Chegg Book Renting Review: Worth Your Money?3455831
Existing as a no-man's land in between buying and stealing, renting your college books has been an option for money-savvy students because the Neolithic era, or at least farther back than I'm prepared to look up. Chegg.com has taken a massively large bite out of the college book-renting sandwich, a sandwich that whilst perhaps lacking in taste has proven to be a favorite amongst cash-strapped college students, rivaling even the ever-classic "PB and Ramen on Rye". Offering thousands of titles, Chegg.com tends to make it easy for students to rent their needed college books at discounted costs and return them after a set period of time. Of course, the only problem with this new deal (besides the reality that no good FDR jokes are coming to mind) is that you are, unfortunately, only renting. Take a look at a couple of of the pros and cons of Chegg.com.
Comfort. For those of you out there for whom the mere believed of opening a textbook makes you queasy, a lot less the possible hassle of buying, using, and then reselling a textbook, renting books may be a prime option for you. Chegg lets you rent a textbook for just the length of the semester, even giving students the added bonus of an simple return. Of course, if you do happen to lose a rented book or find it eaten by a mysterious canine you will be needed to spend the full cost of the textbook.
Good situation books. Even though most of the books Chegg.com is renting out are used, Chegg does a pretty great job ensuring that the books you're sent are in more than just decent situation. Chegg does permit some highlighting, but for the most component the books you'll be renting will be in top-situation, save for a slight odor of cheap vodka.
No lasting value. Renting, as glorious of a concept as it might seem at first, does has some inherent flaws. Believe about it - even though you're saving initially by renting rather of flat-out buying, at the end of the day (assuming your days last for semesters) you will have absolutely nothing to show but a receipt and an empty wallet. When you buy a book, however, you spend much more initially but end up with some actual property that you can then sell or at the extremely least use for beginning fires.
