Where to buy textbooks

christiangirl · #1 01-10-2010, 01:13 AM

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Originally Posted by AXiDMeesh

I'm just wondering where everyone gets their books from other than the bookstore. I'm gonna be taking 4 classes this semester but I have to have 6 books, and if I get them from the campus bookstore my total would be almost $600, which I just cannot afford. I usually use alibris.com and amazon, but for whatever reason I've been unable to find two books that I need. So if you could take the time to post your fave textbook websites and/or resources I would greatly appreciate it. This could also be a valuable resource to others

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Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

I rented some with www.chegg.com and was very happy with the service and price. I only did this for books I never planned to keep or use again, and they have a deal with free shipping at the moment.

I'm so glad to hear that people like Chegg! I just started working for them 3 days ago....if everyone was pissed, I was gonna keep my mouth shut.

I have a coupon for 5% off your order (or an extra 5 bucks if you sell through Chegg's buybackprogram). PM me if you want it--it's reusable so more than one person can use it!

IlovemyAKA · #2 01-10-2010, 03:57 PM

CG!! Why didn't you say this a week ago? I considered Chegg but saw some bad reviews online where people did not receive books they needed. It would have saved me $150 on my accounting book alone! Grrrrr...lol. I should have started a thread requesting opinions. Instead, I spent $483 on textbooks last week.

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Originally Posted by christiangirl

I'm so glad to hear that people like Chegg! I just started working for them 3 days ago....if everyone was pissed, I was gonna keep my mouth shut.

I have a coupon for 5% off your order (or an extra 5 bucks if you sell through Chegg's buybackprogram). PM me if you want it--it's reusable so more than one person can use it!

xxstardust · #3 01-10-2010, 05:09 PM

I'm glad everyone seems so positive about chegg! I decided to go with them and rented 5 of my textbooks for the semester from them. I got a great deal, and because I found a 20% off coupon online (thanks, retailmenot!), I didn't pay any tax.

AXiDMeesh · #4 01-10-2010, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by xxstardust

I'm glad everyone seems so positive about chegg! I decided to go with them and rented 5 of my textbooks for the semester from them. I got a great deal, and because I found a 20% off coupon online (thanks, retailmenot!), I didn't pay any tax.

So I just went on retailmenot.com and it's amazing!! They have coupons for like every store, and I do a lot of online shopping so that's a super useful site. Thanks for sharing!!

christiangirl · #5 01-10-2010, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by IlovemyAKA

CG!! Why didn't you say this a week ago? I considered Chegg but saw some bad reviews online where people did not receive books they needed. It would have saved me $150 on my accounting book alone! Grrrrr...lol. I should have started a thread requesting opinions. Instead, I spent $483 on textbooks last week.

LOL I didn't have the job a week ago! I'm sorry!!!! Just so you know, about 95% of the orders I fix everyday were "user error." Online orders rarely screw themselves up....that's all I'm sayin'.

IlovemyAKA · #6 01-10-2010, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by christiangirl

LOL I didn't have the job a week ago! I'm sorry!!!! Just so you know, about 95% of the orders I fix everyday were "user error." Online orders rarely screw themselves up....that's all I'm sayin'.

That's good to know. Honestly, my books are still wrapped. It's not to late to send them back. Hmmm...school starts next week. Let me see what chegg still has in stock...