Lizet's Place

Let me tell you the boneheaded mistake I made...THAT WASN'T EVEN MY FAULT!

So...classes start tomorrow, so professors are opening up the online forum where we have our discussions.

The accounting class is going along nicely.

But Spanish 2...holy cow! One set of links take you to one location, but another set of links, actually provided by the professor, don't take you to the same location!

Now, since I was already on the discussion forum due to reading up on my accounting class, I clicked over to my Spanish class to read up on what's going on.

There's a tab called Modules. That's where the daily/weekly assignments are. The one for this week shows how to register on the website where we will actually be doing our assignments and tests...and it's also where we purchase the textbook.

Okay, let me purchase the textbook NOW because it's going to take like a week, from the order processing date, for it to ship. So I follow along on the video provided BY THE PROFESSOR, on how to set up my account and which book to order.

I get that taken care of (and my bank account is $159 lighter) and as I navigate back to the discussion forum and click to see the syllabus, THERE IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BOOK LISTED! WTF!

I BOUGHT THE WRONG BOOK!

Que me freaking out because I've already used the activation code for the website! I find a live chat on the publisher's website and chat with them about what to do.

I return the book (or rather contact UPS once I get a tracking number to refuse delivery and it will be sent back to the company at no charge to me) and once the company receives it, they will deactivate the code that I have and it will take 30 DAYS TO GET MY MONEY BACK!

and in the meantime! I HAVE TO SHELL OUT MORE MONEY FOR THE CORRECT BOOK AND ACCESS FOR CLASS!

I also emailed what happened to my professor and she forwarded my message to her publishing company rep to see what can be done.

While ALL of this is going on, I'm searching the website to see how I viewed this incorrect video (meant for a higher level Spanish class) and what's going on.

I take a picture/screenshot of what I see and how I got there to the professor and she thanked me for being a self-advocate and they will get me set up, whatever that means.

A big take away from all of this is that I found out the correct book for my class is only $96!!! *SCREAMS IN LOST MONEY* I don't have to shell out another $159, but I still have to take out a quick payday advance loan to cover the course (it would probably be like $120) because I just don't have the money.

OH! I still have to buy the book/online access for my Accounting class! No way out of that $119.99!

so I have like 5 textbooks I no longer need/want and have attempted to sale them twice on half.com with no luck.

a friend told me to try craigslist so I listed 1 book and got 2 emails (I think they were from the same person?) well anyway, I accepted the offer of the one who said I'll send you money now for the book.

I give my office address bc fuck if I'm going to give my home address and I purposefully left out my phone number and said any further correspondence can be done via e-mail.

Oh, did I mention the buyer also offered an additional $20 bc I would have to wait 4-6 days for payment to arrive (I was selling the book for $50 +$5 for shipping and the guy was basically going to pay me $75 for the book where new on amazon was like $50 something!) whatever.

So then like an hour ago, I get an email that amounts to "omg my assistant did the cashier's check for more than we agreed and it's already been mailed. when you get it, keep the amount we agreed on and western union me back the rest - minus western union fees" when I read that, red flags went off in my head, but the guy won't tell me how much exactly the check was made out for.

so now I'm like UGH! I don't know if I'll use craigslist anymore. But I'm more freaking out bc I don't know how much the check is for and there's all sorts of outrageous amounts floating around in my head.