Believe it or not I was a bit of a wild one back in my college days. I could drink with the best of um yet still managed to pull off mediocre grades.
One thing I was not in college was poor. I know there is the old cliche of the broke college student, but I was never one of them. For one thing I worked at a bar where my boobs helped me to earn a pretty penny and for second I didn't waste money on silly things like food or text books. That way I had all the cash I needed to drink every night and take lavish trips.
The college book store is one of the biggest money pits of all the money pits. Future college students, you will be AMAZED and how GD much they charge for books you don't even want to read to begin with. Not knowing any better I spent a small fortune my first semester of college on all the required books for my classes.
By my second semester I was older and wiser and I went on Amazon to buy the books I needed. Most of them were like half the price of the college store. The only issue was Amazon did not carry every book I needed and there was also the issue of remembering to sell them back at the end of the semester. Now ain't nobody got time for all that, there are drinks to be drank in the summer for crying out loud.
So when I was contacted by the company Campus Book Rentals about their newest program Rent Back which is a website allowing students to rent textbooks from other students or to other students I was a little pissed. Not because I am jealous they didn't have this service when I was in school (though I am), but honestly because I wish I had started this company. What a freakin great idea.
I love a good bargain and I am also a hippie who hates waste and loves when things are reused so this idea is pure brilliance in my book. The kicker, a portion of all the book rentals goes to Operation Smile which helps kids in need have surgeries to repair their smiles, I mean come on...I just can't. What a worthy cause.
So if you are about to go back to school #1 you are lucky and enjoy college (aka the happiest place on Earth) and #2 make sure you check out Campus Book Rentals, it might save you some serious cash that you can use for keg parties and jean skirts. Because lord knows college girls love the jean skirts.
And just in case you aren't sold yet here are a few more fun facts about the Rent Back program:
-Renting text books saves you up to 40-90% off of bookstore prices.
-The Rent Back Program offers free shipping both ways.
-Renters can highlight in the text books.
-Flexible rental periods are available.
*This is a sponsored post, but I do not endorse any product or service I would not personally use.
3 comments:
I may have to look into them. I am getting my masters right now and textbooks have been bearable. I like to save money, so I may need to give it a shot!
we did not have such a thing (i wished we did!). in my college days, you bought the books that cost a small fortune and you couldn't buy last year's books because every fucking year, a "new edition" came out which automatically rendered your new book obsolete as soon as you bought it and the university did nothing but give you the finger as you were signing your life away.
but i got smart: i pooled the money with friends and we bought ONE book, then photocopied THE ENTIRE FUCKING THING and made multiple copies. SUCK ON THAT UNIVERSITY! we wiley chinamen will figure out a way to rage against the machine! LOL
I FREAKING MISS COLLEGE! The cost of books in the bookstore was freaking ridiculous. We had lots of bookstores around campus to choose from, and I'm Not. Even. Kidding. I did a business project and we did something similar to this. Instead of renting books, it was buying them, but still the same concept. We got a B, but I think it was A material.
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