• BolexForSoup
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        5 months ago

        Jfc are textbooks prices even worse than when I was in undergrad? What do things typically cost now? It was awful when I was buying them.

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          35 months ago

          It was 200-300 for me 15 years ago. Worst part is you cannot pirate them because you need the online code that comes with a new book. I recall something dumb happening if you just got it separated from the book.

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            Yeah some shift the pages a bit so you can’t buy the online portion separately and have it line up with a previous year’s version even though there is almost no difference in content. At least that’s how it was when I went to undergrad, sounds like about the same time you did.

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        15 months ago

        Text book prices are part of the compensation package for University professors. It’s no surprise their price has risen, since wages aren’t keeping up