This is a follow-up to yesterday’s post. Another way you can save money on textbooks is not buying books at all! You probably haven’t checked, but your school library probably has copies of most textbooks that your classes will use.
Really, all you need to do is go to the library and check the book out! You may want to join with a friend or two from class on this to make sure that between you, you can have the book checked out at all times!
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Textbooks typically account for your highest expenses outside of tuition and your room and board. This is especially true if you buy your books at the local college book store. Sure, it is convenient to be able to walk to your student union and buy your books, but at what cost?
There’s a much better way to do it. Buy your books online! Amazon.com, Half.com, BarnesAndNoble.com and many other sites will help you find much better prices on the books you need. Sure, there is an associated risk when dealing with …

You more than likely already have a savings account at your local bank. There’s one problem with this: the interest rate sucks! You really need to consider opening a new online savings account. With these, you can usually get a rate 8-15 times higher than the rate at a small local bank. They are really easy to use as well! There are many different companies out there that you can do this with. I personally have experience with Emigrant Direct, ING Direct, and HSBC. I would recommend each of them.
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Earlier this month, I posted some information in regards to finding free magazines. What if you can’t find the magazine you’re looking for on that site? Well, you can either go and pay full price, or you can do the following.
First, you can go to MagazinePriceSearch.com and see if you can find a good deal on the magazine you’re looking for there. The search checks a bunch of different websites that sell magazines and will sort them by the lowest price. It’s pretty nice!
Second, you can go to eBay and …

In the spirit of continuing to help you find ways to save money, I have this site for you. The Dollar Stretcher is a great site with all kinds of ways to cut back on your costs and also save money. It has all kinds of tips and tricks that you’ll find to be very insightful and helpful! I would suggest you subscribe to their email list so you can stay on top of all the new ideas and resources they provide!
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In a recent post I pointed you to some good price book resources as well as a great website that will supplement your coupon use very well.
How else can you save money on groceries? Well, there are a couple more websites I want to point you to. The first is My Grocery Deals and it essentially scours your local ads and finds those items which are on sale at the time. It will save you a lot of legwork in looking for those good deals.
The second site is The Grocery …