Renting Books
Have you ever thought how to save some money from buying books for college? Well, forget about buying anything! Rent the books, like I did on “www.chegg.com”, the online web-page where students and everyone else can find the books to rent instead of buying them and spending more money.
When I heard about the website for the first time from a student who studies at the same college as me, I was surprised that renting books through the internet is even possible, because I did not realize before, that this kind of service is provided for people online. This ad is unique to the students’ audience primarily. Socially and culturally, it addresses issues of saving money.
Once I visited the renting page, and I paid for some books, I liked everything about it. The idea of giving students an opportunity to save some money attracted and even forced me to tell some of my friends about a great chance to get the books for a cheaper price. I was very happy not to overpay for books, which I need for one semester only. I also liked the way the page looks: quite friendly and attractive with orange color, showing the following steps of ordering books and shipping. The non-stop counting timer shows how much money the website helped students to save. On the bottom of the page there are some comments from the students about how happy they are to rent the books, and the box with the thirty-days guarantee terms.
Another thing that also impressed me about www.chegg.com is that it had all kinds of books I needed for my classes, and it was absolutely easy to find all of them by using the search bar. Moreover, I could switch the date that I needed to return my books. It left a positive impression about the web-page service as well.
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...ercharged. Unfortunately, many students, including myself, feel overcharged in the beginning of semester after paying more than five hundred dollars for books from the college store. Of course, some students do not really care about how much money they spend for books. However, the over students can not effort buying expensive books, because they try to save some money to pay for tuition.
That is why I was very excited when I found the renting books advertisement in the internet. I did not have enough money to buy all the books from the college store. Thus, after using the website, I saved about five hundred dollars on my English, Accounting, History, Economics, Business, and Anthropology books. It is a great feeling when you save some money in a smart way. Next semester I am definitely going to rent from www.chegg.com again, and invite my friends to rent with me.
In a recent study that was conducted the rate of individuals attending college has increased. This increase in students comes at a time when the country has been described as being in a recession. With job losses, companies closing and lack of job availability many people are returning to school. This return to the classroom comes at a cost. The rate of college tuition has risen in the last few years. In my home state of Kentucky, it appears both of the major Universities have asked to raise tuition every other year. When college cost rise so does the tools needed to attend college. One of the most expensive tools is books. Last year I enrolled my son in college when calculating the books for his classes, we soon learned that the cost of his books and the cost of my books were almost on month’s salary. My family soon learned if we were going to be able to not only attend college but have the necessary tools needed, we would have to consider alternatives to buying books. I did some research and soon discovered that technology had again come to the rescue. I found a company called Chegg that is an online book rental company. This company provides students with an alternative to buying books by renting them for a portion of the price. According to their article in CrunchBase named “Chegg edit” the company began at Iowa University in 2005 as a “hyper-local” classified directory. It was not until 2007 that the company introduced their textbook rental service. When looking at the company from an Information Systems standpoint I would say it ranks up there with the creative ideas of the century. You go online type in your order and it is processed within a matter of days. During the next portion of this paper we will loo...
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Books: Book costs vary widely, depending on your courses. Call your bookstore to get early warning of book prices for your various classes.
... student fees going to help with textbook purchase they go towards the purchase of a digital notebook or computer or similar device. Whether these are a Mac platform or a Microsoft platform we will need to be ready to make these changes.
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