Meet our Guest Discount Diva of the Day:
Margaret Bristol (Quick and Simple's contests and
giveaways editor) saves money on everyday items to supplement her
vacation fund, and is currently saving for a trip to Greece. Her
money-saving mantra? "Wait in the longest line possible at checkout! I
can't begin to tell you how many impulse purchases I've avoided by
doing this."
It happens every year around this time. The weather gets nice and I
start stocking up (er, stock piling!) on books. For me, there’s no
better time to read than on a warm, sandy beach in the summer.
As you can imagine, I’ve built quite the library; one that has extended from the bookcase to the window sill to my bedroom floor. And, while I could never part with my hand-me-down copy of Jane Eyre from my sis, other paperbacks are simply ghosts of summers past doing nothing but collecting dust on the shrinking shelf space.
I need to purge. I need to de-clutter. I need to let go.
Cue Swaptree.com, a nifty media trading website that I stumbled upon while searching for titles to add to this summer’s annual "Margaret-Must-Read" list. After a simple registration process (membership is free!), I tell the site what trade-ready items I have (The DaVinci Code can go. I've read The Devil Wears Prada 100 times.) and what I want to acquire (I've been dying to read Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert).
In seconds, the search shows me what I can score by swapping with someone else. With a few clicks I accept trades with other users and print the shipping label straight from the site. Then, I drop the packages in the mailbox. Your vice/virtue isn't books? On Swaptree.com you can trade CDs, DVDs, and videos, too!
Do you know of any other great ways to swap old stuff?
