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Site offers textbook rentals
Abstract:
Why buy textbooks when they can be rented? A new company based out of New York City is asking college students that question.
"Some students say they can buy books and sell them back, but it is hard to get bookstores to take books back for even close to what you paid for them," said Aayush Phumbrha, co-founder of Chegg....
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Damioin
posted 1/18/08 @ 9:29 PM CST
Great idea however another website www.whyrentbooks.com is currently doing the same thing and not only offering rentals but will rent out old textbooks that students currently own. If you have an old textbook, they will rent it out for you and give you the money. Everytime your book is rented, you get the money. If that's that amazing I don't know what is.
Andy
posted 3/17/08 @ 9:37 AM CST
Thanks for you information. That's why I change to buy textbooks from online bookstore. I get 3 textbooks from Cocomartini.com online bookstore
www.cocomartini.com
and save me more than $300. Also the textbooks are brand new. That's great. ^_^
www.cocomartini.com
and save me more than $300. Also the textbooks are brand new. That's great. ^_^
Jenn
posted 3/17/08 @ 12:29 PM CST
That's nice, but from my recent experience at MSU, most books are a custom edition printed for MSU, so those wouldn't work. A few years ago when I started at MSU I never saw a custom edition, but after i started back a year ago after about 3 years off, almost all the books I have bought were custom editions.
Chegg Support Team Member
posted 7/21/08 @ 6:25 PM CST
We are so happy you stumbled upon Chegg. We are ready for the 2008-2009 school year and are serving 2,100 plus schools this year.
Order soon as August 19th is the biggest textbook ordering day. As always, we would love to know your feedback once you have tried the service.
Chegg Support Team Member
Order soon as August 19th is the biggest textbook ordering day. As always, we would love to know your feedback once you have tried the service.
Chegg Support Team Member
Glenn Chan
posted 9/01/08 @ 12:36 PM CST
I wish I had this at my school... textbooks are expensive and there are definitely cheaper ways of distributing textbooks. This looks promising.
nell
posted 9/15/08 @ 3:10 PM CST
this is a great idea because it's much cheaper than buying textbooks. i'm an accounting major and my textbooks are all over $100, some close to $200. the only problem is that alot of colleges are beginning to make "custom edition books", which means that you will end up buying from college bookstores instead of saving money by renting.
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Serena
posted 1/18/08 @ 12:42 PM CST
http://www.cocomartini.com
I get all my textbooks for this semester from this discount bookstore. Brand new and 60% off discount price. See any help
hehe ^_^