School Textbooks....

School will soon be starting again....
and many will be purchasing textbooks for various college courses.

Most often, textbooks are purchased right in the school bookstore, and trust me, they squeeze every penny out of you they can get!

If you're interested in saving money on those books, I recommend you check out Amazon & ebay to find the best deals on your books.

Why pay new or retail prices when you can often get a used or discounted book for a much better price? Just be sure you know copy of the book you need before you hit that purchase button.... getting the wrong version of the same book could mean getting all your math homework answers wrong- Ouch :)


Where did the summer go already?

Shopping ebay...

I enjoy shopping ebay...

We live near a small city and sometimes I just can't find what I'm looking for in town. Other times I wouldn't mind something that was used and potentially cheaper.

Did you know you can get a percentage back on all of your ebay purchases? Through a program called BigCrumbs.

Our experience...
Last summer we decided we wanted to purchase a woodstove to get us through the winter. I grew up with one and we had one at our previous home and we had the desire to put one in our current home. We just love them! Anyway, we searched online and did some calling around and the prices were astounding. We spent some time on ebay and made our purchase of a used one and it's more beautiful than many of the new ones we've seen online! We were even able to find one that was enameled, which makes it so nice looking. We figure we saved at least 50% on the purchase of the stove alone... I used BigCrumb & it earned us $12.03 on our purchase! Definately worth clicking through their site for that!

BigCrumbs and Ebates are similar programs, if you've ever heard of Ebates.

BigCrumbs is the only source I know of where you can get cash back for shopping ebay, and all you have to do is sign up for their program.

For more about BigCrumbs go here.

What to know more about Ebates too?
I've posted about Ebates here.

Use Paypal with Ebay and get 10% off !!

Here's a code good for 10% of an ebay purchase when paid with Paypal.

I've not come across any discount for ebay before, but here's one. I've not tried it yet myself, but wanted to pass the code along in case someone might be shopping ebay... it's definately worth the try.

Use discount code: CHOLIDAYNOV08
or try CHOLIDAYNOV2008 (I've seen in both ways and don't know which is active)
expires: 11/30/08
One time use per account

If you shop ebay, be sure to sign up and use BigCrumbs where you get a % back on every ebay purchase you make. You can sign up here. BigCrumbs is a free site that simply gives you access to coupons and a percentage back at lots of online retailers... no strings attached.