Anyone done this? Is there any noticeable difference?

I ordered a book from half.com, after I pay for it I get a message saying it's the instructor's edition. I cancel that order because I wanted the student edition, and found the same book for 10 bucks cheaper on the Amazon.com marketplace. So I get the order from the Amazon seller today and lo and behold, it's the instructor's edition with what looked like a form letter saying that they noticed that it was the instructor's edition while shipping it. I'm pissed, but I can't find the book for as cheap as I paid for this one, so I'm thinking I may just keep it and leave them negative feedback.

12/6/2007 1:49:09 PM

I'd think it would be better

Since it would have more answers and shit

12/6/2007 1:50:29 PM

I did that too, and I didn't realize until after I got it here that it was the instructor's review copy, and apparently it's the exact same as the student copy, just has something written on the front cover

12/6/2007 1:50:48 PM

Quote :

"...instructor's review copy..."

These are generally illegal to resell.

12/6/2007 2:11:21 PM

Yeah, on the cover of the book it says resale is illegal.

I guess maybe that's why these sellers weren't advertising the fact that they were instructor's editions.
So hopefully if I keep this book I'll be able to sell it somehow.

12/6/2007 2:16:01 PM

these are the books that publishers send to teachers/professors to review course material to decide if they want to use that particular book in their course or not

12/6/2007 2:38:42 PM

No shit.

12/6/2007 2:42:03 PM

these are the books that publishers send to teachers/professors to review course material to decide if they want to use that particular book in their course or not

12/6/2007 2:48:39 PM

got an instructors edition for my psych class & noticed no difference at all (other than the bookstore wouldnt take it back yesterday when i tried to return it)

12/6/2007 2:51:53 PM

sweet, I left the fool negative feedback earlier today and just got an email saying they had refunded the whole amount and I get the keep the book for free. w00tness

1/9/2008 11:57:13 PM

Not paying attention to dates, FTL.





[Edited on January 10, 2008 at 12:01 AM. Reason : ]

1/9/2008 11:59:26 PM

yeah done and done

it wouldn't be a huge deal, except I don't want to be stuck with a book that I may not be able to resell.


I'm waiting until the credit actually hits my credit card before I remove the negative feedback.

1/10/2008 12:00:38 AM