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...staff is right to berate the Coop for its uncompetitive pricing, of books, but it goes too far when it asks for the Coop to buy back books at half their original cost. Such a high percentage is out of line with some of the very bookstores the staff would have the Coop emulate. We need a competitive Coop, not a compassionate Coop...
...Coop enters a new phase of growth and change in the coming months, I encourage her, and everyone else, to take a fresh perspective on the Coop. Go in with an open mind; you just might be surprised. --Jon D. Caramanica '97, member of the board of directors, Harvard Cooperative Society
Textbooks is not a money-making division for the Coop, an important fact that the author neglected to include in her diatribe. Secondly, there are no profits, per se, at the Coop. All profits derived from member sales (i.e. when you give your Coop number at the cash register) are returned to members in the form of a rebate at the end of each fiscal year. Unfortunately, the Coop has not returned a profit in recent years, only adding to student skepticism about the store...
...without a doubt, it was a different edition, another fact conveniently omitted from her article. She also did not mention the fact that other cheaper versions of the book in question are available at the Coop, as are more expensive versions at Harvard Book Store...
Shoddy journalistic tactics and half-truths aside, it seems Hennessy-Fiske would like what we all would like: an improved Coop, more attentive to students' needs...