When
I was in university, I spent a two hour lab watching The Simpsons. When my Dad found out, he wasn’t too happy and said
something along the lines of; “Why am I paying for you to watch The Simpsons? You can do that at my
house, for free.” It was for a Pop
Culture class, which was mandatory for my degree.
I
was a Communication-Media & Culture major. Which means, watching reality TV
(Television Studies), listening to music (Music & Politics), reading trashy
romance novels (Intro to Pop Culture) and going to the movies (Popular Cinema)
were all considered “research” and encouraged by our professors.
Something
else encouraged by my professors? Buy textbooks.
My
first day of Communication Theory (yes, Dad, I did take ‘serious’ classes too),
the professor asked how many people had bought the textbook. Not one person
raised their hand. During our first seminar, our TA told us that the prof was
freaking out a bit because no one had bought their textbooks.
Going
to buy textbooks was not a highlight of my academic experience.
I
would wait in line for at least an hour only to be admitted into the cramped
bookstore. I would elbow my way downstairs to pick up some textbooks and elbow
my way back upstairs to get the rest. I would be carting around a small
mountain of books with me, trying not to drop any, finally making it to the
checkout line. I’d stand there for what seemed like forever, before being
called up to the cashier. I would dig through my bag to find my student card
before being told the final total of my purchase… My heart would break and I
fought back tears as I parted with my hard earned money. My ordeal ended with
lugging my textbooks, and praying my arms wouldn’t fall off in the process,
across campus and home. Does any of that
sound remotely fun? Not. At. All.
Do
you know what else wasn’t fun? How much I spent on textbooks, which was at
least $1,000 a semester.
If
I knew about
Campusbookrentals.com
when I was in university, you could bet a $1,000 (or a semesters worth of
books) that this is a company I would’ve used!
Since
2007, students on over 5,000 campus’ have used
CampusBook Rentals. Why wouldn’t they? The perks are endless! Some perks of
renting your textbooks include:
- The convenience of buying textbooks from the comfort of your own
home/dorm room (no lines!!!)
- Saving 40-90% off of bookstore prices (that’s money you can put towards
Spring Break!)
- You can highlight in the textbooks
- Flexible renting periods
- Free shipping both ways
One of the textbooks I used as a student was
Communication Research Methods, which
can be found on Campus Book Rentals
here.
I could pay almost $100 (my campus bookstore retails it for $98.25) or rent it
for $26.77! That’s a HUGE savings!
On
top of all this, getting your books from
CampusBook Rentals, is actually a good deed. They’ve partnered with
Operation Smile, which performs life
saving cleft lip surgeries to children in need. For every book rented, they
make a donation to
Operation Smile. They are donating over 1,000 surgeries this year- or one surgery
for every dollar I spent on a textbook, per semester.
DISCLAIMER:
I was compensated to write this post, as is it being sponsored by
Campusbookrentals.com.
Content and opinions expressed here are my own.
