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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m0tl3ycru3 0

Way to go tree killer!

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UpsideDownTurtle 6

Bind the photocopied pages together and sell it to the next un-informed student for cheaper.

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lajaynay 15

Oh well. There isn't shit you can do about it now. You made it, so use it. You can write notes and shit on your copy at least.

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zom_fml 10

Wouldn't it be even more expensive to copy every page than to just, well, buy the thing in the first place?

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sailorgirl16 0

Only if you werent using your own copier

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riack 2

Or do what I do and buy the international edition. Almost always the exact same thing except paperback and lower quality paper. Oh, and it's about 90% cheaper typically. Did that with my calc 2 textbook that costed 210 and paid 20 for the international edition

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Mauskau 35

Why the hell are textbooks so expensive for you guys? Max £30 for any in the uk

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jesikalovesyou 0

They will give you less than you paid. I bought a book for $150 and they gave me five bucks for it.

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Cmdr_Shepard 17

That's how college bookstores make their money: Pay people next to nothing for their books and then turn around and sell the books for 4-5 times of the buyback. They make tons of money off ignorant students who have no idea how to shop or sell books. For a student like me that's cash-strapped, the internet is a god-send. I buy and sell all of my textbooks on Amazon.com and I get way more money from Amazon than the bookstore. Textbooks cost half as much on Amazon than a normal bookstore. Even though Amazon gives you a gift card instead of cash, I can turn around and use the gift cards to buy new books. Win-win situation for me.

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unmistakablyamaz 4

Why not just buy the book? You can usually find slightly used books in good condition for cheaper, unless it is a brand new book. Either way, it looks better and is much easier to keep up with than a bunch of copied pages... I'd pay the extra cost just for convenience!

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SirSquishyPants 1

And if your lucky the previous owner had the same teacher and highlighted all the important crap.

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shoopd 19

*you're Just because you claim to be a spelling Nazi...

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monster_tamer 11

Technically, that was an issue of grammatical understanding.

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luvliidee21 5

well.. u have the book for free either way. keep the copies since u already have them!

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dhiran_singh 16

You basically just palgerized the entire book by makin' several hundereds of copies... Next better next time.....

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pdHbq 2

Two things... One: They made one copy of several hundred pages Two: Next better next time?

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shoopd 19

Maybe you should "palgerize" a dictionary. This way you can learn the correct spelling AND definition of plagiarize, since you were way off with both.

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docscientist 9

No, he's write 49, op signed every page as his own.

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pdp_fml 21

Never mind the trees, they will grow back. My question is why didn't the school administration inform the students like you that that book would be reimbursed?

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