Where is the best place to buy/rent college textbooks? [Archive]

hainz21

01-13-2009, 06:29 AM

I am tired of paying ridiculous prices on my textbooks for school and my bookstore never has any used books. Any suggestions on places to buy them or even rent them cheaper? I have looked on Amazon and Ebay but the books they have say they aren't the same ISBN and the cover is different. It sounds a little shady but does anyone have any advice?

Thanks!

vhunter

01-13-2009, 11:48 AM

ISBN changes depending on what edition the textbook is but unless the textbook has a lot of changes I think the textbook from the previous year could be used but this is just an assumption....

chinayzerzz

01-13-2009, 03:10 PM

Campus Book Rentals and Chegg

I've tried Chegg's before and they're pretty good, I'm going to try CBR this semester though since prices are cheaper.

HAPPYJACKGUM

01-13-2009, 03:23 PM

i just got my books yeaterday. i went to the school bookstore and got the ISBN. i found amazon, barnes and nobele and abebooks.com are the cheepest. make sure you buy the exact ISBN you need, don't be fooled. I opted to buy used books from the school because they are being used next semester and i can get 50% $$$$ back at the end of the semester. the other sites are good if you can't get used for your school. they were all 10% less then my schools used books.

thrill5one6

01-14-2009, 09:18 AM

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=230471&t=1129505
Chegg.com Rents Text Books! Coupon Codes
I just got this email from a company called Chegg. They rent text books to college students. It seems a lot cheaper than buying them used and then reselling them. They also plant a tree for every text book which is pretty cool . Here are some coupon codes i have:

$5 off $50 Code: SMG5
$10 off $100 Code: SMG10
$15 off $150 Code: SMG15
$20 off $200 Code: SMG20
$30 off $300 Code: SMG30

nuyawkgrl

02-03-2009, 08:43 AM

I am tired of paying ridiculous prices on my textbooks for school and my bookstore never has any used books. Any suggestions on places to buy them or even rent them cheaper? I have looked on Amazon and Ebay but the books they have say they aren't the same ISBN and the cover is different. It sounds a little shady but does anyone have any advice?

Thanks!

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