Chegg Book Renting Review: Worth Your Money?4776521
Current as a no-man's land 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 while maybe lacking in taste has confirmed to be a favorite amongst cash-strapped college students, rivaling even the ever-classic "PB and Ramen on Rye". Providing 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 (besides the reality that no great 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 those of you out there for whom the mere believed of opening a textbook makes you queasy, 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 easy return. Of course, if you do occur to lose a rented book or find it eaten by a mysterious canine you will be needed to pay the full price of the textbook.
Good situation books. Even though most of the books Chegg.com is renting out are used, Chegg does a fairly good job ensuring that the books you're 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 worth. Renting, as glorious of a idea as it may seem at first, does has some inherent flaws. Believe about it - even though you are saving initially by renting rather of flat-out buying, at the end 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 much more initially but finish up with some actual property that you can then sell or at the extremely least use for beginning fires.
