Today I'm angry about.....

[Gooner Girl]

£55 for a textbook?!

Sure they didn't cost that much when i was at Uni!

Looking to embark on my Level 4 Athletics Coach award (5-10 years part time study - gulp!) when UK Athletics finally sort themselves out by the end of the year and have been told to read 'Growth, Maturation, and Physical Activity' (I know, thrill a minute...) Why does a simple book cost so much?! Its not like its got a gold plated spine or something!

Unimpressed!

[Hoboh]

£55 for a textbook?!

Sure they didn't cost that much when i was at Uni!

Looking to embark on my Level 4 Athletics Coach award (5-10 years part time study - gulp!) when UK Athletics finally sort themselves out by the end of the year and have been told to read 'Growth, Maturation, and Physical Activity' (I know, thrill a minute...) Why does a simple book cost so much?! Its not like its got a gold plated spine or something!

Unimpressed!

Minority interests don't have the volume sales to bring down the unit cost thus not enabling the retail price to be pegged

[Gooner Girl]

£55 for a textbook?!

Sure they didn't cost that much when i was at Uni!

Looking to embark on my Level 4 Athletics Coach award (5-10 years part time study - gulp!) when UK Athletics finally sort themselves out by the end of the year and have been told to read 'Growth, Maturation, and Physical Activity' (I know, thrill a minute...) Why does a simple book cost so much?! Its not like its got a gold plated spine or something!

Unimpressed!

Minority interests don't have the volume sales to bring down the unit cost thus not enabling the retail price to be pegged

yes, that makes sense, i just don't recall my uni textbooks costing half as much - though that was over 10 years ago now

[Dujon]

You really are getting old, GG, and your memory is going with the passing of time.

Some ten or twelve years ago I purchased a book for my son. It wasn't a prescribed text as he'd been a BSc for some time. However he had, and still does, an interest in snakes - to the point that he has a licence to keep such reptiles in his house (appropriately housed of course). That reference publication set me back near to AUD100. My fingers tremble as I type, but Hoboh is correct. Even given the inflated prices we who live in the 'land down under' are required to pay for books I didn't regret a penny of the money I spent.

[jimbo]

£55 for a textbook?!

Sure they didn't cost that much when i was at Uni!

Looking to embark on my Level 4 Athletics Coach award (5-10 years part time study - gulp!) when UK Athletics finally sort themselves out by the end of the year and have been told to read 'Growth, Maturation, and Physical Activity' (I know, thrill a minute...) Why does a simple book cost so much?! Its not like its got a gold plated spine or something!

Unimpressed!

Most of my textbooks are in the £30-60 bracket, and they're all pretty mainstream. Head into specialities land and they'll top £100 pretty easily. Can't wait to sell most of mine to naive younger students when I finish in summer.

[Worthy4England]

£55 for a textbook?!

Sure they didn't cost that much when i was at Uni!

Looking to embark on my Level 4 Athletics Coach award (5-10 years part time study - gulp!) when UK Athletics finally sort themselves out by the end of the year and have been told to read 'Growth, Maturation, and Physical Activity' (I know, thrill a minute...) Why does a simple book cost so much?! Its not like its got a gold plated spine or something!

Unimpressed!

Most of my textbooks are in the £30-60 bracket, and they're all pretty mainstream. Head into specialities land and they'll top £100 pretty easily. Can't wait to sell most of mine to naive younger students when I finish in summer.

One I used for one of my Uni submissions was £2,500 in 1996.

I got the library to loan it from elsewhere on a long term loan...

[Bruce Rioja]

One I used for one of my Uni submissions was £2,500

Dear stuff, parchment.

[Hoboh]

One I used for one of my Uni submissions was £2,500

Dear stuff, parchment.

Nawww was the stone masons wages

[Annoyed Grunt]

Had to traipse around the Trafford Centre

[bobo the clown]

Had to traipse around the Trafford Centre

... oh, my condolences. Isn't it a dreadful place. I never go there without wanting to get right out again asap.

[truewhite15]

Bolton Wanderers. That is all.

[Annoyed Grunt]

Had to traipse around the Trafford Centre

... oh, my condolences. Isn't it a dreadful place. I never go there without wanting to get right out again asap.

I could feel the anger rising in me as I walked around. On the plus side, I got 2 books bought for me.

[Gooner Girl]

Had to traipse around the Trafford Centre

... oh, my condolences. Isn't it a dreadful place. I never go there without wanting to get right out again asap.

I could feel the anger rising in me as I walked around. On the plus side, I got 2 books bought for me.

Shopping?! Why would you be angry about that?! Sounds agreat day out!

Mind, i have to bribe hubby with the promise of Burger King to go with me...

[Gooner Girl]

£55 for a textbook?!

Sure they didn't cost that much when i was at Uni!

Looking to embark on my Level 4 Athletics Coach award (5-10 years part time study - gulp!) when UK Athletics finally sort themselves out by the end of the year and have been told to read 'Growth, Maturation, and Physical Activity' (I know, thrill a minute...) Why does a simple book cost so much?! Its not like its got a gold plated spine or something!

Unimpressed!

Most of my textbooks are in the £30-60 bracket, and they're all pretty mainstream. Head into specialities land and they'll top £100 pretty easily. Can't wait to sell most of mine to naive younger students when I finish in summer.

One I used for one of my Uni submissions was £2,500 in 1996.

I got the library to loan it from elsewhere on a long term loan...

Library! Should have thought of that!

[Annoyed Grunt]

Had to traipse around the Trafford Centre

... oh, my condolences. Isn't it a dreadful place. I never go there without wanting to get right out again asap.

I could feel the anger rising in me as I walked around. On the plus side, I got 2 books bought for me.

Shopping?! Why would you be angry about that?! Sounds agreat day out!

Mind, i have to bribe hubby with the promise of Burger King to go with me...

Can't abide it...much prefer online shopping.

I'd probably go with you for a Burger King.

[Gooner Girl]

Had to traipse around the Trafford Centre

... oh, my condolences. Isn't it a dreadful place. I never go there without wanting to get right out again asap.

I could feel the anger rising in me as I walked around. On the plus side, I got 2 books bought for me.

Shopping?! Why would you be angry about that?! Sounds agreat day out!

Mind, i have to bribe hubby with the promise of Burger King to go with me...

Can't abide it...much prefer online shopping.

I'd probably go with you for a Burger King.

Mines a bacon double cheeseburger...

[Annoyed Grunt]

Who said romance is dead.

[Gooner Girl]

Its my treat seeing as Robin Van Persie has put me in a very good mood!

[Harry Genshaw]

You're not going to lose all that timber you've put on since the twins were born, if you keep popping in to Burger King

[Gooner Girl]

You're not going to lose all that timber you've put on since the twins were born, if you keep popping in to Burger King

I know!!! My diet is awful! I need to sort it out or I will turn into a hippo!