Today, I went to the local used books store to sell all my college textbooks. I spent several hundred dollars on them in total. I ended up walking out of the shop a pathetic $3.50 richer. FML
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Today, I bought my very first college textbook. I received a stack of hole-punched papers. My $195 "book" isn’t even bound together. FML
Today, I discovered that my parents rooted through our house looking for junk to sell at a garage sale. They sold all of my books from my bookshelf. When I freaked, out my mom said 'well you never read them'. There was about $300 hidden between the pages of those books. They made $60. FML
Today, I started at a new college. I bought my textbooks and went to my first class only to find out that they changed my schedule without telling me. I'd already opened the book. I could not get $200 back. FML
Today, I was at work when my mother called. She gave me great news that she had finally cleaned out my room and all those "old and useless" books that I had in there. Those "useless" books that she had just trashed were all antiques and worth about $500 each. There were 27 books in there. FML
Today, I had to listen to fellow classmates whine about selling one of their many houses, while I can barely afford to pay for a $100 textbook. FML
Today, I left for college. I spent hundreds of dollars on clothes, bedding and other things. After packing my entire closet and everything else I needed, I left only to have to head back home. My dad forgot to pay the first semesters tuition. He said "Oh well, you would have failed out anyway." FML
Today, I lost a book. I'd used my credit card as a bookmark. FML
Today, I had to spend all of my money on textbooks even though my refrigerator is empty. Starving and frustrated, I called home to ask for money for groceries. My mom told me I could afford to skip a few meals. FML
Today, I was mugged while on my way to the bookstore. I'd saved up for months to make a mega-purchase of study materials for my major, only for it to be taken away in a few seconds by some lowlife thug. FML
Today, I bought a textbook for my college class. Not only is the £150 book only sold by our teacher, it turned out to be a piece of shit that he obviously wrote, printed, and stapled together at home. When I went to the faculty about it, I was told it's all perfectly legal, and to drop it. FML
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Markg1994 0
You should have asked to clarify whether she said "$350" or "3.50".
saksxalmo 20
This is why you always buy textbooks secondhand... I learned that the hard way.
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sickandsexified 7
Should have kept them
LittlestPrincess 21
you should have just put up a note in your college saying 'for secondhand textbooks of the following classes ...' contact me. then you can decide the price yourself. works for me every year.
SoylentCandycorn 10
3 dollars fifty is an insult. Why did you accept such a pathetically low offer? One book probably wasn't worth that low an amount, let alone all of them.
LouRockshell 0
Wow! You're dumb. here's what you do: buy used on craigslist or ebay, sell on craigslist for about the same price you bought it for. if they come out with a newer edition, look for how much they are being sold online. I don't like to rent because it costs about the same as buying used in most cases.
LouRockshell 0
If you rent, you will get no money back. If you buy used, you'll get most of your money back. Don't settle for so little. Learn to say "no".
StaceeeP 23
should have sold them to new students
Salem222 4
This happened to me last semester, except I only got 1.50 back because most of them were "university editions" and they were not buying them back -_-.
iilovecokee 6
You're an idiot. Instead of finding someone who would be happy to buy those books from you for half the price you paid, you sell them for 3.50$ to a book store that is going to sell them for the amount you would have received selling to another student. I can't believe how irritated I am by your stupidity.
fleur_de_fevrier_fml 22
I remember when I went to do my master in the US, I almost fainted at the price of books, being second-hand or new. It's a shame college education is so horrendously expensive in this country. Education is a right, not a priviledge!
dougpitts 3
As long as you didn't try to have butt sex with her your crush will want you back