Yeah, but you could always try and buy a used textbook from a student, and pay $50 instead of the original $230, no?<p>Of course that would be hard. You'd have to find a student which is selling, and then seeing if the book is well preserved.<p>That's one of the values of having a store. They pay you less because its easy to sell for them. Just the same, you could try and find a student that wants to buy your used book for more money. That's hard tho, and the store knows that, and charges accordingly.<p>I agree it sucks tho, specially for students who are usually short on money, but its an open market. It's a somewhat similar situation with used games in Madrid.