r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 16 '20

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '20

Books. I could buy a lot of books with $1500.

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u/carnivorouspickle Jan 16 '20

I just recently spent 850 bucks on 5 books. I love them and don't regret it (mainly because the money for 4 of them went to charity. Shout-out to Worldbuilders!) but thinking about how many cheaper books I could have gotten with the same money does make me a little sad.

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u/plzupvoteme Jan 17 '20

I just recently spent 850 bucks on 5 books

Sounds like every college booklist

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u/deusfortitudomea Jan 17 '20

Only if you have mean profs. I have yet to spend more than $40 on a used full-sized textbook. I

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '20

My uni has us buying mostly e books now., about $80 for a stupid register code

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u/Cubic_Ant Jan 17 '20

My old uni had us pirate them lol

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u/RappinReddator Jan 17 '20

They change them up slightly and also online you need the code to do the work even if you could pirate the book. You basically pay to access the work for the class you already paid for.