Chegg Book Renting Review: Worth Your Money?908023
Current as a no-man's land between purchasing 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 favorite amongst cash-strapped college students, rivaling even the ever-classic "PB and Ramen on Rye". Offering thousands of titles, Chegg.com makes it easy for students to rent their required college books at discounted prices and return them following a set period of time. Of course, the only issue with this new deal (besides the fact 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 these of you out there for whom the mere believed of opening a textbook tends to make you queasy, much much 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 providing 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 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 fairly great job making certain that the books you are sent are in more than just decent condition. Chegg does permit some highlighting, but for the most component the books you will be renting will be in top-situation, save for a slight odor of cheap vodka.
No lasting value. Renting, as glorious of a idea as it might seem at first, does has some inherent flaws. Believe about it - even although you're saving initially by renting instead of flat-out buying, at the end of the day (assuming your days last for semesters) you will have nothing to show but a receipt and an empty wallet. When you buy a book, however, you spend more initially but finish up with some actual property that you can then sell or at the extremely least use for beginning fires.
