Mar 11, 2009 3:26 pm US/Pacific
Save With Dave: Bookins.com
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) ―
Tonight I am helping avid book readers save money. So, pack up all those old, unwanted books and you can exchange them for ones you want without ever leaving home.
You do it through a cool website called "Bookins." We found a Sacramento woman who has made very good use of it.
Cori Ashley read a lot in her job as a copy editor, and he her free time she also reads, and read and reads.
"I crank out a book about every four days," she says.
At that rate, you can imagine how many books she buys.
But, not every one is a keeps and that's where Bookins.com comes in.
"I found it in grad school when I was looking for a place to swap paperbacks because I didn't have a lot of space in the apartment I was living in," says Cori.
So here's how it works, you list the books or DVDs you don't want anymore, then make a list of the books or DVDs you do want.
"The Shadow of the Wind was recommended by a friend so I put it on here."
You'll get an email when someone requests a book you have. Then all you do is print off a shipping label, pack it up and put it in the mail.
For every item you send out you get points, which can be used to get books you want.
"I've swapped text books and those are worth a lot of points a lot of times. And then I'll get back like four or five paperbacks," says Cori.
When you get enough points and something on your list becomes available, you pay a flat rate of $4.50 per item and the foods are sent your way.
"An average used paperback sells for between $4 and $8 dollars, so on average of $5 is pretty good I think," Cori explains.
Cori thinks she's received over a hundred books by swapping through Bookins. If she saved an average of $2 on each one, that's a total of at least $200!!
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