<p>does anyone know where to find the list of books for each course for the spring semester? i've been looking online but can't find it anywhere. I want to try to order my books online this time because the bookstore really rips your off. thanks!</p>
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<li>google uva bookstore</li>
<li>click on the link</li>
<li>click on the "textbooks" link at the top</li>
<li>click on the link at the bottom of the page for "spring and jterm textbooks"</li>
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<p>rip you off?</p>
<p>Textbooks</a> | The UVA Bookstore - Secure Online Shopping</p>
<p>Scroll down to the bottom of the page.
Links are there.
But remember that the Profs may not have submitted all the books.
Textbooks</a> | The UVA Bookstore - Secure Online Shopping</p>
<p>We are not here to rip you off. You should see how hard our people work to save you money. We give you many options to choose from to try and save you money on your books.</p>
<p>bigdog: Hazelorb sent you in the right direction. Also, even if professors don't have their books online yet, you can always order them the first week of class, and you'll be fine. I agree, online is the way to go. I refuse to buy a book at the bookstore anymore, even if it's used. Often you can find a book way cheaper and in much better condition on amazon or ebay.</p>
<p>My 2 cents, and not that of my employer.</p>
<p>Can you prove that?
We keep trying to prove that, the Cav Daily even gave students money to buy their books to test who was actually cheaper. The UVA Bookstore actually won on most of the books over the online stores when you included shipping (some even had free shipping, but they still lost), and you even got the proper edition.
Heck, even national publications have done stories on the UVA Bookstores about how we try and save you guys money. But then all it takes is a couple of ill informed students to spread bad information to cost even more students more money then they would have spent by buying on campus.
Plus a lot of them don't realize that keeping their business within our community also keeps the money here where it then goes back to help you guys, the students. Oh, and to also pay our employees.
You know when you guys protest living wages and stuff like that? It is hard to do that sort of thing when you send your money out of state....</p>
<p>There are a lot of good people that work in our store that are seriously afraid of losing our jobs due to the current economic climate and the Commonwealths budget shortfall. Just remember that when you save $5 on a $70 book. That tax that you save because you purchased out of state stays out of the Commonwealths pockets, which then takes away from Virginia Education.</p>
<p>again. My 2 cents and not that of my employer.</p>
<p>just to make sure everyone is clear, WDStrongJr is an employee of the UVa Bookstore/CavComputers.</p>
<p>I went to sell a book back at the UVa Bookstore. They offered me $20. I went to the Student Bookstore on the Corner (no affiliation with the UVa Bookstore) and they offered me more than double that. The UVa bookstore is, in most cases, not the cheapest option although it does win on convenience. I would order your books on Amazon. They may have offers on free shipping since it is the holiday time. If not, sign up for a free trial of Amazon Prime for 1 or 3 months (I can't remember how many; pretty sure it's 3 though) and they'll give you free shipping during that time for products sold by Amazon. You'll have to buy your books new. If you buy books from other sellers (these options are under the "Add to Cart Option"; they're the New/Used thing), this free shipping does not apply. I saved well over $200 this fall from not ordering from the UVa bookstore. If you want to buy used books, check the bookstores on the Corner and uloop.com and craigslist. And you can wait for classes to begin; people will be sending out lots of e-mails about selling books. And they will always be cheaper than the bookstore.</p>
<p>an interesting video about deflation and the current economic situation. it was on world news with charles gibson a few nights ago. I remembered it after reading wd's post. The video is about 3 minutes and I highly encourage everyone to take a look.</p>
<p>The only chance of the bookstore being remotely close in price to Amazon is if the book was JUST released. Last year the physics II book was so late to printing, that neither Amazon nor the bookstore had it in stock the first week of classes, and that was the only time I considered buying from the bookstore, but Amazon ended up coming through, $19 cheaper and free 2-day shipping. Every other book I've ever bought off of either Amazon or Amazon Marketplace (the New/Used section) has been anywhere from $15-60 (yes, my signals book was $63 cheaper online) cheaper. I use that extra money to fuel jobs on the Corner, so it's not like I'm outsourcing my money.</p>
<p>I bought my books last week while selling my used books. None of the books the lady gave me were used so the bill was higher than expected. I still have my receipt, can I go back and try to exchange some of the new ones for used copies?</p>
<p>I am pretty certain you can. If the shrink wrap is still intact, and they are for next term you should not have an issue. But to clarify please call Jane in Textbooks at 800-759-4667 or direct at 434-924-1067.</p>
<p>db123 - that is a good video. and the sad fact is that it is already happening here. Do you know how many student employees we used to employ? The word of the day is "used to".
so basically we are all in a losing situation, well, you guys sorta win at first by saving a few bucks, but we lose as we have to cut jobs to survive due to the lack of business, but then you guys have to pay more tuition because the University is not making the money up elsewhere.
But then what do I know. I am a programmer, not an economist.</p>