F*reeZine - Deal Alert 8.13.07

School Supplies

Are you stressed and don't have time to run around town to pick up all of the school supplies your child needs? Okay, here's the easiest way to get it done inexpensively.

1. Sit down with the newspaper ads and your child's school supply list.
2. Make a list of the cheapest items at each store that you need to pick up (along with the store's name).
3. Pack up your hit list with the ads and head to Wal-Mart.
4. Pick up all the sale items on your list and head to the check out
5. Tell the checker that you want to "Ad Match" the items. As the checker rings them up simply tell them the sale price and which store advertised it. You'll get that price. It's so simple you'll wonder why you never tried this before.

Don't Pay Retail for Text Books

The average college student is paying between $500 to $900 per semester for books. By doing a little sleuthing, we found savings as great as 87% on books needed for this semester. Before your start your search, get as much information about your text book as possible, including: Complete title, Author, Publisher, Edition Number, Year Published and ISBN number.

Here are the places we searched:

1. Buy used from the university bookstore and save 25%. We buy all the books at the bookstore (used whenever possible) - several weeks before classes start - then we start searching on-line using actual ISBN numbers on the books we have in hand. These books will be returned if and when we find better prices.
2. CollegeBooksDirect.com 25% – 40%
3. Ebay.com
4. Half.com
5. Amazon.com College Text Books
6. CheapestTextBooks.com This site searches all of the other sites and helps you find the best deals around.