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...already munched on my free bagels (thanks to VarsityBooks.com) and I had already scratched the cards to receive savings at Bigwords.com. The long lines at the Coop, the mind-boggling credit card bills and the "I can't believe a few sheets of printed paper could cost that much money" speeches from my parents were quickly fading into a distant memory. Or so I thought...
...when shopping period began we happily filed into Core classes, the stress of finals buried away in that part of ourselves reserved for invasive medical procedures. Now after two days of being accosted by online booksellers offering lower prices than the Coop and what college students need most--food (and free food at that)--the reality of a new semester...
...Price competition by mass marketing works best on volume purchases, especially purchases of books needed by many institutions," Lewis said. "Harvard would be in real trouble if the impact of the on-line booksellers was to have the Coop lose the high-volume sales and to have it left with only the market in low-volume, high-overhead books...
Jeremiah P. Murphy '73, president of the Coop, said construction is set to begin on the building within the next one or two months, and new tenants should be able to move in by late fall...
Murphy said the Coop has inaugurated a wide search for potential tenants...