Here's What I Found

I just got an email telling me that I was going to get a Third Day CD and Mannheim Steam Roller Christmas CD in the mail this week for FREE! Last week I got a BuildABear Wii game in the mail FREE!  How is that happening?  Easy!  I'm going to swap 3cds/books I no longer want with people I have never met who live in another state.  They don't want the cds they have and they do want what I have - so we're just going to swap! The only cost?  The price of media mail (about $2.00 each).  If you are interested in getting rid of your unwanted books, cds, dvds, or videogames and swapping them for something you do want, here's what you do! Sign up at swaptree.com Gather your stuff you want to get rid of. Create your account - no credit card required of course! Just type in the upc or isbn number of the item in the box Swaptree will automatically bring up the picture and description of item You tell what kind of condition the item...

Good question! If you have a Wii, you know that games are crazy expensive! We have a Wii and we refuse to pay full price for games. Here's some options that we have tried. (Warning: Some of thes options take time, but we really are trying to teach our kids that the things they want sometimes take time to earn.) I know this is a long post so feel free to skim read :-) 1. Gamefly This is a program almost identical to netflix. You sign up for a membership and choose your level. The cheapest level gives you one game at a time. You play it for as long as you like (no late fees) then mail it back in their prepaid envelope. A few days later, you get the next game in the mail. You choose the games you want to try and put them in a queue. They send you whatever is next on your list. You get a free 10 day trial. The cheapest level is $8.95 for the first month for 1 game at a time. Then after that it goes to $15.95 per month for however long you keep the membership. There is no contract and ...

OK.... so you want to know how I just got 2 new Wii games for our family for less than $5.oo total? Easy! I swapped them . I am mailing a game I don't want and someone is sending me something I do want. If you have DVDs, books, CD's, or games you don't want, you can post them at swaptree . Then you make a quick list of everything you would possibly want. Then Swaptree does the work. As soon as they find a match, you get an email asking if you will accept the trade. *One complaint I have heard about swaptree is that you might be asked to swap your high value Wii game for a book or cd. We found a way to fix that. My husband has a swaptree account where we only list wii games and I have a regular 'other' stuff account. He lists the games that we no longer want and puts on his want list the Wii games we do want. That way, it is a fair swap. We have tried out quite a few games this way! Need more info about swaptree? Read my original post here ...

I hate having stuff sitting around the house that I no longer need or want. What do I do with extra DVDs, CDs, Books, Game system games? I post them on Swaptree. You post the titles of what you have, make a quick list of what you want and Swaptree does the rest. ( Important hint about swaptree: the more you put on your lists - the quicker you will get a match. I try to add tons of things on my want list even if I only have a few things on my have list. That way the odds of swaptree finding you a match go up much higher! Several of you have joined swaptree but you need to add more things to your list so you will get a swap faster!) Last night I posted a Star Wars Lego Gamecube game that we no longer needed on swaptree. Today I received an email saying I will receive Super Paper Mario Wii game in exchange. All I have to do is mail the gamecube game (media mail rate only costs about $2.00) and I will go to my mailbox in about a week and get my new Wii game. Need more information?...