How to Buy Resale Home School Books in North Carolina
Purchasing home schooling books is often a significant expense for home schooling families. Home schooling families often help stretch their home school budget by purchasing gently used home school materials. If you live in North Carolina, there are many ways you can buy resale home school books.
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Visit local home school stores in your area. Most home school stores sell used home school books in addition to new items. The Home School World website maintains a list of stores in North Carolina. You can also check out your local phone book to find a home school store near you.
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Check Craigslist for used home school books in your area. Gently used home school materials are often posted on Craigslist. Typically, you pick up the items from the person selling the home school materials. Purchasing home school materials this way saves shipping charges. Be sure to factor in gas to pick up the materials in the cost of the items.
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Join a local home school support group or co-op. Ask other members what curriculum that they are using and if they are interested in selling. One of the benefits of this method is that you do not pay shipping charges and the prices are lower than through a home school store. To find a home school group in your area, check out the North Carolinians for Home Education website.
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Search for online NC support groups on Yahoo Groups. There are many online support groups for NC home schools. Many of the groups allow members to buy and sell home school materials through the group.
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If you are unable to find your home school books locally, check out the many online sites where you can purchase used home school books from other home schoolers. Be sure to ask about shipping charges before purchasing any books. For a comprehensive list of websites to buy and sell used home school books, check out the list of home school resale sites on the About.com website.
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If you are looking for a specific curriculum, see if the curriculum company has a message board with a Swap forum. This is a time effecient way to find specific books. You can often post a Want to Buy post to let other home schoolers know that you are looking for a book that they may have.
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Tips & Warnings
Determine you will need to purchase additional materials for the curriculum, such as a consumable student workbook or manipulative. Be sure to find out the price of the additional items you will need to purchase to make sure that the item is still a good buy.
Have a plan for which home school books you need to purchase for your homeschool. This helps avoid impulse purchases.
Check the publisher’s resale policy before buying or selling books. Some publishers have specific restrictions on what items can and cannot be resold. For example, Winter Promise does not allow their teachers guides or other exclusive materials to be resold.
If you are planning on reselling the books when you are finished with them, take care of the books that you purchase and limit markings in the books. Many families sell their previous year curriculum and use the money to purchase the next year’s curriculum.
Be sure to check the condition of the books before purchasing any items. Flip through the pages to look for rips, highlighting, or markings.
Make sure that the books that you are purchasing are the most current edition. If it is not the most current edition, make sure that you are aware of what updates were made between editions. Be carefully when buy science books because the information changes often.
