Don't know what course you're doing, but mine really didn't need many, if any, of the books on it. I'm doing English, and found that since most of the texts were public domain, I could download them and print them in the library, rather than buying them. Also, there are always guys a year ahead of you who are dying to unload their useless books, if you ask around town you'll be able to get them well cheaper than online.
I just got hit with a huge bill
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Haha, I love how you're calling $340.50 a "huge bill." In college terms that's still not a lot of money. I did 8 years of college and have to pay back $160,000 in educational loans. That's a "huge bill." I have a great career and don't regret it but that's the cost of education is insane.
I feel for you.
Here in the UK, fees are very modest - when I was in university there were no fees and we even got subsistence grants.
When I had to buy them, the in store book shop prided itself on selling the core textbooks for any course at cheaper prices than anywhere else, although if you had to order in a book that wasnt on the reading list they would charge extra. I guess that's just one exception to the rule. Of course they were selling new textbooks at under the original price that it was on amazon. But when you finally realise that you really dont need "new" textbooks and that used ones are just as good for the job they do then amazon becomes a useful tool because of their great marketplace.
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