Ledger

Issue date: 3/9/10 Section: Arts & Entertainment

If you are looking for another way to save money next quarter, try renting your books instead of buying them. Chegg.com will rent you your textbooks for a desired amount of time, and the prices are dirt cheap. For example, The University of Washington Bookstore sells "Earth System History" by Stanley for $121, or you can rent it from chegg.com for $33.27 as a 60-day rental, or $36.21 for a full quarter. Not only will they ship your textbooks in a neat-looking box, they also send the free shipping return slip. A week before your book is due back, they send a reminder e-mail which is very helpful, considering how rushed and busy one can get during finals.
Another added bonus to Chegg-ing your books is that for every book you rent from or sell to them, they plant a tree through the American Forests Global ReLeaf program. They have a seemingly flexible "30 Day Any Reason Refund Guarantee" and also seem to have a good repertoire of textbooks. The only caution I will give is that you might not be saving money if the book you need can be re-used in classes you might take in following quarters, or if an online site will sell you the book cheaper. Buying books gives you the option of keeping it or selling it back, but lately it seems it is hard to get much money back from the Bookstore, if any at all.

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