Chegg Book Renting Review: Worth Your Money?4752574
Current as a no-man's land in between purchasing 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 am 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 confirmed to be a preferred amongst cash-strapped college students, rivaling even the ever-classic "PB and Ramen on Rye". Offering thousands of titles, Chegg.com makes it simple for students to rent their needed college books at discounted prices and return them after a set period of time. Of course, the only problem with this new deal (besides the fact that no good FDR jokes are coming to mind) is that you are, sadly, only renting. Take a look at a few of the pros and cons of Chegg.com.
Comfort. For these of you out there for whom the mere thought of opening a textbook tends to make you queasy, much much less the potential hassle of purchasing, 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 easy return. Of course, if you do happen to shed a rented book or find it eaten by a mysterious canine you will be needed to spend the full price of the textbook.
Good situation books. Even although most of the books Chegg.com is renting out are used, Chegg does a pretty great job making certain that the books you are sent are in more than just decent situation. Chegg does permit some highlighting, but for the most part 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 concept as it might seem at first, does has some inherent flaws. Think about it - even though you're saving initially by renting instead 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 more initially but end up with some actual property that you can then sell or at the extremely least use for beginning fires.
