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To: Graybeard58

Deferring to increasing costs of textbooks:

Found out today that used textbooks are no longer “acceptable” at my son’s school.

The new books come with an online account to access supplemental material. The teacher’s guide references these supplemental materials so the kid’s have to go online to access them.

The accounts expire at the end of each semester and purchasing a new book is required for activation.

Scam city.


24 posted on 08/17/2010 8:10:27 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Political correctness in America today is a Rip Van Winkle acid trip.)
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To: Rebelbase

The accounts expire at the end of each semester and purchasing a new book is required for activation.


Yup. Publishing companies are doing this because they are getting killed by the secondary resale market (EBay).


27 posted on 08/17/2010 8:16:04 PM PDT by rbg81 (When you see Obama, shout: "DO YOUR JOB!!")
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