Publishers Introducing Packets to Rip Off Students
While I don’t think this is happening at Marietta College, I’m posting this because its could happen here eventually if we’re not careful.
The Consumerist is reporting on the plight of students at many other schools who go to buy books, only to find that they can’t find a deal because the books they try to buy do not exist. Â Publishers have begun selling books in packets, which do not have to have the same ISBN number as the textbooks inside them. Â Therefore, you can’t buy a used book that does not exist. Â The packets also do not tell you what books are inside until you open them up, so trying to search for a book by title doesn’t work either.
You can read more about the infuriating problem of packets at The Consumerist.
