One class needs... 4 books, another needs... 3?
Oh, and what's this? I need 2 109.95 dollar hard drives and racks? Why? AGHASAS...
So... I look online.
The 109.95 dollar hard drive? A 40 gig HD from Western Digital. a FIFTY FOUR DOLLAR 40 gig HD from Western Digital. I mean.. I've heard of markup, but this is ridiculous!
After I checked to make sure it wasn't worth the 109 dollars (You can buy books off the website, and it just says 'Hard Drive', so for all I know, it could be the $106 160 gig WD drive off of newegg) and see that it's 40 gigs, I almost choke with the 'God how much are people getting ripped off' reflex. The lady is all like 'What?'
... When I told her that I could get one double the storage for half the price, she looked at me like I was making it up... then she looked as if she had bit into a lemon, and wanted to kick me out.
I didn't make a huge statement, or anything. She just wanted to know, so I told her - but if you can, always make sure to check online before buying your books from a college bookstore!
However, I need to buy this.. thing, that the HD fits into so that there's only a blue female pin slot in the back.. the rest of the HD is all encased in plastic... the site says it's a Rack, but when I try and look it up by that name, it's all... biiiiig computer racks.
What is it actually called? [ 01-13-2004: Message edited by: Gikk ]
come on...
And our tuition went up something like 30%
[ 01-13-2004: Message edited by: Kermitov ]
Aviation students get ripped on books if they go to the bookstore to get them. I always go to the local airport shop because the books I need are around 20$ there. If you go to the school bookstore they're between $75 and $120. yep, a 400-600% markup 
So my whole semester was... lessee... 1300, roughly.
I love my college. While tuition went up 6 bucks last semester, they keep going up in 20% enrollment every year - and they open a new building every semester or year!
Last year was the dental hygiene wing, this semester they opened the Timken building - brand new computer labs, classrooms, computers, office, and completely new building.
Next year is the Physical and Occupational therapy building, and the year after that (they've already broken ground) is the Fuel Cell Prototype Center.
My college kicks ASS.
I just hate the bookstore. [ 01-13-2004: Message edited by: Gikk ]
my tuition was about 1000 now it's about 1300 and it's harder than ever to get classes. Physics 2A which is like GE physics, nearly everyone takes it, only has ONE section. Every semester there's a 40 to 60 person waiting list for it.
Parking went from 80$ a semester up to 150$ a semester and not a single space has been added. If you have a class on campus during the day you'd better plan on getting there at least an hour ahead of time to find parking. It's gotten even worse now because the city has outlawed parking on the residential streets surrounding the school. I can't say I blame them but to have to wait an hour to find a spot is ridiculous. I failed a class because there wasn't enough time between it and my previous class, which is held at the airport, to find parking.
*grumble*
This is where my butt is currently seated.
And this is where one of my classes is - floor to ceiling windows. Kinda cool, yet kinda creepy.
they are rapeing people that are either unable or too poor to go elsewhere (or dumb)
Now today I went to the bookstore to price the books for next semester, Good thing I did, it'll be $280 total for books that ONLY Grossmont carries because they were printed either at Grossmont or Cyumaca... Turns out each of the teachers have a book of their own.
I just feel spiffy, and I know your pain Gikk.
As for the bookstore, companies love taking advantage of peoples ignorance or exploiting people in hard situations and ones like that have less ethics than most.
ps:
You guys have a fire or someting?
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From the book of Khyron, chapter 3, verse 16:
Gikk, you need one of these...?
[ 01-13-2004: Message edited by: diadem ]
They put "cool" as a description in that? Weird.
I had to pay 216 for all my books. Including one that allows me to become a certified food handler (never you mind the fact that I already am. I said NEVER YOU MIND, ASS!)
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King Parcelan's unholy Backstreet Boys obsession manifested in:
Mwa ha! Suffer, computer major dork, suffer!I had to pay 216 for all my books. Including one that allows me to become a certified food handler (never you mind the fact that I already am. I said NEVER YOU MIND, ASS!)
*Fires nerd beams at Parcelan's computer, forcing him to spend hours on tech support with people who don't speak english.*
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diadem had this to say about Punky Brewster:
You guys have a fire or someting?
If you look at the grass, it looks like they're doing a bit of construction or landscaping. The firehose might be hooked up just to clean off the street.
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Kermitov had this to say about dark elf butts:
hehe, or when San Jose State
Oh hey that's my school.
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Ferret stopped staring at Deedlit long enough to write:
Oh hey that's my school.
Oh really? Still go there?
go figure.
I'm gonna maybe take my mom's digital cam one of these days - it truly kicks butt.
And no, Khy. The one I need I canonly get at the bookstore, I think - the back port is blue, female, and takes pins, it looks like. I'm gonna have to take another look tommorrow.
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Kermitov impressed everyone with:
Oh really? Still go there?
Yup, just started my first year. Still getting accustomed to avoiding the chicken at the DC, though.
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Gikk had this to say about Tron:
The one I need I canonly get at the bookstore, I think - the back port is blue, female, and takes pins, it looks like. I'm gonna have to take another look tommorrow.
Sounds like you're getting a SCSI hard drive. It's well worth its price.
