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Where to Sell Your Used College Textbooks Online For Cash – 10 Best Places & Sites

I hate to really age myself, but when I was in college we only had one place to try to sell our textbooks – the same exact store we bought it from in the first place. And that store, of course, was the school bookstore. Yes, I was in college before the internet was as widespread as it is now, and I didn’t even send my first email until the second half of my senior year. And it was only to the guy sitting across from me in the computer lab! But let’s get back to the textbooks. Back then, the bookstore bought and sold all the books we would need for the year, and you were lucky if you got back any of your money at the end of class. The internet has changed that game, though, and now there are tons of options for both saving money on purchasing your books as well as selling them to other students looking for a deal on a used textbook.

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Our Spending Habits and Priorities Are Totally Screwed Up

A while back, I had an unplanned conversation with an old friend about the expense of sending kids to school. Not having children myself, I don’t have first-hand experience with the costs involved, but I am smart enough to know that it costs a lot to raise a child. In fact, that’s the number one thing I hear my friends talk about – just how much money it costs! But my conversation with my friend was about the cost of school supplies they needed to purchase per the teacher’s request, because the public school district couldn’t afford to supply the items the classroom needed. We weren’t talking a lot of money here; rather, we were probably talking about maybe $40-$50 in supplies, or just enough to have enough on hand for their kid and to help cover the costs for those who truly couldn’t afford to spend the money. My friends have enough money to spend $50 on school supplies, especially considering that their kids go to free (taxpayer supported) public school. And yet, here I was listening to them complain about having to buy supplies with statements like:

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Cook Up A Plan For The Future In Three Easy Steps.

The following is a post from the guys over at PocketSmith, who developed a web-based calendar that forecasts your future cash position and who also invest 5% of subscriptions in micro-lending to entrepreneurs from poverty-stricken countries.


Create a simple and delicious financial plan for the coming 6 months, filled with good decisions and a satisfying payoff at the end.

Cook time: 10 minutes
ҬLevel: EasyӬ
Yield: Clairvoyance

Ingredients
- 1 free PocketSmith accountӬ
- Today’s bank balance”¨
- 1 estimated recurring incomeӬ
- 3 estimated recurring expenses

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How To Get A Free Education Online.

Well, I guess it depends on if you are interested in any of the classes offered, but right now there are thousands of classes and lectures available for free on the internet. And while they might not result in your receipt of a diploma, free online courses help to break down the barriers for some people to attain a higher education. In fact, most colleges offer at least a few online classes for free, so if you have a school that you like, check out their website to see if they have any available. But for those of you just wanting to jump in and take some classes while sitting on the couch, here are some places for you to start looking:

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Shoppers Putting Back To School Supplies On Layaway.

Well, I didn’t really see this one coming, but times are strange right now. Earlier this month I wrote about making your own layaway plan, but I figured that was for bigger expenses than pencils and paper. But it turns out that times are tougher than some might even be letting on, and families are now putting things like notebooks, magic markers and pencils on layaway plans. From MSNBC:

A record number of shoppers, shut off from credit and short on cash, are relying on Kmart’s layaway program to pay for all of their kids’ school needs, said Tom Aiello, a spokesman for Kmart’s parent Sears Holdings Corp. Layaway allows shoppers to pay over time, interest- free, and pick up their merchandise when it’s paid in full.

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