Just picked up our kids booklists!!!!! - $$$$
Jan 24th 2007, 12:19 pm
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Just picked up our kids booklists!!!!! - $$$$
Well,
Daughter's first year at school and son starting another year. Thought we'd go with the booklist thing. Handed it in to the recommended suppliers and picked it up today......Only $180 lighter!!
I about fell away. Spent nearly $300 just recently on my daughters school uniform....and it's a state school.
Back to earning some pennies..
Cheers
Ginny
Daughter's first year at school and son starting another year. Thought we'd go with the booklist thing. Handed it in to the recommended suppliers and picked it up today......Only $180 lighter!!
I about fell away. Spent nearly $300 just recently on my daughters school uniform....and it's a state school.
Back to earning some pennies..
Cheers
Ginny
Jan 24th 2007, 1:47 pm
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Re: Just picked up our kids booklists!!!!! - $$$$
Well,
Daughter's first year at school and son starting another year. Thought we'd go with the booklist thing. Handed it in to the recommended suppliers and picked it up today......Only $180 lighter!!
I about fell away. Spent nearly $300 just recently on my daughters school uniform....and it's a state school.
Back to earning some pennies..
Cheers
Ginny
Daughter's first year at school and son starting another year. Thought we'd go with the booklist thing. Handed it in to the recommended suppliers and picked it up today......Only $180 lighter!!
I about fell away. Spent nearly $300 just recently on my daughters school uniform....and it's a state school.
Back to earning some pennies..
Cheers
Ginny
Jan 24th 2007, 4:17 pm
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Re: Just picked up our kids booklists!!!!! - $$$$
Well,
Daughter's first year at school and son starting another year. Thought we'd go with the booklist thing. Handed it in to the recommended suppliers and picked it up today......Only $180 lighter!!
I about fell away. Spent nearly $300 just recently on my daughters school uniform....and it's a state school.
Back to earning some pennies..
Cheers
Ginny
Daughter's first year at school and son starting another year. Thought we'd go with the booklist thing. Handed it in to the recommended suppliers and picked it up today......Only $180 lighter!!
I about fell away. Spent nearly $300 just recently on my daughters school uniform....and it's a state school.
Back to earning some pennies..
Cheers
Ginny
My daughter is at a "cheap" catholic private school, the book list is usually in the $400-$600 area. Her uniform to start was over $1200. We are hoping this year some items will last from last year.
My son at the local state high school in year 12, costs around the same. They have a rental system which cuts the costs somewhat.
I do know this is absolutely no difference from the UK when you have to supply items for school. The difference for me is that you may not at first have the network to understand where you can source "cheaper items" or understand the education culture. Which is exactly the same as any country but you now do not know a soul.
Education culture
(1) know a child in the year above - whose mother is not too proud to give hand me downs
(2) finding a child in the year above who your child can tolerate
(3) have the bottle to ignore your child when they say "but everyone will know its cheap/nasty/secondhand/borrowed/crap.
(4) same the world over but you are now feeling insecure cause you want the little darling to have everything cause you moved them to AUS - so if it is what you believe have even more bottle and say no!
(5) get on BE and ask about things if you do not have a local ear/mate to discuss it with
Don't panic......
As a mother, just give up spending any money on yourself and pay for the children. Teeth, school, extra tutition, surf board, medical etc etc
Most stated in jest..grounded in personal experience!
Cheers
Jan 24th 2007, 8:23 pm
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Re: Just picked up our kids booklists!!!!! - $$$$
The first year I was here I was told oh we just hand the booklist into the local newsagent they do al the work bla bla oh and you get 5% discount...I almost died when I went in for the stuff and it was over $200 and it was half way thro term.
The next year I thot sod this and got most of the stuff from Big W and the text books from the newsagents $150 all in and that was for a full year!!!!!
This year I got their uniforms before school finished $150 for the two. I got their exercise books from the supermarket 10c each. And I bought their text books direct from the publisher over the internet....the friggin Newsagent where I usually got them from have a $5 mark up on each text book robbing bassas. Office National is also very good and they also offer the 5% discount and give u free choccies lol.
The next year I thot sod this and got most of the stuff from Big W and the text books from the newsagents $150 all in and that was for a full year!!!!!
This year I got their uniforms before school finished $150 for the two. I got their exercise books from the supermarket 10c each. And I bought their text books direct from the publisher over the internet....the friggin Newsagent where I usually got them from have a $5 mark up on each text book robbing bassas. Office National is also very good and they also offer the 5% discount and give u free choccies lol.
Jan 24th 2007, 9:07 pm
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Re: Just picked up our kids booklists!!!!! - $$$$
The first year I was here I was told oh we just hand the booklist into the local newsagent they do al the work bla bla oh and you get 5% discount...I almost died when I went in for the stuff and it was over $200 and it was half way thro term.
The next year I thot sod this and got most of the stuff from Big W and the text books from the newsagents $150 all in and that was for a full year!!!!!
This year I got their uniforms before school finished $150 for the two. I got their exercise books from the supermarket 10c each. And I bought their text books direct from the publisher over the internet....the friggin Newsagent where I usually got them from have a $5 mark up on each text book robbing bassas. Office National is also very good and they also offer the 5% discount and give u free choccies lol.
The next year I thot sod this and got most of the stuff from Big W and the text books from the newsagents $150 all in and that was for a full year!!!!!
This year I got their uniforms before school finished $150 for the two. I got their exercise books from the supermarket 10c each. And I bought their text books direct from the publisher over the internet....the friggin Newsagent where I usually got them from have a $5 mark up on each text book robbing bassas. Office National is also very good and they also offer the 5% discount and give u free choccies lol.
Jan 24th 2007, 9:16 pm
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Re: Just picked up our kids booklists!!!!! - $$$$
Im going to say to the principle at the school that he should encourage parents to buy the books direct from the supplier, can u imagine the amount of profit that bloody newsagent is making at $5 a friggin book....they should be wearin a bloody mask!!!!!!!!!
Jan 24th 2007, 9:33 pm
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Re: Just picked up our kids booklists!!!!! - $$$$
we went direct to the supplier and what a difference. How can they justify a junior dictionary being marked up by $20!!!! We paid $9.99, the newsagent wanted $31!!! Oh and $15 for a calculator, we got them from Crazy Clarkes (they don't need scientific ones) for 99c!
Jan 24th 2007, 10:19 pm
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Ok this isn't so bad
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Jan 24th 2007, 10:20 pm
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Re: Just picked up our kids booklists!!!!! - $$$$
Ginny - I bought the lady next door over $30 worth of flowers and thought I might look a cheapskate! She went over the list of text books my daughter needed for next year and sorted out $300 worth. Her twin daughters are the year above and she is a govenor at the school. She was cross they changed so many year to year and that she could not supply more.
My daughter is at a "cheap" catholic private school, the book list is usually in the $400-$600 area. Her uniform to start was over $1200. We are hoping this year some items will last from last year.
My son at the local state high school in year 12, costs around the same. They have a rental system which cuts the costs somewhat.
I do know this is absolutely no difference from the UK when you have to supply items for school. The difference for me is that you may not at first have the network to understand where you can source "cheaper items" or understand the education culture. Which is exactly the same as any country but you now do not know a soul.
Education culture
(1) know a child in the year above - whose mother is not too proud to give hand me downs
(2) finding a child in the year above who your child can tolerate
(3) have the bottle to ignore your child when they say "but everyone will know its cheap/nasty/secondhand/borrowed/crap.
(4) same the world over but you are now feeling insecure cause you want the little darling to have everything cause you moved them to AUS - so if it is what you believe have even more bottle and say no!
(5) get on BE and ask about things if you do not have a local ear/mate to discuss it with
Don't panic......
As a mother, just give up spending any money on yourself and pay for the children. Teeth, school, extra tutition, surf board, medical etc etc
Most stated in jest..grounded in personal experience!
Cheers
My daughter is at a "cheap" catholic private school, the book list is usually in the $400-$600 area. Her uniform to start was over $1200. We are hoping this year some items will last from last year.
My son at the local state high school in year 12, costs around the same. They have a rental system which cuts the costs somewhat.
I do know this is absolutely no difference from the UK when you have to supply items for school. The difference for me is that you may not at first have the network to understand where you can source "cheaper items" or understand the education culture. Which is exactly the same as any country but you now do not know a soul.
Education culture
(1) know a child in the year above - whose mother is not too proud to give hand me downs
(2) finding a child in the year above who your child can tolerate
(3) have the bottle to ignore your child when they say "but everyone will know its cheap/nasty/secondhand/borrowed/crap.
(4) same the world over but you are now feeling insecure cause you want the little darling to have everything cause you moved them to AUS - so if it is what you believe have even more bottle and say no!
(5) get on BE and ask about things if you do not have a local ear/mate to discuss it with
Don't panic......
As a mother, just give up spending any money on yourself and pay for the children. Teeth, school, extra tutition, surf board, medical etc etc
Most stated in jest..grounded in personal experience!
Cheers
That's a really big help. Wish I'd spoken to you before the boook list.
Cheers
Ginny
Jan 24th 2007, 10:22 pm
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Ok this isn't so bad
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Re: Just picked up our kids booklists!!!!! - $$$$
The first year I was here I was told oh we just hand the booklist into the local newsagent they do al the work bla bla oh and you get 5% discount...I almost died when I went in for the stuff and it was over $200 and it was half way thro term.
The next year I thot sod this and got most of the stuff from Big W and the text books from the newsagents $150 all in and that was for a full year!!!!!
This year I got their uniforms before school finished $150 for the two. I got their exercise books from the supermarket 10c each. And I bought their text books direct from the publisher over the internet....the friggin Newsagent where I usually got them from have a $5 mark up on each text book robbing bassas. Office National is also very good and they also offer the 5% discount and give u free choccies lol.
The next year I thot sod this and got most of the stuff from Big W and the text books from the newsagents $150 all in and that was for a full year!!!!!
This year I got their uniforms before school finished $150 for the two. I got their exercise books from the supermarket 10c each. And I bought their text books direct from the publisher over the internet....the friggin Newsagent where I usually got them from have a $5 mark up on each text book robbing bassas. Office National is also very good and they also offer the 5% discount and give u free choccies lol.
Cheers and good luck for tomorrow x
Ginny
Jan 24th 2007, 10:22 pm
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Re: Just picked up our kids booklists!!!!! - $$$$
Cheers
Ginny
Jan 24th 2007, 10:59 pm
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Re: Just picked up our kids booklists!!!!! - $$$$
Start saving as it gets worse the older they get
Year 11 son, State school fees over $400, Uniform $200, Books $300 and lastly posh scientific calculator $140, has to be a certain one so the teacher wont have to change his to a cheaper one!!!!!!!!!!
Same son has a part time job and gets really good money for his age, I think he should cough up half
Di
Year 11 son, State school fees over $400, Uniform $200, Books $300 and lastly posh scientific calculator $140, has to be a certain one so the teacher wont have to change his to a cheaper one!!!!!!!!!!
Same son has a part time job and gets really good money for his age, I think he should cough up half
Di
Jan 24th 2007, 11:14 pm
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Re: Just picked up our kids booklists!!!!! - $$$$
Start saving as it gets worse the older they get
Year 11 son, State school fees over $400, Uniform $200, Books $300 and lastly posh scientific calculator $140, has to be a certain one so the teacher wont have to change his to a cheaper one!!!!!!!!!!
Same son has a part time job and gets really good money for his age, I think he should cough up half
Di
Year 11 son, State school fees over $400, Uniform $200, Books $300 and lastly posh scientific calculator $140, has to be a certain one so the teacher wont have to change his to a cheaper one!!!!!!!!!!
Same son has a part time job and gets really good money for his age, I think he should cough up half
Di
Jan 24th 2007, 11:19 pm
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Re: Just picked up our kids booklists!!!!! - $$$$
Sod paying $140 for a calculator 
I bought the $10 one
Luckily at my lads school we only pay for excersie books, pens, pencils and calc, all the text books are included in the $244 school fee
Don't have to buy anything at all for my daughters school
I bought the $10 one
Luckily at my lads school we only pay for excersie books, pens, pencils and calc, all the text books are included in the $244 school fee
Don't have to buy anything at all for my daughters school
Jan 24th 2007, 11:26 pm
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Re: Just picked up our kids booklists!!!!! - $$$$