Buying Textbooks: GSC Bookstore vs. Online

All col­lege stu­dents can agree on one thing: text­books are too expen­sive. Every semes­ter, most full-time stu­dents spend at least $100 on books.

This leads to the mil­lion dol­lar ques­tion: is it cheaper to pur­chase text­books online or at the Gainesville State Col­lege bookstore?

GSC stu­dent Kevanna Wig­gins thinks it’s “smarter to get books online than at the book­store because it saves money.”

“When you get a book from the book­store for $180 and then try to sell it back, they buy it from you for $15. If you get a book offline  for $60 and the book­store buys it back for $20, you don’t feel bad,” said GSC stu­dent Ebony Norman.

As food and gas prices con­tinue to esca­late, stu­dents are search­ing for alter­na­tive ways to pay for school sup­plies. Does it mat­ter where you get the books from, espe­cially  if one avenue leaves your pock­ets a lot lighter?