Chegg Book Renting Review: Worth Your Money?7735952
Current as a no-man's land in 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 while perhaps lacking in taste has proven to be a favorite among 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 after 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, unfortunately, only renting. Take a look at a few of the pros and cons of Chegg.com.
Convenience. For those of you out there for whom the mere thought of opening a textbook makes you queasy, a lot 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 occur to lose a rented book or find it eaten by a mysterious canine you will be required to spend the full price of the textbook.
Great condition books. Even though most of the books Chegg.com is renting out are used, Chegg does a pretty great job ensuring that the books you're 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-condition, save for a slight odor of inexpensive 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 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 more initially but finish up with some actual property that you can then sell or at the very least use for beginning fires.
