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CampusBookRentals to Help Ease the Biggest Lines I Have Ever Seen

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And now for this week’s sentence to finish:  “I once saw the biggest…“

Next week’s sentence to finish: “We can either be traditional or non-traditional in the way we do things, I…”

I once saw the biggest…

Seriously what can I say for this prompt?

I am sitting here completely stumped for once on a FTSF prompt and wish I could come up with something, but then it dawned on me that I just was asked to share a bit more for CampusBookRentals.

See quite possibility the biggest thing I ever saw were the lines I dealt with when buying and returning books when I was in college that I discussed in full length here previously.

Seriously, I go shopping on Black Friday and those lines aren’t even as big, bad, scary as those lines were back in the day.

It honestly makes me wish that I was in college now for the sheer fact of the matter that Campusbookrentals now exists and has made that otherwise, crazy process of buying and returning books so much simpler and easier.

No more big and long lines. Now all you have to do is go to Campusbookrentals online to order your books before the semester starts and then return them for money when the semester ends and you are no longer in need of them.

For those who didn’t read my previous post and for those not familiar with Campusbookrentals, here are some more of the benefits in using them if you or a loved on is in college and in need of college textbooks:

  • save 40-90% off of bookstore prices 
  • free shipping both ways
  • can highlight in the textbooks 
  • flexible renting periods
  • they donate to Operation Smile with each textbook rented

What is Operation Smile, you may be asking, if you didn’t click on the above link.

Well, Operations Smile is an organization that heals children’s smiles who are born with cleft palates, by forever changing their lives.  The statistics speak for themselves about cleft palates.  See every 3 minutes a child is born with a cleft palate, as well as one in ten of those children indeed born with this condition will die before their first birthday.  So, thanks to Operation Smile thousands of children are healed per year, who may not have been.

So, that this company has partnered with Operation Smile is a huge deal to me as the parent to two small little kids.

Last, but certainly not least they are still also running RentBack, which allows students to rent textbooks instead of buying them outright.  Again, this is truly awesome, because if you didn’t already hear it makes them 2-4x more money compared to what they’d make through buyback options or selling their books back at the end of the semester. Isn’t that awesome?!

So, for me it would be so simple and truly are going to make sure I keep this in mind for when my own kids are grown and need college textbooks, so quite possibly they will never need to know or live through those long college textbook buying and selling lines.

And for those would want to learn more about the CampusBookRentals process for their own college textbook needs, please take a look at the YouTube video below:

And also those wanting more on the RentBack Option, too, please take a look at this YouTube video:

Now that I told you my long line nightmares and shared a dream come true with CampusBookRentals today, please play along and tell us the biggest thing you have seen or dealt with today!

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Janine is a published author of the books, The Mother of All Meltdowns and Only Trollops Shave Above the Knee. She has been featured on The Huffington Post, Mamapedia, Today Parenting Team and SheKnows. She also runs her own graphic design company at J9 Designs.

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    • Janine Huldie says

      Dana, I love that everyone fights over being first here on thursday nights and you totally won tonight hands down!! But seriously, I know I am going to blink with my girls and need this, just glad to know it exists!! 🙂

  2. rmemommy says

    Wow! I'm first to comment! 🙂 Ah, those college book lines and registration lines. Wouldn't go back to those days if you paid me!! 🙂 Glad to know I wasn't the only one who had a hard time with this prompt and hope it's o.k. that Dana & I combined it with Ask Away!

    • Janine Huldie says

      Oh yeah buying new totally sucked and was so much more expensive. And totally glad I don't need this either right now, but know that soon enough (time just seems to fly) my girls will and happy I know about this site, because you better believe I will have them use this if need be!! 🙂

  4. Kristi Campbell says

    I think your dream is great and I remember those awful college book store lines. They SUCKED. I remember asking for the (cheaper) used books and them being gone. I'm so glad you did this for your BIG post. Also? OMG next week? Janine!!! Next week. I'm scared.

    • Janine Huldie says

      Thanks Kristi for saying this and seriously was so at a loss for my answer here and then I got asked to share about textbook rentals and it just dawned on. Hope it didn't seem a cop out, but seriously those lines were massive and I remember standing on them for over 2 hours my freshman year in college. And next week, please don't get me started, haven't a clue how to even begin on that one! 🙂

  7. tamaralikecamera says

    Nice tie-ins here! Don't you ever want to go back and time and do the whole college textbook thing all over again? I feel like I'd save thousands of dollars, and that's no exaggeration. And as you said, I'd have saved time spent standing on horrific lines at Rutgers.

    • Janine Huldie says

      Tamara, this totally falls under the could of, would of, should of, category for me. And definitely would love to go back and save all that money, because seriously I wasted a ton of menu on college books and stood on crazy lines to boot!!

  8. kellylmckenzie says

    Oh this is timely. Just heard from my son that he stood in line for a whole 6 minutes to get his books. He didn't get his online but he did manage to get them quickly. So very different from my day. I remember the hot September lineups. I'd always be wearing that new wool sweater. When I got to front of the line once the *&^# book was no longer in stock. So frustrating. I love the idea of Campus Book Rentals.
    Also love the way you dealt with this prompt …

    • Janine Huldie says

      Thanks Kelly and seriously six minutes for books! God I would have killed for that little wait time and I totally remember waiting for over two hours on one occasion. Not fun and seriously wish this existed back then!! 🙂

  11. tinarobmorley says

    If my son goes to college in the States, then I'll definitely want to rent books through them. Thanks for sharing! Oh, and I forgot to tell you that both my teenage daughters own Pandora bracelets from my mom-in-law (the oldest got hers for her birthday a couple of years ago and the other one got hers now for Christmas) . I love the beautiful Pandora ads on your blog. They are a fabulous brand.

  12. massholemommy says

    Seriously, where was this back when I was in college?? I spent thousands in text books that I always ended up being stuck with at the end of the semester.

  13. cyndi says

    Campus lines? OMG…I KNOW! It was awful. I don't have to do that anymore with my own online/hybrid campus classes thanks to amazon and being able to order from the library, but still…
    I hope you have a great day, my friend. HUGS

  15. The Dose of Reality says

    Oh, boy do I remember those days. I remember at the end of each semester we'd be lined up trying to make a few bucks back by selling our books. Where were these awesome services back in the day? Genius!! They are one of the many improvements since the olden days when I was in school!! –Lisa

  18. dianeroark says

    Great information Janine! I have several kids who will be in college soon. I also love operation smiles. What a great organization to help kids look and feel like the princess or prince they really are.

    Blessings,
    Diane Roark

    • Janine Huldie says

      So happy to be able to share this with you Diane and I do hope this helps out when your kids are in college soon. And I know their affiliation with Operation Smile truly is such a wonderful addition to this company! 🙂

  19. ginnymarie says

    Not only did I have to stand in long lines to get my books for college and grad school, I also remember standing in line in high school to get books! No one likes standing in lines! Now if only there was a way to avoid lines for roller coasters…

  23. Amanda Love says

    I have been seeing a lot of the Campus Book Rentals posts lately and they're coming in handy because Krxssy starts college this fall. It is so much cheaper renting than buying but the ones we do have to buy, it's good to that rentback is available as well. Hope you had a great week!

  25. realhousewife says

    I sure do remember waiting in those lines…and just locating the correct book could be a fiasco. I'll pass this info along to my daughter….who was recently complaining about her books not being delivered on time for her class.

  26. Nellie says

    today I dealt with the biggest MOUTH on the train while I tried to write. Not even my headphones could drown this guy out 🙁 I remember the bookstore lines–it was awful!

    • Janine Huldie says

      They were awful and so sorry about the guy not the train today. I remember some interesting characters of my own when I did take the Subway when I was going to NYU and never ceased to amaze me and yet I secretly loved the craziness! 🙂

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