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Never buy a textbook again!

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:50 pm

Rent them instead!
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Re: Never buy a textbook again!

Post by Ayaan » Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:32 pm

Win, win. They plant a tree for every book rented. :biggrin:
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Re: Never buy a textbook again!

Post by Pappa » Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:39 pm

Ayaan wrote:Win, win. They plant a tree for every book rented. :biggrin:
Uber-Win.
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Re: Never buy a textbook again!

Post by Animavore » Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:42 pm

More win than Aston Villa :cry:
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Re: Never buy a textbook again!

Post by Pappa » Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:56 pm

I assume it's only in the US though?
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Re: Never buy a textbook again!

Post by Psi Wavefunction » Tue Aug 25, 2009 9:41 am

You're supposed to buy textbooks? :think:
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Re: Never buy a textbook again!

Post by klr » Tue Aug 25, 2009 9:44 am

Psi Wavefunction wrote:You're supposed to buy textbooks? :think:
I think I used to make a profit every year between selling old textbooks and buying new ones ... but then I was a Commerce student. :lol:
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Re: Never buy a textbook again!

Post by Trolldor » Fri Aug 28, 2009 12:07 pm

So, basically, bleh.
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Re: Never buy a textbook again!

Post by Horwood Beer-Master » Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:51 am

Gawdzilla wrote:Rent them instead!
Why rent them when they're freely available from the library? :think:
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Re: Never buy a textbook again!

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:09 pm

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Gawdzilla wrote:Rent them instead!
Why rent them when they're freely available from the library? :think:
Simple system at Purdue, the volumes you needed were put on reserve by the profs. You could use them in the library, but not check them out. And there was usually only one copy available.
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