Money: Today, I went to the local used books store to sell all my college...

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 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 gonebabygone - 27/08/2009 06:58 - United States

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

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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 Cougar - 24/07/2009 19:05 - United States

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

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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 Anonymous - 29/08/2009 00:59 - United States

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

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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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By Anonymous - 23/02/2011 16:04 - United States

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

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By chilegrande - 01/03/2011 20:59 - United States

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

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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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Markg1994 0

Saturday 22 December 2012 5:20

You should have asked to clarify whether she said "$350" or "3.50".

saksxalmo 20

Saturday 22 December 2012 5:21

This is why you always buy textbooks secondhand... I learned that the hard way.

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tokyoluv2u 2

Saturday 22 December 2012 15:19

I would have just kept the books.

biglittlehead 12

Saturday 22 December 2012 15:39

Sounds like GameStop.

seandoc 13

Saturday 22 December 2012 16:00

This is why I use eBay and Craigslist.

ciaraaa23 7

Saturday 22 December 2012 16:15

I would feel bad...if your username wasn't "future gigilo"...

SoylentCandycorn 10

Saturday 22 December 2012 17:49

Why? He's probably making a joke about having to turn tricks to make ends meet.

charvisioku 22

Saturday 22 December 2012 17:11

I feel your pain.

TehGinga94 21

Saturday 22 December 2012 17:55

I got my books free through financial aid, then sold them back for $203.50

missnuthin 10

Saturday 22 December 2012 18:48

thats why you sell them on craigslist to other students and make back more like 80% of what you spent. sheesh.

Cmdr_Shepard 17

Saturday 22 December 2012 19:20

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

Saturday 22 December 2012 19:48

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.