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  • SOUTH TEXAS STUDENTS COPYING TEXTBOOKS IN MEXICO (THEN RETURNING THEM TO THE STORE)

    08/22/2004 1:01:04 PM PDT · by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin · 103 replies · 1,714+ views
    BROWNSVILLE -- South Texas college students looking to save money are heading to Mexico to copy their textbooks before returning them for a refund. Jules Frapart, general manager of the Book Bee in Brownsville, said students commonly buy books from him, copy them in Matamoros, Mexico, and return them. An employee at Papeleria La Espanola in Matamoros said it costs 3.5 U.S. cents per page to copy a book. Pasting or binding the book costs $2.36. That adds up to less than $13 to copy a 300-page book. Textbooks range in price from $20 to more than $100 at Frapart's...