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college bookstore fail

I've been standing in a line for an hour and twenty mintues, have yet to even get to the counter where I get my books whereafter a second line starts just to check out. All the while this one dude's been standing at the same register for forty minutes, only making things slower. There's little reason I can see why one person would take forty minutes to pay for some books. Anyone else go to a ghetto school that does things ass backwards because enough shady, untrustworthy people attend the same school requiring inconvenient and ultimately pointless provisions to be in place? I've never browsed TA while standing in one line for so long before.


c0r version: god-fucking-damn the undesirables

People do almost everything slower around here.

Still not sure if I want to brave the bookstore this term.

Books cost twice as much usually as buying them via mail order.

The risk is

1. buy before classes get stuck with cancled text
2. buy after wait in line for an hour.

Its not thaaat bad but after classes start it is a crap shoot for the first week.


bring a book to read (no pun intended)

(and yes I know you can bring them back - here if they are unopened........) but not all texted are unopened.

Yes natural says buy early bring back if needed.. but buying a book and not opening it is the hard part. .. yes the hard part.

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Originally posted by ******** People do almost everything slower around here.

That explains everything.

And they don't have one of my books in stock, making this wait all the more worthwhile, and my lab that much easier to complete. I could jump for joy but id probably get arrested

got a hammer?i sure as hell could use one right now to expend my rage.

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Originally posted by Enigmatik That explains everything.

Hey now, not all of us from Waterloo are like Will.

That's why I always order my books online and have them shipped to me before classes start. You are the one that fails, imo.

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Originally posted by jennypie That's why I always order my books online and have them shipped to me before classes start. You are the one that fails, imo.

Having experienced professors changing the course books pre-semester, I like to wait until I receive the syllabus. Opine away miss pie

No, not really. But we seldom buy the actual books required for the course here in Brazil. We usually just have a few chapters copied and study them.

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Originally posted by D-res Having experienced professors changing the course books pre-semester, I like to wait until I receive the syllabus. Opine away miss pie

Oh, well then I apologize. The system at your school does indeed suck.

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Originally posted by ******** People do almost everything slower around here.

I don't know how true that is. I think you have an unnaturally high clock speed which allows you to perceive things in a way which appears slower to you. To your credit, however. Indeed, much to your credit.

Still waiting to see:

1. If we are even going to use the book in said class (if not I will go to the library whenever the class does call upon the book).

2. If I can justify paying $390583490583 for said book (only to get $.10 back for it at the end of the semester, if they accept it at all).

3. My financial aid to come in.

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Originally posted by D-res I've been standing in a line for an hour and twenty mintues, have yet to even get to the counter where I get my books whereafter a second line starts just to check out. All the while this one dude's been standing at the same register for forty minutes, only making things slower. There's little reason I can see why one person would take forty minutes to pay for some books. Anyone else go to a ghetto school that does things ass backwards because enough shady, untrustworthy people attend the same school requiring inconvenient and ultimately pointless provisions to be in place? I've never browsed TA while standing in one line for so long before. c0r version: god-fucking-damn the undesirables

40 minutes? I'd fucking kill myself. If anyone ever spends more than 5 minutes in a line I make it apparent that they are holding up the line by shouting sumfin like "can we open up another line since this one isn't going anywhere?!?" I've caused a scene countless times at CVS which is notorious for attractive foreign old people with coupons (dangerous combination).

I have absolutely no idea how valid any of the wiki-answers are, but according to them, we spend 17% of our lives waiting and:

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The average person spends approximately an hour a day waiting in line, which totals to about 2 to 3 years in a lifetime.

Made me wonder how much time we waste in general, and then I saw this:

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How long does an average person spend showering in a lifetime?

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182 days and 12 hours.... at 10 Minutes a day /3650 minutes a year. Average lifespan is 72.

We spend a huge portion of our lives doing a lot of nothing. This isn't even including how much time we spend sleeping, watching TV or being on the internet.

Well, watching TV and web browsing are forms of entertainment, not really "nothing." People can't spend a hundred percent of their time being "productive," however you might want to define that term. They need some slack time to rest their bodies and minds.

cool story:

A couple of my friends in college started a business buying & selling books. Basically, if they could buy it cheaper or sell it higher, they'd just make you a little better deal than the bookstore (which still meant ridiculous margin). They wrote some program & script that fetched all the data & spat back a price (or said no). That worked for a year or so, 'til the school threatened to sue them.

Now they both work for Microsoft.

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Originally posted by shaw cool story: A couple of my friends in college started a business buying & selling books. Basically, if they could buy it cheaper or sell it higher, they'd just make you a little better deal than the bookstore (which still meant ridiculous margin). They wrote some program & script that fetched all the data & spat back a price (or said no). That worked for a year or so, 'til the school threatened to sue them. Now they both work for Microsoft.

Cool story bro

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Originally posted by Sushipunk Cool story bro

preemptive meme ftw.

http://www.ebookee.com/

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Originally posted by Jake Benson I've caused a scene countless times at CVS which is notorious for attractive foreign old people with coupons (dangerous combination).

You find mature expats alluring?

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Originally posted by WittyHandle You find mature expats alluring?

Yes I find you attractive. You wanna fight about it?

Ok I'm slightly over-generalising here but:

-Price of 400 page book from shop: $120
-Price of photocopying one page: $0.10
-Number of pages you'll actually use: ~40 - 100 / 400

Depending on what subject you're doing, and whether you actually WANT the book itself, do the math!

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Originally posted by FuzzQi Ok I'm slightly over-generalising here but: -Price of 400 page book from shop: $120 -Price of photocopying one page: $0.10 -Number of pages you'll actually use: ~40 - 100 / 400 Depending on what subject you're doing, and whether you actually WANT the book itself, do the math!

That's what I do most of the time. Books at the bookstore are around 150$-200$ when they're new, if used, they could be around 80$-100$, so I buy the photocopied texts for 30$.
The Chinese 'coffee shops' around the school do know how to make some extra money

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Originally posted by Lira No, not really. But we seldom buy the actual books required for the course here in Brazil. We usually just have a few chapters copied and study them.

Oh yes, the Guatemalan way!

Buying college textbooks at the school store is like buying candy at the movie theater. If you're smart you get it somewhere else much cheaper.

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