Unrelated blog #2

I'm sure everyone can agree on this next subject. I'll be discussing the irritating task of selling back textbooks.
So today, I walked downtown to the bookstore on South Main with a friend with the expectations of getting a handful of cash in return. You can only imagine how excited I was to get some money before the endless feat of finding a job this summer (refer to previous blog...). We were enjoying the weather while lugging thousands of pounds of textbooks on our backs (that may be an exaggeration). Once we reached our destination, we followed the signs to where we would inevitable receive mounds of cash for our laborious walk.
I sold my chemistry book and answer key, physics book with CD accessory, and my sociology book back for a grand total of $155. Not bad you may say. Except, when I really think about it, I bought all three of them for about $500. My mood dampened a little.
I understand that the university doesn't want to take back tattered and torn books for full price, but I rarely used my chemistry book, and I did not opened my physics book AT ALL. I was upset, naturally.
My friend was less lucky. She was unable to sell back her "special VT" edition psychology book, along with a geographical mapping book. She was successful in returning an American Lit book. And when I say "successful" I mean, she got some money for it. $16 back from a brand new book that cost her almost $100 at the beginning of the semester.
After our adventure we immediately drowned our sorrows in a necessary trip to Moe's for lunch.