The Official Adam Pascal Love Thread, part three — Page 593

Nooo, I did not! My courses were all full year courses, and apparently you can only return them after the course has finished. I was like, "But I'm not going back! I could really use the cash right now." But nope, I have to wait until April. A few of the novels, they would take back, but would only give $2 each for. No thanks, I can get more selling them on my own!

I've bought (namely Angels in America for 12 bucks ) and sold a few through the online network thing, so I'm going to just put them all up there. It's so tedious, though, because they want the ISBN number and all the info - each book entered individually, of course.

It reminds me of the worst part of my summer job. We sat there for hours, entering Library of Congress numbers into the database for the genealogy centre. *snoozes*

Allie, that stinks that they won't let you sell back the books until April.

I could probably get a lot more money for my books if I sold them directly to people taking those classes the following semester, but it's just not worth the time and effort it would take to find buyers, so I just bring everything to the bookstore and hope to get back a third of the original cost.

Aaagh, data entry. That was a big part of my summer job, and not one I particularly enjoyed (especially because the supervisor would yell at me every time something was entered incorrectly and accuse me of not paying enough attention). It was better than filing, though.

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Updated On: 1/14/06 at 08:37 PM

I'm just going to put them all online and put them in a box for now. Hopefully, most of them will go. There are a lot of slack people out there who won't buy a book until they absolutely need it!

Heh, I usually sell back the books for a class right after I take the final. I know it seems silly, but it provides some sense of closure (especially if it was a class I hated and I never want to see anything that reminds me of it ever again *coughCalcIIcough*)

I'm really frustrated - I was able to get almost all of my books for the upcoming semester before winter break started, but there's one book I need that they still don't have in stock, and I'm going to have to deal with the insanely long slow lines that happen once break is over for that one damn book.

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Oy, that's awful.

My roommate took a course last semester where the professor decided not to submit his required reading list to the bookstore, so everyone had to go find the books (many of which were out of print or very difficult to find) on their own. She ended up having to withdraw from the course about halfway through the semester and couldn't even get rid of the books because she didn't get them through the bookstore.

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*wave* Is anyone here?

Book buying/selling is not something I am looking forward in college.

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Hey, Elphie, you wanna buy aaaaall my books? *bats eyelashes*

I usually sell my textbooks back at the off-campus bookstore (you get more money than the one on-campus) for most of my classes, unless I liked the book or something. I just have more use for the cash they give back than I do with the textbook that will just collect dust on a shelf for the rest of my life.

This was my friend's away message regarded book buy back, it made me laugh so I saved it:

"Someone please, oh dear god, call SVU... I was... raped today and I know who did it............................it was................................. the textbook buy back counter 5 F*CKING DOLLARS for a thick book of classical plays and 2 other playbooks. Hopfully I'll be able to come back to my computer once the bleeding and swelling of my rectum subsides enough for me to be able to sit down..."

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I spent $650 in books and lab supplies last semester, and managed to sell back one book for $45. The rest were out of edition and so I got nothing for them. It's a very frustrating process.

Sorry Elphie. I remembered to edit the f*ck, but forgot about the rest.

My whole schedule next semester is still up in the air. I have to add at least 3 classes once I get back Monday. I hate starting off the semester with an incomplete schedule, it just makes you feel so behind everything.

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