Comments on: In College? Don’t Buy Your Textbooks. http://www.americanconsumernews.com/2007/09/in-college-don%e2%80%99t-buy-your-textbooks.html News for Consumers in Changing Times Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://www.americanconsumernews.com/2007/09/in-college-don%e2%80%99t-buy-your-textbooks.html/comment-page-1#comment-907 Anonymous Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:42:00 +0000 http://www.americanconsumernews.com/2007/09/in-college-don%e2%80%99t-buy-your-textbooks.html#comment-907 Not buying is a good idea, but not having the book at all is just asking for trouble.<br/>Instead of buying, rent for a fraction of the cost. BookRenter.com is 1 site that saves you about 50% and lets you choose from a few different rental time frames. Not buying is a good idea, but not having the book at all is just asking for trouble.
Instead of buying, rent for a fraction of the cost. BookRenter.com is 1 site that saves you about 50% and lets you choose from a few different rental time frames.

]]> By: Dudeybave http://www.americanconsumernews.com/2007/09/in-college-don%e2%80%99t-buy-your-textbooks.html/comment-page-1#comment-901 Dudeybave Sun, 09 Sep 2007 04:16:00 +0000 http://www.americanconsumernews.com/2007/09/in-college-don%e2%80%99t-buy-your-textbooks.html#comment-901 My experience in college was that most of the professors used the textbook in conjunction with their lectures i.e power points that came with the textbook. Many professors would make a certain percentage of a test come from material directly from the textbook in order to encourage the students to read it for the test and actually get their money's worth out of the purchase. I was lucky to have 2 or 3 teachers out of five years of college to be cool enough to buck the system and make their own packets of material instead making their students fork over 100 dollars for textbook. My experience in college was that most of the professors used the textbook in conjunction with their lectures i.e power points that came with the textbook. Many professors would make a certain percentage of a test come from material directly from the textbook in order to encourage the students to read it for the test and actually get their money’s worth out of the purchase. I was lucky to have 2 or 3 teachers out of five years of college to be cool enough to buck the system and make their own packets of material instead making their students fork over 100 dollars for textbook.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.americanconsumernews.com/2007/09/in-college-don%e2%80%99t-buy-your-textbooks.html/comment-page-1#comment-899 Anonymous Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:15:00 +0000 http://www.americanconsumernews.com/2007/09/in-college-don%e2%80%99t-buy-your-textbooks.html#comment-899 Don't go to class either. You can just ask other people to summarize what happened in all the lectures while you're asking them for their books the night before the final.<br/><br/>The meal plan is probably overpriced. Don't sign up! Just get your friends to sneak food out of the dining hall for you.<br/><br/>Instead of paying for a room, just sleep on various couches. There are okay couches in most dorm lounges. Just switch it up so you don't wear out your welcome in any one place. Don’t go to class either. You can just ask other people to summarize what happened in all the lectures while you’re asking them for their books the night before the final.

The meal plan is probably overpriced. Don’t sign up! Just get your friends to sneak food out of the dining hall for you.

Instead of paying for a room, just sleep on various couches. There are okay couches in most dorm lounges. Just switch it up so you don’t wear out your welcome in any one place.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.americanconsumernews.com/2007/09/in-college-don%e2%80%99t-buy-your-textbooks.html/comment-page-1#comment-898 Anonymous Sun, 09 Sep 2007 02:40:00 +0000 http://www.americanconsumernews.com/2007/09/in-college-don%e2%80%99t-buy-your-textbooks.html#comment-898 Because as everyone knows, it's not like you'd want to LEARN anything in college. That's not the point....<br/><br/>And if most professors really do as crappy a job as you say (which was never remotely my experience in college, but I was there for more than the cheap beer), why take their classes to begin with? Because as everyone knows, it’s not like you’d want to LEARN anything in college. That’s not the point….

And if most professors really do as crappy a job as you say (which was never remotely my experience in college, but I was there for more than the cheap beer), why take their classes to begin with?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.americanconsumernews.com/2007/09/in-college-don%e2%80%99t-buy-your-textbooks.html/comment-page-1#comment-896 Anonymous Sun, 09 Sep 2007 01:14:00 +0000 http://www.americanconsumernews.com/2007/09/in-college-don%e2%80%99t-buy-your-textbooks.html#comment-896 With all due respect, I think this is a horrible idea. I am finishing up my last year of college and have bought or borrowed every single textbook. Over the last three years, I have spent approximately $10 more than I've made on the resale of textbooks, and have always had my own personal book for each class. Each semester, I know someone who opts not to buy the book and almost always their grade suffers because of it. Occasionally there are books you don't know, but at least at my school the books are selected with care and contribute highly to the quality of the class. <br/><br/>I can't imagine paying 40 grand a year for an education and then jeopardizing that education on $200 a semester for textbooks that you can almost always sell off after the class has finished. With all due respect, I think this is a horrible idea. I am finishing up my last year of college and have bought or borrowed every single textbook. Over the last three years, I have spent approximately $10 more than I’ve made on the resale of textbooks, and have always had my own personal book for each class. Each semester, I know someone who opts not to buy the book and almost always their grade suffers because of it. Occasionally there are books you don’t know, but at least at my school the books are selected with care and contribute highly to the quality of the class.

I can’t imagine paying 40 grand a year for an education and then jeopardizing that education on $200 a semester for textbooks that you can almost always sell off after the class has finished.

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