So here is the predicament:
Second year university I took a physiology course, and I needed the Anatomy and Physiology textbook for it. This textbook is band new and it retails for I think close to 170? And me being the poor college student that I am refused to buy it new, so i was able to borrow an older edition from a friend of mine. Of course, being the lazy bum that I am I left the textbook in my locker over the summer and the student association that is in charge of running that section of lockers went all storage wars on my locker. Well not really, they just raided it and told me to claim it in the office.
I did not know that, and did not claim my stuff, so they ripped it apart and they salvaged what was worth money aka the textbooks and piled them up to auction it off the the members of the council, CORRUPTED I KNOW.
So i find out that they are taking my friend's textbook away and i'm like freaking out, because she is asking for it back. So i went to get it back and the council member goes "why dont you just take the most current edition" and finds me the one in the best condition and hands it to me. I needed this textbook again, so I hesitated but took it. My friend was also able to claim her older edition one back on a separate occasion, so that saved me the trouble.
So I used this textbook for the upcoming semester when I finally decided to take anatomy. But now I have this brand new mint condition current edition of this Anatomy textbook, that I would feel too guilty to sell......
So it sits in the trunk of my car untouched, and I am too attached to it to give it away. Trust me, I get attached to things too easily, which is why I dont buy textbooks. The day I sold off all my first year textbooks I felt like I was giving a funeral to each and every one of them.
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Hoarder much? haha jk
I mean if the council gave it to you, then it is yours to do with it as you please. Though you better act quick before the next edition comes out, then it will be worth nothing. I am pretty sure you can sell it and get more money on ebay or any other site than selling back to the book stores on campus or off...
Nothing like selling back your books ro realize how much of a ripoff it is. I never sold my books back and later on, I began to buy the books, make copies of the book (which would still cost less than buying hte book used) and then getting a complete refund of the book at the bookstore. Just had to make sure that I made the copies and returned the book before the last date for full refunds. Oh and did I mention I used to work at Office Depot Copy and Print area, so I got the copies for free(was suppose to pay for it, but no one cared about copies) and when I stopped working there, An old coworker gave me the free copies as well, so free books I got! I also made extra copies and gave them away to peopke in my class, so they wouldn't have to buy the book or could get a full refund on it as well. I could have sold it, but chose not to. =D
-_- you'll be living in a room with four white walls and a mattress to avoid that sort of attachment.
hahaha i loathe textbooks. you treat them like precious babies hahaha
i've got one textbook left and it's sitting in a box of other useless stuff that i plan to donate this year... they used to hold meaning but it's time for me to let go. you'll have that moment one day, I'm sure.
I would have done the same thing with the new book :)