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| Juke Joint Jezebel 596th Post
 
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|  "ARGH"
, posted Thu 4 Jul 17:31
dude, i feel your pain
first, i know how horrible it is when they won't buy back a book
second ....
ugh, ok, i lost a library book (that i checked out at my university), right? i have no idea where it is. i take good care of things so i really dunno what the hell happened. so i go down there
me - hey, i lost a library book. i'm ready to pay *i hand them my credit card*
girl - ok ..... that'll be $72
me - WTF!! *i snatch back my credit card* explain
girl - the replacement fee for a book is $20, and the standard replacement for all library books is $52
me - but it says here ..
girl - lemme see that *reads* yea, see? right here "$20 replacement fee plus the price of the book," which is $72
me - *holding back the urge to kill the messenger* i see
girl - just go on the internet and find the book and we'll only charge you $20
me - thanks -_- have a good day
girl - bye! you too!
this was a few weeks ago, and i just realized they put a stop to my account and won't even send out a transcript for me (so i can't go to summer school) so i rushed on the internet a few hours ago to order the book. it was $10, which means $30 down the drain for my damn teleporting book of mystery -_- better than $72 but still ... christ. sneaky bastards
"Uwee hee hee! Don't tease the octopus kids!" -- Ultros
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| Radish
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|  "Re(1):ARGH"
, posted Thu 4 Jul 19:13
quote:
dude, i feel your pain
first, i know how horrible it is when they won't buy back a book
second ....
ugh, ok, i lost a library book (that i checked out at my university), right? i have no idea where it is. i take good care of things so i really dunno what the hell happened. so i go down there
me - hey, i lost a library book. i'm ready to pay *i hand them my credit card*
girl - ok ..... that'll be $72
me - WTF!! *i snatch back my credit card* explain
girl - the replacement fee for a book is $20, and the standard replacement for all library books is $52
me - but it says here ..
girl - lemme see that *reads* yea, see? right here "$20 replacement fee plus the price of the book," which is $72
me - *holding back the urge to kill the messenger* i see
girl - just go on the internet and find the book and we'll only charge you $20
me - thanks -_- have a good day
girl - bye! you too!
this was a few weeks ago, and i just realized they put a stop to my account and won't even send out a transcript for me (so i can't go to summer school) so i rushed on the internet a few hours ago to order the book. it was $10, which means $30 down the drain for my damn teleporting book of mystery -_- better than $72 but still ... christ. sneaky bastards
That sucks. I had a somewhat similar experiance last year.
Me: I received a letter saying that I have a book overdo, but I haven't checked anything out in months.
Library guy: Well, let's see what it is in the computer.... There.
Me: Uh, I'm pretty sure I turned that in a while ago.
Library guy: Lemme get my boss.
Old Boss lady: Well, in this sort of situation you'll have to fill out this form with your SSN and wait in "Library Check-Out Limbo" while we slowly search our records and then blah blah blah.
Me: One sec. I'll be right back.
2 minutes later.
Me: Here. I found it on your shelf where it was supposed to be.
Old Boss Lady: Oh.
It would have cost me somewhere close to how much there were going to stick it to you for a book I was probably the first to check out in 40 years (literally.) Knowing the level of competency in my college after filling out a form, It would have been months before they found it; if they did at all.
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| Dr Baghead 1209th Post
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| "Re(1):CROOKS!!!!!!" , posted Thu 4 Jul 22:03
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I was taking a college summer school class that finished yesterday and I bought a book that costs $60. The class sucked and I feel like I wasted my time, but I had to raise my GPA up a little bit just to be on the safe side.
Anyway, I went to sell my book back and guess how much money I get back. I got back 9 fuckin' dollars for a $60 book. This is a CRIME! I feel that I should have a least gotten $25 back, but NO that bastard behind the counter throws $9 down on the table and expect me to smile like he did me a favor.
What's up with this crap? Who sets the amount of money you get back for books? These people HAVE to know that college is expensive and most students don't have any money (me included) and I spent the last bit of money I had on that class and that damn book. It was over $200 all together. I could have bought a GameCube and WrestleMania X8 for that. I could have pre-ordered KOF 2000 for that. I could have gotten some PS2 games (I don't have any) for that money. Hell, I didn't even need the book for the class, all I did was take notes, but if you show up a week without a book you get dropped from the class. I'm not working for the rest of the summer either so I have to wait for school to start again to get any money.
I think I'm gonna start selling some of my stuff.
I can't stand it.
You think that's bad, every semester I have to go to the art store and spend hundreds on supplies that we're expected to have on the first day... then when class starts the teacher will get a list and tell us what we didn't need (like boxes of charcoal or expensive pads of paper, in one class our $50 lab fee wasn't even needed!) and unlike schools that even offer refunds on books, my school has a large sign that says "No refunds on any drawing materials or paper" at every supply depot!
ARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
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| Fro Boy11 595th Post
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| "Re(2):CROOKS!!!!!!" , posted Fri 5 Jul 07:46
quote:
I was taking a college summer school class that finished yesterday and I bought a book that costs $60. The class sucked and I feel like I wasted my time, but I had to raise my GPA up a little bit just to be on the safe side.
Anyway, I went to sell my book back and guess how much money I get back. I got back 9 fuckin' dollars for a $60 book. This is a CRIME! I feel that I should have a least gotten $25 back, but NO that bastard behind the counter throws $9 down on the table and expect me to smile like he did me a favor.
What's up with this crap? Who sets the amount of money you get back for books? These people HAVE to know that college is expensive and most students don't have any money (me included) and I spent the last bit of money I had on that class and that damn book. It was over $200 all together. I could have bought a GameCube and WrestleMania X8 for that. I could have pre-ordered KOF 2000 for that. I could have gotten some PS2 games (I don't have any) for that money. Hell, I didn't even need the book for the class, all I did was take notes, but if you show up a week without a book you get dropped from the class. I'm not working for the rest of the summer either so I have to wait for school to start again to get any money.
I think I'm gonna start selling some of my stuff.
I can't stand it.
You think that's bad, every semester I have to go to the art store and spend hundreds on supplies that we're expected to have on the first day... then when class starts the teacher will get a list and tell us what we didn't need (like boxes of charcoal or expensive pads of paper, in one class our $50 lab fee wasn't even needed!) and unlike schools that even offer refunds on books, my school has a large sign that says "No refunds on any drawing materials or paper" at every supply depot!
ARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
I had to do THE SAME THING. If we don't have the materials at the end of the week we get dropped from the class. I had to buy almost $200 on materials. The intructor would also give us a list of stuff to get and when I got (it came in a pakage) I found out I didn't get all of the materials I was supposed to (like a drawing board for one) and I was pissed. I never used the board for class because we had tables that were just like them. Buying art supplies suck. I've never tried to get a refund because I'll never know when I'll have to use that stuff again. Plus they gave us lockers in the building so we can just keep our stuff there. Most of my things are stuffed in a locker at the university.
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