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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Comments (161)
tokyoluv2u 2
I would have just kept the books.
biglittlehead 12
Sounds like GameStop.
seandoc 13
This is why I use eBay and Craigslist.
ciaraaa23 7
I would feel bad...if your username wasn't "future gigilo"...
SoylentCandycorn 10
Why? He's probably making a joke about having to turn tricks to make ends meet.
charvisioku 22
I feel your pain.
TehGinga94 21
I got my books free through financial aid, then sold them back for $203.50
missnuthin 10
thats why you sell them on craigslist to other students and make back more like 80% of what you spent. sheesh.
Cmdr_Shepard 17
Getting ripped off by the bookstores is something I'm sure almost every college student experiences, but I still voted YDI. The used bookstore you went to probably can't believe what a sucker you are and now it gets to make a huge profit at your expense. I recommend using websites like buybacktextbooks.com if you want to see books online. All you have to do is enter the ISBN and the site will get quotes from a variety of major book sellers (such as Amazon). I normally just buy and sell on Amazon but sometimes you can get a lot more money somewhere else.
ballbearing 10
Yeah. I have literally thousands of dollars worth of textbook I will never open again, yet I have found it isn't work the effort to drag them back to the bookstore because most of them they won't buy back and those they do are such shit return.
ashley9782001 9
For that price I would have just kept them or try selling them online