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We Rent Movies, So Why Not Textbooks?
Hugh Pickens writes "Using Netflix as a business model, Osman Rashid and Aayush Phumbhra founded Chegg, shorthand for 'chicken and egg,' to gather books from sellers at the end of a semester and renting — or sometimes selling — them to other students at the start of a new one. Chegg began renting books in 2007, before it owned any, so when an order came in, its employees would surf the Web to find a cheap copy. They would buy the book using Rashid's American Express card and have it shipped to the student. Eventually, Chegg automated the system. 'People thought we were crazy,' Rashid said. Now, as Chegg prepares for its third academic year in the textbook rental business, the business is growing rapidly. Jim Safka, a former chief executive of Match.com and Ask.com who was recently recruited to run Chegg, said the company's revenue in 2008 was more than $10 million, and this year, Chegg surpassed that in January alone."
Oh? And you haven't made an example out of yourself? While you can ramble on and on about how your vague wording leads you to being right, you're missing the point of the person you replied to. Besides, why does molestation require penetration? (See what I did there?)
You're also trying to go on some rather obtuse rant about how how their irrationality (although most likely perfectly normal to feel in the given hypothetical circumstance) is somehow more wrong than your irrational hypothetical situation. I'm not taking sides here, but it's the pot calling the kettle black. You're a fucking hypocrite.