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I just ordered my textbooks for my 3 classes, and my husband's 1 class. $370 - that's with all of my books being USED and paying the cheapest prices that I can find.
I just wanted to cry when I clicked the checkout button. College alone is expensive enough to make me cringe but the textbooks just absolutely make me want to cry.
:mad: :eek: :mad:
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Introduction Business Law 65
Principles of Management 70
Principles of Marketing 71
A&I Literature 68
American Lit 59
Educational Psychology 68
Social sciences & history 65
Western Civilization I 64
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Namivie Wrote:I just ordered my textbooks for my 3 classes, and my husband's 1 class. $370 - that's with all of my books being USED and paying the cheapest prices that I can find.
I just wanted to cry when I clicked the checkout button. College alone is expensive enough to make me cringe but the textbooks just absolutely make me want to cry.
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Another cost benefit to taking CLEP exams! My son is taking a computer 101 class at the local community college (rather than the exam) and the class was $240 after fees/registration but his books today were $140 and we opted to supply our own flash drive ($30 book store cost). That's $380 for 3 credits!!??
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cookderosa Wrote:>>
Another cost benefit to taking CLEP exams! My son is taking a computer 101 class at the local community college (rather than the exam) and the class was $240 after fees/registration but his books today were $140 and we opted to supply our own flash drive ($30 book store cost). That's $380 for 3 credits!!??
i don't see why people don't go to amazon.com and get old editions.. the books don't change that much!
DSST Environment & Race to Save Humanity * 51/80 Clep CIS 63/80
College Math 66/80 * DSST Business Law II - No Pass
Principles of Mgmt 61/80 * A/I Lit 51/80 retest 61/80
Social Sciences and History - 66/80 - A * Freshman Composition - 60/80
Intro to Computers 426 -Current System - p/f = pass * Intro to Modern Middle East Studies - 61/80
Human Cultural Geography - 61/80 * US History I - A -61/80
US History II - A 68/80 * Civil War - A 57/80
Intro to World Religions - A 68/80 * Intro to Bus Law - 64/80 A
Public Speaking 55/80 A * MIS 429/500 * Statistics 459/500 * MacroEconomics 57/80
MicroEconomics 53/80 (ran out no money in meter) * Criminal Justice 418/500
English Comp with Essay 58/80 * Personal Finance 406/500 (Ran thru IC once & test once... 40 minutes/98 questions.. close call)
Principle of Supervision - 436/500 * Clep American Government 67/80
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these were the older editions....:eek: and I got them from amazon
and it's for 3 classes, so 9 hours. I figure with every clep test I pass that I'm saving over $1000 - but I still have to meet the residency requirement. However, I should only have to by books for 1 more semester for me.
Cleps:
Introduction Business Law 65
Principles of Management 70
Principles of Marketing 71
A&I Literature 68
American Lit 59
Educational Psychology 68
Social sciences & history 65
Western Civilization I 64
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creationstory Wrote:i don't see why people don't go to amazon.com and get old editions.. the books don't change that much!
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This was a "teacher designed" packet. So, it had a software bundle with a custom edition text <sigh>
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The thing I find more irksome (or sadistically amusing) is how some colleges tout this "save money with ebooks!" idea. Excelsior for one does sell some textbooks as ebooks but you'd have to be committed in an institution to think this was a better idea than buying a used textbook.
For the ebooks I did see it went something like this: Actual Textbook price $135, ebook version $109. Ha! Who are they kidding? You can't sell the ebook back through Amazon or MBSDirect afterward. So you end up losing money on both ends. Who in the world would fall for this scam?
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I found a post recommending
AbeBooks Official Site - New & Used Books, New & Used Textbooks, Rare & Out of Print Books AFTER I purchased the books I used--but I did take a look and I found that all of the books I had purchased, after painstakingly trying to find the best price, were available through abebooks for less.
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I have also used AbeBooks and was really impressed with their costs. Namvie, when you are done with your books you should sell them on ebay or somesite like that. You might not get it all back but a little is better than none!
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I feel your pain. Half.com is a great place to find used textbooks for CHEAP. One of my art textbooks for the upcoming Spring semester was $1.34 ... plus $3.49 shipping. :p
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I live within driving distance of the city . . . I go to the 2nd hand stores every week, and find the books sections have lots of books, and sometimes what I need (so far for CLEP, though). There are also 2 large 2nd hand book stores that are within driving distance.
It may be worth looking into in your area, as an option, before doling out cash. Also, sometimes students are willing to sell their books, and post on the school bulletin boards.
Michele
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