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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:16 AM Original message |
Apparently, my economics textbook costs $300. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's a test. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
2. If it's written by the professor, take it as a sign that he really knows |
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LeftyFingerPop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
3. You can have mine for free, but it's from 1978. |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
4. A proper demonstraton of the supply and demand theory, no? |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 12:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
22. No. |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
5. Have you priced the used ones yet? |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
6. I chose my electives based on book costs |
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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
7. Back in my day (late 90s) $300 was the price of a physics text book |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. It now costs 10 bars of Gold-Pressed Latinum. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
8. But what's the marginal cost? |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 12:18 AM Response to Reply #8 |
23. 3 cents! |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
9. That was Lesson One. |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
10. Isn't that ironic... |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
11. I've paid well over $1,000 on math books |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
12. Supply and demand in a command economy |
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KatyaR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
13. Jeezbus, that's awful. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
14. That's economical. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
15. But what's the opportunity cost? |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
16. Maybe the guys |
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Ivan Sputnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
17. Have you tried Chegg.com? |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
18. Take the ISBN number and google it. |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
19. Welcome to college. I spent just under 700 bucks for books this semester. |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
20. get an older edition. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
21. I worked at a campus book store once. Some of the radiology books cost $500. |
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blue_roses_lib (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
24. I'm staff at a college bookstore |
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