The summer is coming quickly to a close and your household expenses may be spiking as you gather your materials for another year of homeschooling. As promised in my post from late July, A Penny Saved…, I am continuing this “series” (do two posts a series make?) by providing you with a few more sites that will help you save some dough on homeschooling supplies and more.
Alibris.com – A site my wife has been visiting frequently is Alibris.com, where you can “search more than 75 million new, second-hand, out-of-print, and rare books, as well as dvds, videos, cds, & vinyl.” We’ve been using this site lately to buy a bunch of used books for our girls to read/study in the coming school year. We saved a ton of money over the cost of new books (in our last order, she purchased 15 books and spent $30!) and we are impressed with their selection.
If you are inclined to check them out and buy a few things, be sure to take advantage of some of their recent coupon codes to help save even more:
| Code | Offer | Expiration |
| BEACHREADS | $5 off $50 | 08/20/08 |
| JAVA | $2 off $20 | 09/15/08 |
| STUDY | $4 off $40 | 09/15/08 |
| SCHOOL | $6 off $60 | 09/15/08 |
| HONORS | $8 off $80 | 09/15/08 |
| BIOLOGY | $10 off $100 | 09/15/08 |
| ALLNIGHTER | $15 off $150 | 09/15/08 |
Biblio.com - If Alibris didn’t have what you needed, there’s also their competitor, Biblio.com, which also claims to be a “leading source online for quality used, rare, and out-of-print books”. I encourage you to check them out too. They claim a selection of over 50 million titles. With that sort of selection, you’re bound to find a bargain book to help teach your kids (or yourself!). Go ahead and give Biblio a look today!
Currclick.com – Want to save money on shipping and be environmentally friendly by using downloadable curriculum resources? If so, Currclick.com may just the place for you. According to their mission statement, their goal is to:
“make homeschooling more convenient and more affordable to homeschoolers all over the world. We are committed to promoting homeschooling as a viable alternative to traditional schools in both America and abroad. We strive to offer excellent customer service, a stress-free shopping experience, and to providing a marketplace that rewards authors and publishers who create good quality education materials.”
Coupons.com – If your family is like ours, you no longer subscribe to a printed newspaper because of the amount of news that has been made available online. The downside of this is that you can no longer get your hands on all those money-saving grocery coupons from the weekend paper. This next site seeks to remedy that. Coupons.com offers you the opportunity to browse, choose and print over 100 national and regional coupons each week from a selection of well-known packaged goods brands.
NOTE: In order to prevent coupon fraud, they require that you download some software first (available for both PCs and Macs) in order to print these offers. Once you print them, they are redeemable at any grocery or drug store.
Check out the banner below for some sample offers. Click to see even more!
I hope these suggestions help. Please let us know! We’d love to hear from you in our comments section. Lance
