Chegg Book Renting Review: Worth Your Money?9634516
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 willing 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 tends to make it easy for students to rent their needed college books at discounted costs and return them following a set period of time. Of course, the only problem with this new deal (in addition to the reality that no great FDR jokes are coming to mind) is that you are, unfortunately, only renting. Take a look at a few 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, much much less the possible hassle of purchasing, utilizing, 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 providing 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 required to spend the full cost of the textbook.
Good condition books. Even though most of the books Chegg.com is renting out are used, Chegg does a fairly good job making certain that the books you're sent are in much 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-situation, 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 are saving initially by renting instead of flat-out buying, at the finish 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 much more initially but finish up with some actual property that you can then sell or at the very least use for beginning fires.
