college textbooks are a scam

[edenfalling]

Interesting observation of the day:

If I rent my Spanish textbook directly from the publisher, it costs $50 less than if I rent it via the college bookstore. In fact, renting for six months via the bookstore is almost the same price as renting for twenty-four months directly from the publisher.

This is highway robbery.

(I mean, the publisher's price is still offensively high, but I think the point stands. There is no need to get mugged twice.)

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[edenfalling]

I ended up buying it from the bookstore anyway, since I could use financial aid grant money to purchase it without spending any of my own hard-earned cash. But it took me a few days to reconcile myself to that, because I was so annoyed about playing into the scam. *sigh*