Thursday, November 3, 2011
Y U No Have?!
Several times this semester we have been brought back to the argument of whether technology is a boon or a bane. Well, as a college students, we get to experience both sides of this argument first hand. Somedays campus technology works appropriately and it greatly assists us in completing our assignments. Other days, it simply will not work and puts us in a world of hurt when we realize we can't print our assignment or our mailbox has rejected important e-mails.
My current gripe is with the bookstore. It has been jerking me around all semester. There is a great appeal to the online ordering system. You enter your classes, your books show up, you place your order, pay, pick them up and that's that...well, sometimes. Before the semester, I ordered my books through the BSU bookstore. Within 24 hours I received notification that they were ready to pick up. LIES! I get there and not a single one has been pulled yet. A few days letter I get the pick up notification again. However, when I get there this time, they tell me that about 95% of them are backordered. Oh, and they won't give me the ones they DO have until the others come in. Well, needing my books, I turned to TIS and CBX. Between the two, I still came up several books short. After about 4 weeks, BSU bookstore finally gets all my books...so I think. They told me they were all there. Well, come this week, I find that I do not have my Type book for 213. Paid for it. But it's not here. Now, I have to trek on over to the bookstore and try to figure all this out. Thanks a lot, BSU bookstore. From now I'm printing a list and going to the store in person so that I can be sure to leave with everything in hand!
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Amazon. They give you a free year of prime if you're a student, which means 2 day shipping for free. Best way to get textbooks.
ReplyDeleteThat really sucks, I feel for you there! I hate how they sell it to us at ridiculous prices but will barely pay us anything at all for selling them back. It's ludicrous really, but I guess that's the economy at work...hope you get everything figured out!
ReplyDeleteI have always had a terrible experience with the campus bookstore. I usually stick with TIS and Amazon. I can understand your frustration with books though, it's definitely a hassle.
ReplyDeleteYou would think that the bookstore would create a system that would better benefit them and the student. But I'm wondering if it's a technology issue or a communication issue between their employees?