Word: coops
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Coop has a much higher return rate than many bookstores, about 30 percent, Mooney said. According to Gertz, the BC bookstore's return rate is about two-thirds of that amount...
Other schools' bookstores, however, do not seem to have the same problem the Coop does. According to Boston College Bookstore Textbook Manager Carol S. Gertz, the BC bookstore rarely has to pay publishers such fees...
...result, however, is that prices at the Coop are often higher than at other bookstores. For example, the books required for Moral Reasoning 22: "Justice" and Historical Study B-61: "The Warren Court and the Pursuit of Justice, 1953-1969" can all be found for less money at WordsWorth Books and all for equal or lesser amounts at the Harvard Bookstore...
Students interviewed while shopping in the Coop often said they don't believe they get the best value there but rely on the official book store for the convenience having all of their books grouped together by class...
...sometimes feels like I'm paying more than I need to," said David C. Atherton '00. "If I heard of some where else to go, I would. I did hear that for novels you should always go other places than the Coop...