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Iceland
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I contacted customer service after I could not edit my question. They just sent me some general crap answer that was clearly copy-pasted and did not answer my question at all. They advertise as "homework help", however, only allow 20 questions PER MONTH. What a load of bull that is, especially since all the "expert" answers are badly explained, variables often not explained even though it's crucial to the calculations, so you have to spend your questions to get the right answer since no answer aims to be general and easy to understand.
$#*! platform, super bad and weird customer service, and not as advertised AT ALL.

AVOID AT ALL COSTS. I cancelled two days after subscribing, in actual fear they'd lock me out before I could. This website is a scam.

Date of experience: October 26, 2022
Washington
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Incompetent!
June 3, 2015

I have used Chegg Book Rental on only 2 occasions (2x too many) with the same problem both times. Returned the books timely, received confirmation of receipts, then 1 month later they charge me to extend my book rental. Have to call them and have them correct their error. Do they do this to everyone? Who is to say. If you don't catch their "mistake" do they eventually credit your account for the book and keep your extended book rental money? I won't ever give them that opportunity again. I don't have the time for incompetent people!

Date of experience: June 3, 2015
Illinois
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Money Grubbers
February 29, 2020

They will constantly lock you out of your account for 48 hours while your account is "under investigation", preventing you from being able to view books or study solutions, on the pretense that you have been sharing your account with others. I have never done this, but they will lock you out of your account and steal your money, on top of preventing you from seeing the content that you paid good money for.

Date of experience: February 29, 2020
Kentucky
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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I used them my first semester - the prices were a bit higher than other sites but I had heard good things about them. I got my books pretty fast but 2 of the books I ordered were missing- it took a few days to get it resolved and eventually the books arrived but it was already 2 weeks into classes at that point.

Date of experience: August 16, 2013
Iowa
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Worst policies ever
April 4, 2024

Can't have your browser clear cookies but if your computer keeps registering as a new device they ask you clear cookies.
Shouldn't try searching for your answer through Google and click on their link could register as a new device.
Don't use multiple tabs, or different browsers.
Way too many things you shouldn't do because it registers as a new device. Including travel because going onto different internets could register as new device.
Too many new devices they will suspend your account and when you ask about it, they can't even give you the actual day or issue.

I was told my account got locked on 4/5/24 around noon. While it was still 4/4/24 in the afternoon. There is no place in the world that it would be noon on 4/5/24 at the time I called. It would just be early am on 4/5/24 for most of the eastern world. Had to look it up later and the latest time I could find was 10am on 4/5/24 in I think Suva. Doubt they are based there.

Ask way they go through all the possible reason an account can get lock. With advice how to prevent it in the future. So, hope you are not a student who travels or has to use public computers for your homework.

Date of experience: April 4, 2024
California
1 review
16 helpful votes
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If you use Chegg, no that they will report your use to the college/university if contacted. They will hand over your information to the college/university for violation of their honor code or academic dishonesty even though you paid for the service. They will hand you over and throw you under the bus. If you use their service, they will contribute to the detriment of your future.

Date of experience: December 13, 2020
Maine
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I made myself an account with the idea that I would use this site to help with my classes. I first of all never used it for the 2 months that I kept this subscription going. Second after I cancelled it in May 2019, I still continued to get charged each month. I got locked out of my online banking (because I forgot my password) so I never noticed until just recently that I was still getting charged each month. I tried to cancel the subscription online but it wouldn't let me because it said it was cancelled already. Still doesn't explain why I was still getting charged each month. Anyways I called customer service but never got in contact with anyone. I was on hold for over a 30 minutes. Long story short this website is a waste of money and a scam.

Date of experience: April 13, 2020
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Whichever questions I wanted help with, it did not have the answer to. Total waste of money, and they are answered by some random person who wrote inaccurate and incomplete answers on a piece of paper and uploaded it. Not clear, not accurate, this is even if you found the answer to what you are looking for.

Date of experience: December 2, 2022
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Chegg is the worst don't waste your money. They are nothing but people running scams! Go to CourseHero they are way more efficient and they actually have good customer service! I will never give Chegg another dime of my money again! They accused me of suspicious activity and when i tried to speak to someone to tell them that its me they still locked my account and told me i had to wait. Then after 48 hours I received an email of them telling me that i can use my account but they will continue to monitor me. I am not a child I canceled that very same day. $#*! CHEGG!

Date of experience: June 13, 2020
California
3 reviews
5 helpful votes
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Worst service ever
October 15, 2019

Came here to buy textbooks and tutoring. I am never doing that again. Amazon has better deals on used textbooks and rentals. And their tutors aren't that informative either. My tutor literally just solved my problem for me and didn't explain anything.

Date of experience: October 15, 2019

Overview

Chegg has a rating of 1.2 stars from 450 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Chegg most frequently mention customer service, credit card and free trial. Chegg ranks 106th among Textbooks sites.

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value
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