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Make HIT Poster more prestigious than Crowd Pleaser

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WHY DO COLLEGE TEXTBOOKS COST SO MUCH!?!

$97 to rent one from Amazon...$200 to buy. come on man...does it look like i can afford that crap.
I remember one year I had to spend about 500 dollars on textbooks alone because the teachers insisted on using the newest edition that also comes with an access code for the homework platform that costs an extra 100 dollars. Those classes sucked....
 
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Im not even gonna lie...i've been trying to pirate it for the last hour. I can only find the 10th edition...in RUSSIAN. I need the 11th edition...in english lol
Which book is it? I'll see if I can find it.
 

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My brother's school held his school check until he bought the two books from their library :\ I felt bad for him.
that should be illegal, wtf
 
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WHY DO COLLEGE TEXTBOOKS COST SO MUCH!?!

$97 to rent one from Amazon...$200 to buy. come on man...does it look like i can afford that crap.
Well see, they added a whole new chapter consisting of 5 pages, so you can't buy the old textbook anymore, better buy it new or else you're gonna fail the class.
 

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WHY DO COLLEGE TEXTBOOKS COST SO MUCH!?!

$97 to rent one from Amazon...$200 to buy. come on man...does it look like i can afford that crap.
It is such a scam. Try Chegg.com, half.com and the used section in your college bookstore too. I had better luck with those than Amazon for some of my books.
 

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Title: Pinterest - Determine a Pin's Quality | PANDA
Worker: Preview | Accept | Requester
Requester: Pinterest [AURHK491L2LH6] (Contact)
TO 1: [Pay: 3.19] [Fast: 4.10] [Comm: 3.29] [Fair: 4.77] [Reviews: 81] [ToS: 14]
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[Rate: $14.40/hr] [Pen: 3.00 days] [Res: -- of 0] [Rec: 100% of 1] [Rej: 0] [ToS: 1] [Brk: 0]
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Duration: 20 minutes
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Requirements: Scammers has not been granted;
HIT exported from Mturk Suite v1.25.5
 
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My brother bought his 2 yesterday and it cost him $225 :\
I worked at one of the college bookstores and was able to rent books for free each semester. If he's looking for a part time job, that might be an option.
 

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Which book is it? I'll see if I can find it.
Psychology Applied to Work 11th Edition: Muchinsky & Culbertson
ISBN-13: 978-0974934501

And if someone can find it cheaper then $97, im down with that too.
 

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Finally caught this.
 

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12 mins. Would not recommend though if you're sensitive
thanks, i don't mind the pics but needed confirmation that they would end at some point. i hate surveys with no progress bar or if it's an image viewing thing but they don't tell you how many images you'll see.
 

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that should be illegal, wtf
That's so wrong! How are they allowed to do that???
Right? That's what I thought, but they've done it every year so far.

I worked at one of the college bookstores and was able to rent books for free each semester. If he's looking for a part time job, that might be an option.
He actually already has a pretty good job that he got from turning in some semester thing, idk what he does something with websites. But I'll tell him that for if he has to go again next year. I don't remember what he's doing.
 
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