reading some of the stuff in it, I felt like I knew less then before I read the book. Plus, my teacher, though he was a nice guy, was really bad. He had an indecipherable Korean accent. Example: While trying to say lamda, all I could hear him say was something more to the effect of "numbnuts"...I was like "WTF did he just say?"[/quote]

lol that guy is from the university of washington. Anyhow idiotic teachers are the reason I transfered intou a smaller school, people here can actually teach.
 
[quote name='zionoverfire'][quote name='karsh'][quote name='zionoverfire'][quote name='karsh'][quote name='zionoverfire'][quote name='karsh']We're using this book for Quantum:


Text: `Quantum Chemistry`, Donald McQuarrie, University Science Books, ISBN 0-935702-13-X, 1983, 517 pages, 6 X 9 1/4`, casebound
Recommended Reference Text: `CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae`, ISBN 1584882913[/quote]

Thats P-chem, I was curious about quant, sorry.[/quote]

My bad. It wasn't Harris, but I don't have the book with me right now. Let me look and see if I can find out online what the book was.[/quote]

I just know there is this one harris book, terrible. It's funny because his more advanved quant book is quite good.[/quote]

We used this book:

Analytical Chemistry with CD, Sixth Edition
Gary D. Christian

It was one of the single worst books I have ever read. After reading some of the stuff in it, I felt like I knew less then before I read the book. Plus, my teacher, though he was a nice guy, was really bad. He had an indecipherable Korean accent. Example: While trying to say lamda, all I could hear him say was something more to the effect of "numbnuts"...I was like "WTF did he just say?"[/quote]

lol that guy is from the university of washington. Anyhow idiotic teachers are the reason I transfered intou a smaller school, people here can actually teach.[/quote]

Oh, we're a smaller college, but we have a lot of professors with really bad accents. It makes it a bit tough to understand some things.
 
To answer your topic question I think you just encountered a slip in the system. Books for college are cheap and attractively priced and all professors care enough about their students finances to only assign 1 or 2 books instead of 5 or 6.

:wink:
 
[quote name='karsh'][quote name='zionoverfire'][quote name='karsh'][quote name='zionoverfire'][quote name='karsh'][quote name='zionoverfire'][quote name='karsh']We're using this book for Quantum:


Text: `Quantum Chemistry`, Donald McQuarrie, University Science Books, ISBN 0-935702-13-X, 1983, 517 pages, 6 X 9 1/4`, casebound
Recommended Reference Text: `CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae`, ISBN 1584882913[/quote]

Thats P-chem, I was curious about quant, sorry.[/quote]

My bad. It wasn't Harris, but I don't have the book with me right now. Let me look and see if I can find out online what the book was.[/quote]

I just know there is this one harris book, terrible. It's funny because his more advanved quant book is quite good.[/quote]

We used this book:

Analytical Chemistry with CD, Sixth Edition
Gary D. Christian

It was one of the single worst books I have ever read. After reading some of the stuff in it, I felt like I knew less then before I read the book. Plus, my teacher, though he was a nice guy, was really bad. He had an indecipherable Korean accent. Example: While trying to say lamda, all I could hear him say was something more to the effect of "numbnuts"...I was like "WTF did he just say?"[/quote]

lol that guy is from the university of washington. Anyhow idiotic teachers are the reason I transfered intou a smaller school, people here can actually teach.[/quote]

Oh, we're a smaller college, but we have a lot of professors with really bad accents. It makes it a bit tough to understand some things.[/quote]

Ahhh, I was at a large school, lots of famous professors who were there because of their research.
 
[quote name='zionoverfire'][quote name='karsh'][quote name='zionoverfire'][quote name='karsh'][quote name='zionoverfire'][quote name='karsh'][quote name='zionoverfire'][quote name='karsh']We're using this book for Quantum:


Text: `Quantum Chemistry`, Donald McQuarrie, University Science Books, ISBN 0-935702-13-X, 1983, 517 pages, 6 X 9 1/4`, casebound
Recommended Reference Text: `CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae`, ISBN 1584882913[/quote]

Thats P-chem, I was curious about quant, sorry.[/quote]

My bad. It wasn't Harris, but I don't have the book with me right now. Let me look and see if I can find out online what the book was.[/quote]

I just know there is this one harris book, terrible. It's funny because his more advanved quant book is quite good.[/quote]

We used this book:

Analytical Chemistry with CD, Sixth Edition
Gary D. Christian

It was one of the single worst books I have ever read. After reading some of the stuff in it, I felt like I knew less then before I read the book. Plus, my teacher, though he was a nice guy, was really bad. He had an indecipherable Korean accent. Example: While trying to say lamda, all I could hear him say was something more to the effect of "numbnuts"...I was like "WTF did he just say?"[/quote]

lol that guy is from the university of washington. Anyhow idiotic teachers are the reason I transfered intou a smaller school, people here can actually teach.[/quote]

Oh, we're a smaller college, but we have a lot of professors with really bad accents. It makes it a bit tough to understand some things.[/quote]

Ahhh, I was at a large school, lots of famous professors who were there because of their research.[/quote]

Yeah...I could imagine how it wouldn't be fun with profs like that. Luckily I think we don't have anyone like that at my college.
 
Went to my Discrete Math class($129 for the book) and he was showing us the little answer book that came with it, which had solutions and the work for every 3rd problem. Well, turns out it doesn't come with the book and may cost an extra $10-$20, but I guess it's worth it since if I'm gonna do all this work, I better be able to find out if I did it right.
 
When the bookstore doesnt buy back your books, now that sucks more than paying up front. Too bad you cant rent a book for a semester. I was dropping $500 a semester on text books for math, and engineering courses. (4 books ranging from 100-150 each). Now it wouldnt be so bad if you didnt have to buy a new edition every year (of the same damn book). I smell something funny going on and a few people are getting rich off of this raw deal. I mean, you either buy the book, or fail the class. Corruption in a capitalist society, go figure.
 
This is the updated booklist for this semester.

Booklist

Class Descrip Price Required
CIS104 XHTML, Comprehensive 61.95 Yes
CSC100 Problem Solving & Programming Concepts, 6th Ed. 89.99 Yes
ENG101 Being a Writer: A Community of Writers Revisited 39.99 Yes
MAT301 Discrete Mathematics with Applications, 2nd Ed. 128.95 Yes
MAT301-- B/O Discrete Mathematics with Applications Student Solutions Manual 30.95 Yes

$30.95!!! Damn, there goes some more money just for answers.
 
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