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By toothbreaker - 22/08/2019 11:00 - United States - Tucson

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

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By defrauded - 08/03/2013 18:44 - United Kingdom - Oban

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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By missingno007 - 28/08/2017 07:00 - United States - Clarkesville

Today, my first day of college, the textbooks I ordered a month in advance still haven't arrived. My first class of the semester is College Readiness. FML

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By Rex - 16/09/2017 16:15 - United States - Camden

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

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By futuregigolo - 22/12/2012 00:11 - United States - Strasburg

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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By NotFernMichaels - 28/07/2022 16:00 - United States - Red Lodge

Today, I received a package that I thought contained a textbook for law school, for which I paid $130 used. Instead, I received a paperback novel titled "The Nosy Neighbor" by Fern Michaels. My semester starts next week. FML

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By thefifthdoctor - 10/12/2013 06:04 - United States - Seattle

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

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By goodbyeGPA - 08/10/2018 17:30

Today, the first day of school, I went to the book store to purchase my textbooks. Not only did I wait for 30 minutes, but they didn’t even have my books in stock. I was advised to visit another campus 45 minutes away. They didn’t have it either. I have assignments due already. FML

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By ChrisD2V - 01/12/2011 03:52 - United States

Today, I photocopied several hundred pages of my school's textbook because I didn't want to buy it. My school later says to just buy it and it will be reimbursed. FML

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By Anonymous - 26/01/2014 17:21 - United Kingdom - Aberystwyth

Today, after waiting two weeks for an email with my online textbook access code, it still hadn't arrived in time for my quiz tomorrow, so I ended up spending most of my money on the expensive physical copy. Not long after I got back home, the email finally arrived. FML

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By stupid - 26/05/2015 06:54 - United States - Los Angeles

Today, I lost a book. I'd used my credit card as a bookmark. FML

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TxKitten79 10

Thursday 22 August 2019 20:08

Yep. welcome to college. Take some advice... never buy new if you can help it. Google "buy used textbooks." You can save 50% or more on a lot of books by not buying new from the bookstore.

smartjaguargurl 17

Thursday 22 August 2019 20:09

Oh honey just wait. Welcome to college

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Clovis 2

Thursday 22 August 2019 20:02

I had that shit happen to me when I was in college. Its more common than it should be

TxKitten79 10

Thursday 22 August 2019 20:08

Yep. welcome to college. Take some advice... never buy new if you can help it. Google "buy used textbooks." You can save 50% or more on a lot of books by not buying new from the bookstore.

smartjaguargurl 17

Thursday 22 August 2019 20:09

Bookfinder.com is a lifesaver

TxKitten79 10

Thursday 22 August 2019 20:12

yep, and textbookrush.com, chegg.com, textbooks.com, etc

kayakninja 6

Friday 23 August 2019 3:05

It's probably an "updated version" that changed the numbers on 3 review questions so you can't use the old one anymore.

smartjaguargurl 17

Thursday 22 August 2019 20:09

Oh honey just wait. Welcome to college

rockninja 21

Thursday 22 August 2019 20:36

i really dont understand why they cant just be, idk, nice? textbooks cost already a shit ton if a money and they just wont the their job as well?

kfchicken 31

Friday 23 August 2019 22:39

because they don't care about any student and they know they can do whatever they want without any consequences

LadyRen 20

Thursday 22 August 2019 20:51

Where did you buy it from? Double check if you selected “lose leaf” because that’s what you got. Just get a cheap binder and put it in there.

Takegami 22

Thursday 22 August 2019 21:42

Ah yes, college

RichardPencil 30

Thursday 22 August 2019 22:18

Then buy a nice $75 binder and you’ve got something special!

CoriCat 25

Thursday 22 August 2019 22:23

We’ve all been there bud

Nathanael Johnson 15

Friday 23 August 2019 1:06

Welcome to college, you have one of those professors who fancies himself an author but no publishers agree

bewareimaninja 5

Friday 23 August 2019 1:27

And they won’t buy it back. I have 3 still.

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