Mine (Canada) required me to pay up to $190 per course for the text books. However, the teachers told students we would have to spend up to $400. They said if you didn’t, you could be docked marks. The teachers and the admin staff didn’t know that the uni’s own website presented options to reduce the costs or to get some required things (e.g., Office365) free. I read the options, sought those out, was still told these weren’t options, pointed to the uni website, was still told it “couldn’t be the case”. My goodness!
I don’t know how many students are paying full price, course after course, term after term, but I don’t. (Technically I pay nothing and actually make money, but I also reduce those “text costs” by up to $210 per course.)