Why does the gov allow this!!!!!

Why does the government allow textbook companies to sell overpriced textbooks!!!! Example, Prentice Hall's Deitel and Deitel programming books. They have two main series, the "How To Program...." and the "....for Programmers" series.  The "How To Program..." books are always $100+ new, however, the "...for Programmers" books are all only $35-$40.  Both series feature paperback books, and 1200-1500 pages.  I don't know about you guys, but, $100+ is way too much for a paperback book, I think $35-$40 is right.
 
Here's the problem I have, both series have the same amount of pages, give or take.  The "How To Program..." books are aimed for college courses, while the "...for Programmers" books are not. So they jack the price for the "How To Program..." books because they know college students are gonna be forced to buy them. 
 
This is ridiculous, Obama should be fixing this problem instead of trying to find who's ass he should kick for the oil spill problem.

Since when does the government have anything to do with capitalist prices? 

I dunno, though all oi gotta say is noice avi, Guvner.

"Free" market.

Have you not met Capitalism?

For one semester of my marketing course, I was expected to buy a text book for £80. I didn't and the only hinderance it caused me was that I had to photocopy a page from the back that had a case study on it meaning I essentially saved £79.85.

Why on earth would Obama have anything to do with the price of a text book? If the company is abe to sell it for such a price, then there's nothing to stop them from doing that. If the price is unreasonable, then people wouldn't buy it and the price would naturally drop. That's a pretty fundamental part of your country's economic philosophy.

You are absolutely correct. The government should ban multiple exclamation points.
 
I blame Obama.

The joys of the free market mechanism.

" I dunno, though all oi gotta say is noice avi, Guvner. "

"Why on earth would Obama have anything to do with the price of a text book? If the company is abe to sell it for such a price, then there's nothing to stop them from doing that. If the price is unreasonable, then people wouldn't buy it and the price would naturally drop. That's a pretty fundamental part of your country's economic philosophy. "

I agree that new books are overpriced but it has nothing to do with the government. Best route to take is look for used ones on half.com or abebooks.com, websites like that, or look for international versions, they are usually cheaper.

Wait, so you want the government to dictate the price of all goods?
 
Thats not how capitalism works...

'scalled a monopoly

Wrong country to complain to, especially about this.

The best they could do is judge a text book company as a monopoly and then rule that they are engaging in anti-competitive practices. That's the best you could do, also welcome to college where people have been complaining about this for years and then after 4 years no one cares anymore.

Wouldn't that be the opposite of what the government normally does?

If only the government solved all of my problems for me. Truly then I would be as happy as people who live in countries where the government fixes prices, like Venezuela and Cuba. 

When I was at university, the answer to this thorny little problem was called a "library". If that failed, then the used book shop down the road rarely disappointed.

Because they have bigger things to worry about? Like that oil spill, ever heard of that?

Capitalism.

the goverment shouldnt be able to tell people what they should set there prices at. die commie basterds

" This is ridiculous, Obama should be fixing this problem instead of trying to find who's ass he should kick for the oil spill problem. "

" Since when does the government have anything to do with capitalist prices?  "

No one is sent to a collage to gain an education, only to pay for one. 

Because people like you are outraged at every hike in the price of tuition, despite rising standards and greater upkeep costs, so universities and professors are forced to find alternative sources of income?

The ~*~Free Market~*~ triumphs again.

It's not a high price for knowledge dude! Besides the Deitel books are great! Well worth the money!

The government should levee a tax on excessive exclamation point use.

That book is still sitting on my desk right now. The book is pretty decent, and it comes with a cd of all the source code, so that you can modify. Yes, all of them are horribly over priced, but I at least still use the How To Program books. I can't say that for all the other CS books I have.

Also, how different are those for programmer books? They probably leave out a lot of detail an explanation.

i think dat everyting in life shuld jus b for free

" ... welcome to college where people have been complaining about this for years and then after 4 years no one cares anymore. "

pssssh........ $100 is chump change. 
 
My Manufacturing Processes book cost me $320.

You're in college?

Because it's none of their business.

i think school textbooks are so overpriced because most people buy them used, therefore they get less profit. That said, you too can just buy the book used and for less.

I paid $800 for textbooks covering 5 courses last semester. One accounting book was $240.
 
Don't be too concerned about it. Learn to live with it like the rest of us lol.

I'm sure Obama has better things to do than fix the price of textbooks, even if he doesn't do anything at all.

It's not really a free market because schools choose what books to use and you have to pay up.  If the system is corrupt (which is probably is) the book maker pays the school.
 
Broken system, but the government does have bigger fish to fry, and it doesn't really have the power to do anything about it anyways.

I understand this is a free market economy, but this is total rape.  And the comparisons of those books were just examples, my specific college programming courses don't use those books, but I know of some schools that do.  
 
Also, Obama has made the comment that people shouldn't go to school because they can't afford it.  If Obama can force car manufacturers to have a specific highway miles per gallon by whatever year it is, why can't he step in and do something about this???  Also, I said, he should work on this, instead of trying to find who's ass to kick for the oil spill problem, so what if he finds somebodies ass to kick, what good is that gonna do, that's not going to stop the fact that there is oil spilling into the ocean at .5-4.2 mil gals per day.   And ya, look at that range, there's your first problem, get fuckin scientist in there so they can determine that.
 
Anyways, I still think $100 for a paperback book is too much, but I would be more accepting of it, if the same publisher/authors, didn't have other books of the same magnitude for cheaper, like 60% cheaper, because it targets people who aren't forced to buy it for a college course.

" You are absolutely correct. The government should ban multiple exclamation points.  I blame Obama. "

This must be a joke topic.

" Since when does the government have anything to do with capitalist prices?  "

Funniest rant ever. 
While we're on the topic of demanding things, I would like each textbook to come with an indentured servant (named Thadius is it's a boy, Ilithia if its a girl) to carry my books and turn the pages for me.   

" Why does the government allow textbook companies to sell overpriced textbooks!!!! Example, Prentice Hall's Deitel and Deitel programming books. They have two main series, the "How To Program...." and the "....for Programmers" series.  The "How To Program..." books are always $100+ new, however, the "...for Programmers" books are all only $35-$40.  Both series feature paperback books, and 1200-1500 pages.  I don't know about you guys, but, $100+ is way too much for a paperback book, I think $35-$40 is right.  Here's the problem I have, both series have the same amount of pages, give or take.  The "How To Program..." books are aimed for college courses, while the "...for Programmers" books are not. So they jack the price for the "How To Program..." books because they know college students are gonna be forced to buy them.   This is ridiculous, Obama should be fixing this problem instead of trying to find who's ass he should kick for the oil spill problem. "

...the threads here aren't as fun anymore.  x.x
 
What the hell does this have to do with the Federal Government?