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In article <1995Nov15.123406.43262@ac.dal.ca>,
Sir Real <gloganwr@is.dal.ca> wrote:
>As to the claims that the bookstore is charging more than the books are 
>worth, here's some info:
>	The books go out for what the bookstore pays for them.  If the 
>price is listed on the back of the book, it sells for that price.  If the 
>price is not listed, the book goes for what the publishing company 
>charged.  The bookstore sometimes (not often) gets a discount on the 
>books from a publishing company.  I've seen the invoices, and I've seen 
>the price tags.  The bookstore charges what the books go for at cost.  
>There is _no_ markup.  Anyone stating otherwise is misinformed.
>
> Gabriel Logan-Wright
> (GLoganWr@Is.Dal.Ca)  -Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, Oath Of Fealty 
>                       "Freedom is inversely proportional to security."
>		       -Larry Niven
> 
>Homepage - Http://is.dal.ca/~gloganwr/bishop.html

Hmmm...really?  That's funny...listen to my story.  About three years ago
(after my first year of university) I had a book I desperately wanted to
return.  I took it to the bookstore having read the receipt which said that
used books in excellent condition may be bought back for half-price (this was
at the end of the school year and the book was barely used, gotta love some
profs).  Anyways, the person at the returns desk said that the half-price
return only applied if stock was low and the book was needed, otherwise they'd
take the book back for wholesale price.  I asked how much wholesale price was
for this particular book.  The person told me $15.  The purchase price of the
book was $90.

You do the math.
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