Chegg Book Renting Review: Worth Your Money?8887898
Current as a no-man's land between buying and stealing, renting your college books has been an option for money-savvy students since the Neolithic era, or at least farther back than I'm willing to look up. Chegg.com has taken a massively large bite out of the college book-renting sandwich, a sandwich that whilst 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". Offering thousands of titles, Chegg.com tends to make it easy for students to rent their required college books at discounted prices and return them after a set period of time. Of course, the only issue with this new deal (in addition to 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 thought of opening a textbook makes you queasy, a lot less the possible hassle of buying, using, and then reselling a textbook, renting books might 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 required to pay 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 good job ensuring that the books you are sent are in more than just decent condition. Chegg does permit some highlighting, but for the most part the books you'll be renting will be in top-condition, save for a slight odor of cheap vodka.
No lasting value. Renting, as glorious of a concept 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 purchasing, 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, nevertheless, you pay more initially but end up with some actual property that you can then sell or at the extremely least use for beginning fires.
