USL Problems & Horror Stories

The Bookstore

February 1998   Credit Cards
    In the Spring 1998, I went to the bookstore to make a small $4 purchase which I usd my debit card for. When the cashier slid my card, and punched in the amount on her little swiper, she charged me $40 instead of $4. Well, she did notice her mistake and did tell me she was going to credit me. But the credit wasn't done until 5 days later. Needless to say, every purchase I made that week overdrew, considering I only had $40 in my account. Well, I didn't know this till I got a notice from the bank. The NSF charges added up to over $110. The bookstore was apprehensive to pay my charges. Some were reversed by the bank. The store never paid a penny to my knowledge and I still had to pay more than $50 to right my account. My statements haven't balanced out since.
                                                                                                                                                1/4/1999

August 1998    Book Returns
    After registering and going through Drop/Add this past fall, I had several books to return as I was not in many of my original classes. However, even thought I had all the receipts and the books that I wanted to exchange for the ones I needed for my new classes, the Bookstore at USL would not give me an even exchange. It seemed that I was a day late (and a dollar short). I know that that is the policy of the Bookstore, but why is that. Why is it that less than a week into the semester a student cannot return books for a class that he/she is not registered for? Is the University that hard up for the few extra dollars that we have?
                                                                                                                                                12/27/1998

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