dropdeadkate nerdlord 11725 Posts user info edit post |
I know this link was posted in another book thread but it didn't really get much attention. It needs its own thread.
http://www.chegg.com
rent your books for A LOT cheaper than you could buy/sell them back for AND chegg will plant a tree for every book you rent from them.
I just saved over $400 renting books this semester rather than going through all the buy/sell bullshit. 8/6/2009 11:17:18 AM |
not dnl Suspended 13193 Posts user info edit post |
depends on major imo. 8/6/2009 11:28:04 AM |
dropdeadkate nerdlord 11725 Posts user info edit post |
fair enough. but if you have to buy several science textbooks, it's worth looking into. 8/6/2009 11:32:58 AM |
not dnl Suspended 13193 Posts user info edit post |
i concur. majors that are worth a damn have expensive books 8/6/2009 11:44:40 AM |
NeuseRvrRat hello Mr. NSA! 35376 Posts user info edit post |
students in some majors like to keep their books, too. always nice to be able to go right to what you need in your textbooks at work instead of having to sort through several websites to find a formula.
pretty much every engineer here where i work has a shelf or box full of their college textbooks 8/6/2009 12:01:07 PM |
FykalJpn All American 17209 Posts user info edit post |
^ 8/6/2009 4:01:12 PM |
dyne All American 7323 Posts user info edit post |
i regret selling back my vibrations and heat transfer textbooks 8/6/2009 4:36:15 PM |
casummer All American 4755 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "don't buy books until you need them." |
saves me like $300 a semester.8/6/2009 9:33:45 PM |
1985 All American 2175 Posts user info edit post |
If you're looking at prices for chegg, make sure you compare them not to the retail price somewhere else, but to the retail price - the potential sellback price of a book. A lot of the times it's actually better to buy the book and sell it back than it is to rent it. 8/7/2009 6:08:43 PM |
not dnl Suspended 13193 Posts user info edit post |
^especially with amazon.com. i made money a few times with them(bought a book for 45 and bookstore gave me 55 back for it, etc) 8/7/2009 7:53:20 PM |
deerpark101 All American 773 Posts user info edit post |
I just use Addall.com to search and sometimes I get lucky and can find an e-book. 8/8/2009 1:33:11 AM |
ShawnaC123 2019 Egg Champ 46681 Posts user info edit post |
I, too, have made money with selling books back.
This would come in handy if there was a book that you knew was changing editions. I hate buying a book for 80 bucks one semester and when you try to sell it, you can't get more than 5 bucks for it.
I had a friend use chegg and she was very satisfied with the service, but it was like 30 bucks I think. Usually I can buy a book and sell it back for almost the same price, so I feel like renting for that price would be kind of a waste. 8/8/2009 11:24:50 AM |