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Another player in the crowded textbook website market is Phat Campus.<\/p>\nAnother player in the crowded textbook website market is Phat Campus.<\/p>\n
To test the savings, I searched a book on Phat Campus and found the same one on Amazon. One thing I noticed in searching is that the selection of Phat Campus was poor compared to Amazon, although I am pretty sure that Amazon has anyone beat when it comes to selection.<\/p>\n
Phat Campus promises to deliver cheaper text books. I did a random search for three common textbooks and compared prices. Here’s how they stacked up:<\/p>\n
Book one:<\/p>\n
Economics: Principles and Practice <\/strong>by Gary E. Clayton<\/p>\n Amazon: $80.43 (new) $7.25 (used) Amazon: 1 Phat Campus: 0<\/p>\n Digital Journalism: Emerging Media & the Changing Horizons of Journalism<\/strong> by Kevin Kawamoto<\/p>\n Amazon: $29.95 (new) $7.95 (used)<\/a> Amazon: 2 Phat Campus: 0<\/p>\n HarperCollins College Outline Introduction to Statistics<\/strong> by Susan F. Wagner<\/p>\n Amazon: $0.45 (used)<\/a> Amazon: 3 Phat Campus: 0<\/p>\n Turns out PhatCampus can actually cost <\/strong>you cash when you shop for books. Frankly, I have yet to come across a better deal than the Amazon marketplace. However, I will note that I did not get shipping rates for each marketplace item but there is such a profound difference anyway, and it usually matters where you live. I went through the checkout procedure with Phat Campus and they seem to not add any shipping.<\/p>\n One thing that get me is the name “Phat Campus”. Not only do they deliver a sub par product, but they try to pander to youth slang.<\/p>\n Bastards.<\/p>\n
\n<\/a>Phat Campus: $75.45 (used)<\/a><\/p>\n
\nPhat Campus: $18.75 (used)<\/a><\/p>\n
\nPhat Campus: $15.75 (used)<\/a><\/p>\n