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Students tired of loosing lunch money for books

November 26, 2006 by in Random with 5 Comments

College students rejoice! Two students at the Daytona Beach Community College (DBCC) have opened a class action lawsuit against the largest collegiate bookstore chain and their own school because they believe they are being overcharged for college books. Finally! The topic of overpriced college book prices is being pushed into the spotlight. I never understood why a used text book could ever run over $100.

In a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that could affect thousands of college students who think they are overcharged for textbooks, two Daytona Beach Community College students have sued the nation’s largest collegiate-bookstore chain and their school.

The class-action suit, filed in Orlando’s federal court, alleges unfair and illegal pricing practices and seeks to recover at least $5 million in damages. It accuses the Follett Higher Education Group and DBCC of overcharging students pennies on each used-book sale and underpaying them when buying books back.

It’s time to make the move towards converting colleges to adopt electronic alternatives. Break out the PDF files! We’re tired of paying a months worth of work to pay for textbooks! [via]


  • MrC

    Yes, finally some good news.

    I am certainly not looking forward to pay for books which definitely aren’t worth those $100 + .

  • http://www.blythe-band.com/ Brandon Martinez

    I agree! At my college we barely get 40% back on a book, and the college sells them for close to 300% of what they payed us! It’s rediculous, I’m always looking for cheaper online (PDF) versions of my books, but can never find them :(.

  • http://5thirtyone.com Derek

    From a student trying to recoup costs standpoint, selling books on the bulletin board is much more rewarding. As far as acquiring necessary books is concerned, the bet is to check out eBay or Half. I remember a single book running $195 for a B. Law class. Ridiculous!

  • http://www.jasonblogs.com Jason Schramm

    Book costs are crazy. That’s why I started a club with some others called Nexus Trade, and now I’m close to releasing the new NexusTrade.com which allows students to buy and sell books to other students on campus. That way there are no shipping fees, and you know who you are dealing with.

    My original idea also included getting book lists from colleges, but a lot don’t seem to think they are allowed to. At least my college. They wouldn’t even provide us with funding because we could take away business from the campus bookstore run by B&N, and they contribute money to the college based on how many books they sell. So the college gets more money, and the students lose even more. Great plan.

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