Assisted the daughter Friday with moving into the university for her senior year. Of course, had to hit the bookstore.
I was AMAZED (and perhaps I am showing my age here) at how much kids had to spend for books now. The first of two students in line in front of me spent in the high $500 level on his, and the next individual spent $695 on hers! And I think these were used books. A girl in the line beside me returned one book for a class she had dropped, and was credited $125. Back when I was attending universities -- the first four years of the 1970s and then two more in the mid 1980s, it seems that an expensive book was $50, with most being between $20 and $30 -- especially during the first four years (1970s). On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 7:24 PM, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The new hotness in university text books is rentals. Alot of > > websites are doing it, you should check it out.... > > They've effectively always been that -- I always bought used textbooks > whenever I could, and sold them back at the end of the semester, > excepting a few that I thought might be useful later in my career > (I've never referenced any of them, in fact). > > Allan > > -- > 1983 300D > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ apt-get update apt-get upgrade The following packages will be replaced Prez Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
