I really shouldnt be complaining. I got my first BA in the military, and decided to go back to school after separation so Im using the GIBILL now. It gives me a 500 dollar stipend for books, plus the 1100 a month for living expenses. I also qualify for FAFSA financial aid -2,500 a semester. And since i have maintained a 3.9 GPA for about 6 yeats now i have a few scholarships That bring in a couple grand a semester. Point is Im not exactly unable to afford their corruption, I just hate that they can do this legally.
Several times i have been able to sell the books back because of edition changes-garbage
Paying 200 for a book and selling it back for 3.25 - garbage
Not allowing me to give rentals back because of damage I didnt do-garbage
Its unbearable. Oh, and I have to disarm when i go to the bookstore. I think i figured out why though-- My CHL allows me to defend myself against all manner of crime, right? Guess they dont want me defending myself while they rob me several hundred dollars every few months :)
Amazon.com is my new friend....
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Why I Hate College Bookstores
It's official, college bookstores are corrupt, and crooked.
Beginning of Summer Semester 1, I bought all my books for my classes. On the first day of class, one of my classes was cancelled so I went to the book store to return my books. Because they did not give me a reciept in store, I only had the emailed reciept from purchasing them online (I purchased through the online bookstore catalog to save me time.) Apparently the reciept I was emailed was not good enough for them, and I could not return the $275 worth of books that I would not be using. I got upset, tried reasoning with the manager, and it basically ended with me calling her a crook and storming out. In retrospect, I shouldn't have called her a crook.
Yesterday, I went back to the bookstore to return the books I did use for Summer Semester 1. One of the books I rented was extremely marked up and highlighted, which I noted in the invoice as "book is marked and highlighted." When I returned the book, the manager recognized me and asked to look at the book. She said that it was too marked up to return. I replied that I had listed the damages when I rented the book, and she replied that the books were now "excessively marked and used." I replied that since the beginning of the semester the book has sat in my bookshelf unused, and that she needed to let me return it. She replied by explaining to me I owed 25 dollars to purchase the book since I couldn't return it.
So I will no longer shop at the Angelo State bookstore. I will be purchasing all of my books on amazon or other means, and save money while i'm at it. College bookstores = legal highway robbery.
Beginning of Summer Semester 1, I bought all my books for my classes. On the first day of class, one of my classes was cancelled so I went to the book store to return my books. Because they did not give me a reciept in store, I only had the emailed reciept from purchasing them online (I purchased through the online bookstore catalog to save me time.) Apparently the reciept I was emailed was not good enough for them, and I could not return the $275 worth of books that I would not be using. I got upset, tried reasoning with the manager, and it basically ended with me calling her a crook and storming out. In retrospect, I shouldn't have called her a crook.
Yesterday, I went back to the bookstore to return the books I did use for Summer Semester 1. One of the books I rented was extremely marked up and highlighted, which I noted in the invoice as "book is marked and highlighted." When I returned the book, the manager recognized me and asked to look at the book. She said that it was too marked up to return. I replied that I had listed the damages when I rented the book, and she replied that the books were now "excessively marked and used." I replied that since the beginning of the semester the book has sat in my bookshelf unused, and that she needed to let me return it. She replied by explaining to me I owed 25 dollars to purchase the book since I couldn't return it.
So I will no longer shop at the Angelo State bookstore. I will be purchasing all of my books on amazon or other means, and save money while i'm at it. College bookstores = legal highway robbery.