School Books Sticky - Swap with other Parents?

Raiser

School Books featured on another Media report recently where Parents who already have enough bills to pay were criticising the costs involved and the fact that the Publishing Houses seem to needlessly revise the same old books every year......

Basically they change page numbers and other non-essential details in order to force Parents into the Shops to buy what is essentially the same product a second or third time.

Its a dishonest and greedily sharp practice and needs to be stopped or at the very least opposed where at all possible.

- Why not have a sticky on here where Parents could post Book Lists and then People could Swap them amongst themselves in an organised manner?

This would be strongly in the interests of common sense, avoiding an obvious rip-off and developing some sort of a sense of a mutually supportive Community.

Mods - This isn't Adverts.ie territory as I see it as it simply wouldn't work - I'd imagine People would simply post lists and then PM each other contact details and sort it out agreeably between themselves

Insect Overlord

At a first glance this seems like a very useful idea.
It may need Admin approval though. I'll ask a few questions and post here again when I know for sure.

Any e-mail addresses or phone numbers posted on-thread will be deleted, so the PM function would, as you've suggested, be ideal.

h3000

Don't have kids myself but know a few people with kids of school going age. Having listened to them talk about the prices they have to pay for school books this sounds like a great idea.

Builderfromhell

Brilliant idea.

I need books for ;
Form 1 & 5 for Villiers.
Will find booklist on line later.

Raiser

Thanks Folks

- I think most People would prefer to pass on Books they no longer need instead of putting them in a Box in the Attic.

My list is as below if anyone can help - I'll see you are sorted out!!!

(Should mention - I'm changing ISP so may not be able to reply right away to Private Messages !!!)

English Reading Sunny Street

• Happy Birthday Molly
• Yummy
• Say Cheese
• Sunny Street - Just write A

Maths

• Action Maths - Fallons - Jnr. Inf.

Music

• The Right Note - Folens

S.E.S.E.

• What a Wonderful World - CJ Fallon Junior Inf.

acalmenvoy

Raiser wrote: »

Thanks Folks

- I think most People would prefer to pass on Books they no longer need instead of putting them in a Box in the Attic.

My list is as below if anyone can help - I'll see you are sorted out!!!

(Should mention - I'm changing ISP so may not be able to reply right away to Private Messages !!!)

English Reading Sunny Street

• Happy Birthday Molly
• Yummy
• Say Cheese
• Sunny Street - Just write A

Maths

• Action Maths - Fallons - Jnr. Inf.

Music

• The Right Note - Folens

S.E.S.E.

• What a Wonderful World - CJ Fallon Junior Inf.

Great idea,

I have the first 3 on your list if u want, the rest according to my wife are workbooks, so you will have to bite the bullet on them...:mad:


I'm looking for :

First aid in english revised for fifth class.
Sunny street ed co for senior infants.

Skuxx

Builderfromhell wrote: »

Brilliant idea.

I need books for ;
Form 1 & 5 for Villiers.
Will find booklist on line later.

I was in Villiers but finished up last yr, still have a few of the books lying around so let me know which ur lookin for, might have some off the form 5 list

thesimpsons

our school organises a time and a room each year where parents can sell on or swap their books each year to other parents before the end of the school term. Its usually pointless holding on to books for younger siblings as they are being changed and revised so often. For secondary pupils, I can't see why teachers can't do as we did years ago though - "if you have version x, its on page 14, version y, its on page 18 or else just check the index for other versions.

In Primary from about 3rd class, my kids didn't write into the workbooks themselves - promotes better writing and understanding than just filling in blanks in a workbook and allows the books to be easily sold onwards as well.

Also, O'Mahoneys bookshop buys back secondhand books and sells them onwards. I've got loads of very good quality secondhand secondary school ones there at about a third of the new price. Sometimes the books have hardly even been flicked through.

Raiser

acalmenvoy wrote: »

Great idea,

I have the first 3 on your list if u want, the rest according to my wife are workbooks, so you will have to bite the bullet on them...:mad:


I'm looking for :

First aid in english revised for fifth class.
Sunny street ed co for senior infants.

Have been away so just getting a chance to post now.

Met up with acalmenvoy that time and got half my Book List for €5

- Thanks again, much appreciated!!!