ParanoidObsessive posted...
Blue_Thunder posted...
Kana posted...
Cacciato posted...
$1000 a year for books.
That's like two books
Beat me to it.
Joking aside, I don't think I ever paid more than $500 per semester for books, and I almost always bought new books rather than used ones whenever I had a choice. I think the most expensive textbook I ever bought was $80.
Admittedly, however, this was also 20 years ago.
Truly a different time. I'm not sure if even one semester's books would have been under $500 if I bought everything new. The absolute worst was buying books that wound up not being used during the course or used minimally. Generally made me want to go up to the professor and demand compensation for the book.
On the upside, some of the history, english, humanities, etc, courses I took I was able to get books cheaply, from a library, or get a copy from the professor. Humorously enough, I wound up borrowing a library copy of Pride & Prejudice -- large letters, because that was the last copy they had -- then was given a copy later and had some difficulty reading it since my eyes had gotten used to the larger text and the text was slightly smaller than usual on this copy.
Kana posted...
ParanoidObsessive posted...
Joking aside, I don't think I ever paid more than $500 per semester for books, and I almost always bought new books rather than used ones whenever I had a choice. I think the most expensive textbook I ever bought was $80.
Admittedly, however, this was also 20 years ago.
It's not a lot better now but getting them online probably wasn't as easy 20 years ago. I almost never buy my books from the school bookstore because it's never the best deal I can find even on a new book.
Yeah, first few semesters I got bled at the book store before wising up.
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