The better-half and I went to the university bookstore to buy books for my class. I know I’m getting a sweet deal on the tuition costs of the class so I should hardly complain. However, I think I will.
The instructor has listed three books. Two were in stock. One was nowhere to be found. Of the two books purchased, one book looks to be something your local print shop would bind together for that crazy guy down the street who self publishes and the other is a hardback. The price of the pseudo-self published book? Twenty-eight dollars. The other book? Thirty-three. The third book that I ended up ordering from the bookstore’s online presence? Twenty-six. And that’s for a paperback. I looked for that book at all my usual online haunts. Amazon and Alibris listed the price at, please sit down, $119 and up.
After we walked out of the store, the better-half said that was a real BOHEECA. Indeed. We had to console ourselves at Lee’s Famous.
*Updated 1/25/06: I know how to spell Bend Over Here It Comes Again but ever since I put this post up I’ve been overrun by spammy comments. I’m hoping by misspelling that I’ll be done with the spam.