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Craig's List is one of the easiest and
best ways to get the ultimate bargains for your classroom.
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What is Craig's List? |
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From Wikipedia: Craig's List is a centralized network
of online urban communities, featuring free
classified advertisements (with everything from jobs,
internships, housing,
personals, for sale/barter/wanted, services, community,
resume, and pets categories). |
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What's so great about Craig's List?
Every teacher loves a bargain and
Craig's List is a giant local garage sale. The best thing
about Craig's List is that it is local so there are no shipping
fees and complicated bidding strategies, everything is arranged
between you and the seller and you pick it up locally. Here
are only a few of my lucky Craig's List finds:
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Brand new teacher resource books,
$1-$2 each |
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Like new literacy bags |
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Lakeshore walking rope |
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Brand new books for my classroom
library, .50 cents each |
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Birthday chair cover, $1 |
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Brand new Scholastic books on CD, $1
each |
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Floor puzzles, $3 |
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Giant tub of Mr. Potato Heads, over
40 heads + parts, $20 |
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Numerous Lakeshore items in like new
condition, $1-$2 |
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Brand new classroom accents and
notepads, still shrink wrapped, .50 cents each (I use them to make
games) |
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Ziploc bags stuffed FULL of brand
new, name brand shrink wrapped stickers, .50 cents (trend etc) |
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Brand new Folkmani puppets with tags
still attached |
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Brand new big books |
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Dress-up clothes from teacher store,
.50 cents each |
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Legos- $2 giant bucket |
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Big Blocks- $1 tub |
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Playdough tools, giant bag $2 |
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DVD's $2-$4 each |
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LeapPads $4-$9 each |
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Play food for dramatic play center,
school quality, .50 cents per bag |
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I could go on and on but you get the
picture! |
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Getting
Started: |
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Getting started on Craig's List is really very simple, it's
just a matter of visiting the website.
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Go to
www.craigslist.org |
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You can type in the search box for specific
items or search the broad range of categories. |
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I
have had luck searching for classroom items in the following
categories: baby & kids, games & toys, garage sales, and
books. |
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I found something I want, what
do I do now? |
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Click on the highlighted numbers at the top of the listing,
this will take you to your e-mail program. Simply type
the seller an e-mail inquiring about the item, ask if it's
still available. The seller will e-mail you if it's
still available and you can go on from there to discuss
payment, location, and pick-up. |
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Garage Sales: |
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Some of my best finds have been in the garage sale category.
I have spent much of this summer ('07) going to local teacher
garage sales. I have been to one each weekend for 5
weeks straight. Each one was better than the last! |
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Wanted: |
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There is a wanted section on Craig's
List so if there is something in particular you are looking for
you can post it there. This section can get quite tedious
though so don't expect much from it. There's always a long
list of people begging for money or cars so your request for
classroom items is likely to be ignored. If you're looking
for absolutely free items your best bet is
Freecycle. |
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Is
it safe? |
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When picking up
items from sellers houses (with the exception of garage sales) it
is always best to go with somebody just to be on the safe side.
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How
do I pay? |
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That is between you
and the seller. Many sellers, myself included, on ly accept
cash. |
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