Chegg Book Renting Review: Worth Your Money?3615922
Existing as a no-man's land 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 while maybe lacking in taste has proven to be a preferred among cash-strapped college students, rivaling even the ever-classic "PB and Ramen on Rye". Providing thousands of titles, Chegg.com makes it easy for students to rent their needed college books at discounted prices and return them following 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, sadly, only renting. Take a look at a couple of of the pros and cons of Chegg.com.
Convenience. For these of you out there for whom the mere believed of opening a textbook tends to make you queasy, much much less the potential 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 easy 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 pay the full price of the textbook.
Great situation books. Even though most of the books Chegg.com is renting out are used, Chegg does a fairly great job ensuring that the books you are sent are in much 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 inexpensive vodka.
No lasting value. Renting, as glorious of a idea as it may seem at first, does has some inherent flaws. Think about it - even though you're saving initially by renting rather of flat-out buying, at the finish of the day (assuming your days last for semesters) you'll have nothing to show but a receipt and an empty wallet. When you buy a book, however, you pay much more initially but finish up with some actual property that you can then sell or at the very least use for beginning fires.
