<p>ok, so i orderd the fourth edition organic chemistry texbook by loudon. but on the duke stores website, it ways the required book should have study guide and solutions manual and cd. all i have is the textbook w/o cd. where can i get the sg, solutions manual and cd?</p>
<p>thanks a lot</p>
<p>ok wait, i just got the sg and solutions manual.</p>
<p>where can i get the cd? impossible to just get it? do i even need it?</p>
<p>I'm gonna tell you my experience. Keep in mind that things could have changed, although it is highly unlikely.</p>
<p>When I took Orgo, I think it said the same thing as you did. Were they all listed as one long item, rather than 3 different things? I think the reason they list everything as one is because the Duke Bookstore wraps all three into one "package" to sell collectively. To be honest, I never even opened the case containing the CD and never opened the Solutions Manual - in fact I almost threw them in the garbage before remembering I could sell them. I've never even heard of the Study Guide...</p>
<p>Unless the website has each item listed individually and all of them are listed as required or unless the professor specifically tells you you need everything, I'd venture a guess and say you're fine with what you have.</p>
<p>thanks a lot. </p>
<p>yah the three things are bunched as one. i think i will go ahead and get the study guide and manual just in case, and it only costs $20. </p>
<p>thanks for the help</p>
<p>I think I am going to go ahead and get the big bundle as well...should I try to get it off a third party website?</p>
<p>(oh, and if a class doesn't have any books listed [it's a seminar type focus class], should we assume the prof. will tell us in class what books we need or distribute the necessary materials. It listed a few of the things we'd be reading in the course description)</p>
<p>If the class has no books listed then you should be told the first day of class what materials you will need. (you'll be told even if there is a book listed)</p>
<p>goblue10nis: for a popular book like the Organic Chem text, you should absolutely buy it online from a third party. </p>
<p>Case in point: at Duke, you'll pay $165 for a new book and $79.95 for a new study guide or $186.75 for the bundle. If you can find them used, it's a little over $100 to buy them separately and $140 for the used bundle. </p>
<p>On Amazon, if you buy from a third party seller, it's $75 for a new book plus about $30 for a slightly used study guide. Just be careful to read descriptions carefully to make sure it's what you want. </p>
<p>Similar deals could be found on sites like half.com. </p>
<p>Personally, I find that the savings are nothing to laugh at and I could probably get another book for the price of what Duke wants for just orgo texts. But maybe it's just the fact that I have to pay for books and I'm just cheap.</p>
<p>Yea, don't buy large lecture text books at the Duke Bookstore... they're usually ridiculously overpriced compared to what you can get from amazon, barnes and noble, or half.com.</p>
<p>I think one semester I applied for a barnes and noble card that cost $25 dollars and you got a certain percentage off the books. The savings from the discount and the fact that the books were much cheaper to begin with saved like $150.</p>
<p>How do you ship it? to school? </p>
<p>what kind of school addrress can it be used to ship? student dorm address?</p>
<p>Shipping to a student's dorm is one way of doing it, but it is not the best way because often times the deliverer will try to just leave it outside the door of the room. This might be a problem if the deliverer can't get into the dorm or if it arrives early and the dorm isn't even open yet. In this case the deliverer will probably just reject delivery and it will take another week to get the package. Another thing that could happen is that it would get taken by someone else. Now I've had stuff delivered to my room plenty of times and nothing has ever happened to it, but I have heard a story or two.</p>
<p>The best way to go would be to ship it to the P.O. box where students go to pick up their mail. Since a large package won't fit in the space provided, the mail people keep it in the post office and will send an email to the student to pick up "Oversized Mail," basically the same process for care-packages. This way is safe and very well tracked so you know where everything is.</p>
<p>Edit: Some online sites won't deliver to a P.O. box... in that case you'll have to deliver it to the dorm and just schedule it so that the student is there when it is delivered.</p>
<p>Most of the time, when you buy a book (on amazon, half.com, etc) the cheapest (sometimes only) shipping option is media mail which is through the USPS system. USPS will only deliver to PO Boxes, so your package will be held at the Duke Post Office until you go to pick it up. Note that the Duke Post Office typically won't start accepting packages until after move-in day. </p>
<p>Additionally, only the USPS have access to your PO Box, so any other delivery service (Fedex, UPS, DHL, etc) can only deliver to your dorm address. Also note deliverymen won't have access to the dorm until around move-in time, so if your packages arrives before, it won't be delivered. </p>
<p>If you are planning on ordering textbooks and doing media mail, you have two options right now:</p>
<p>1) Hold off and order closer to move-in day and have it delivered to school. Typically you''ll wait a week or so after getting there to get those books. Make sure the books don't get there before you do.</p>
<p>2) Order ASAP, have it delivered to your house and pray that the seller ships quickly and doesn't live on Guam or something. This option is risky because media mail takes 2-3 weeks and move-in is only 2 weeks away.</p>
<p>I'm thinking option 1 right now...thanks everybody!</p>