Annual post about DO’S and DO NOT’S for the book sale

Annual post about DO’S and DO NOT’s  for the book sale

over the years- 16 in business, more than that attending fairs, I have learned a little about book sales 🙂
This is not criticism, just helpful hints

1. if you want it to sell, price it well – Abeka, BJU etc are very prevalent in the resale market. 1/2 retail is about what you will get.
people always ask me what I would sell it for, if you price it too high, you will take it home with you.

2. if you are buying- know your prices and editions or take catalogs with you . If you buy a previous edition and cannot get the consumables (and want them), its pretty useless..

3. DO NOT use permanent stickers on the covers of your books- they never come off and if they do they take half the cover with them. I have to remove them or cover them up if you bring your books here. Packages of stickers  all say either permanent or removable on the front. File folder labels are not removable

4. If I come to the sale and offer you less than you are asking it is because I am going to re sell it in the shop. I cannot pay you more than I can sell it for. Then it is up to you to accept it. It’s okay to say no. This has caused contention in the past and I wish to avoid that in the future.  I am not insulting you or your book, I just know what that particular book will sell for in the shop- sorry, but I would prefer not to take a loss.

5. if you sell things online- please make sure you know how much it will cost you to ship it before you price it. You do not want to sell something for $5 then pay $4 to ship it meaning you made a dollar. If you need to purchase an envelope, it is more and your time to the post office is valuable.

6. take lots of change and $1 bills to the sale. you cannot expect someone selling to give change for a dollar book from a $20 or $50- it will wipe them out and may cause them to lose another sale if they have no change left

7. if someone wants something you already sold, please forward them to the Kurriculum Korner- I have a lot of the things that have been showing up on the loops in stock. They all belong to other local home school families .

IMPORTANT
I do not want all the rejects- I want the good stuff too. If you would not come here to buy it, why would someone else? If you sell all the teaching textbooks, apologia and rod and staff english, etc you did great. Do not bring me all the 1/2 missing workbooks, the older edition teacher manuals and all the books that your teacher friend or relative took from her stash and gave you because she thought you needed them to be able to successfully teach your child. (we all have one of those -LOL)

I will be OPEN that afternoon if you want to shop here too..I will NOT be accepting consignment items that day- please read the policies and use the scheduling app to make an appointment.

Karen at the Kurriculum Korner
Wed & Thurs 1-5pm
502-241-7264
6400 Clore Lane, Crestwood, KY 40014
www.kurriculumkorner.com

HFHG Booksale Hints

The HFHG sale is FRIDAY THE 27th
1.)I cannot take ALL the things you do not sell there…In fact, I want the things that you and everyone else would come here for- Apologia, All About Spelling and Reading, Math U See, Saxon, Literature, CEC books (Caveat—they must be on the list for the upcoming year or I cannot take them) etc.
2.) PLEASE use removable stickers for prices…file folder labels ruin the cover of books and are not removable.
3.) I cannot sell your book in the shop or online if it is missing pages, cd’s, or has writing or file folder stickers across the front of it. Goo gone is a great product but does not remove file folder labels without taking half the cover with it…
4.)Know your prices, do not over price. Most of the things in the shop are 1/2 retail.. Abeka and BJU are very very prevalent in the resale market so mark your things accordingly. Take your catalog with you so you know what edition, author etc you need.
5.) take lots of SMALL bills

Karen at the Kurriculum Korner
502-241-7264
email: kurriculumkorner@msn.com

News From the Kurriculum Korner

Have had a busy week with lots of drop offs!
Here are a few of the new things:

Draw Write Now # ‘s 2,3,5,6
Learning Palette – very interesting!, some math cards, some phonics cards;
Rod and Staff Arithmetic 1 black line masters- all in a binder, unused;
VTech Bugsby ( like a leap pad) and 7 books;
some Dive cd’s;
McRuffy math and McRuffy Color Math teacher guides;
Jacob’s Elementary Algebra textbook;
Cuisenaire Rods;
Math Relief Algebra Phase 1 by Firebaugh;
BJU Science and History text’s for 1st gr;
Pearables Home Ec 1&2;
Rush Hour Game;
J Fulbright Botany and Land Animals (no journals);
Beechicks the 3 R’s and You Can Teach your child Successfully ( gr 4-8 Mom help);
2009 edition of Well Trained Mind;
Memoria Press Literature Guides- Teacher manuals mostly;
Drawing With Children;
and a lot more!

Come see what’s here before buying new..it will save you lots of money and help fellow home schoolers re coup some of their investment..

See you soon

Karen at the Kurriculum Korner
502-241-7264
Regular hours Wed & Thurs 1-5
6400 Clore Lane, Crestwood, KY 40014
cash, checks and paypal
www.kurriculumkorner.com

By APPOINTMENT ONLY Starting November 1st until after New Year’s

Only a few more “open ” days. Starting November 1st I go to by appointment. I have had this shop for 7 years (can you believe that?) and this is definitely slow season. I will still be here- send me an email or call if you need anything, we can pick a time.
Things surprisingly are still coming in. Teacher Created Thematic Units (one on chocolate- our personal fav) and a dozen more. “The Un-Halloween Book”. BJU , Abeka, Rod and Staff, Saxon, Usborne, Math U See, Apologia, TOPS science, Project Wild, Biology pre made slide sets.  I have a Sonlight Core 7 guide and books and an older edition of Core 200.  There are tangrams, lots of flashcards, lots of literature, combo dot cards, clue word cards, geo boards.  I have a leapster that would make a great gift, a Leap pad and books, and a telescope that works great- box needs cleaning. There are a couple dozen Joy Berry character training books, Singing With Children, Oak Meadow 2nd gr Syllabus, Christian Charm Course, Manners Made Easy, and a really fun one called “Eating the Plates” about Thanksgiving!

See you this week or call me- 502-241-7264

News from the Kurriculum Korner!

Here is just a small portion of what is new this week at the Kurriculum Korner! Tell your friends about the shop! These are your items, lets find them all new homes!!
Winter promise- Timelines in History- unopened, unused;
MFW Exploring Countries and Cultures teacher guide and some of the books that go with it;
Starting points by Quine and the set of books that go with it
Land Animals, Botany by Fulbright with Botany Journal book-unused;
American History and Eastern Hemisphere Sonlight books ;
Story of the world activity books;
Apologia General Sci and Physical Sci, 2nd eds;
Apologia Human body and Marine Bio;
Latin for CEC;
Balancing the Sword Bible Study;
lots of Abeka (not 1st grade though- sorry) and BJU;
Rod and Staff Math, English and Spelling;
BJU MAth for Pre Cal, Algebra 2 and Geometry;
Saxon Geometry;
Thinking Toolbox;
D’Aulaire’s- Leif, Franklin and Columbus;
HA Grueber- Story of the 13 Colonies;
Sonlight- Story of the USA vol 1,2,3,4;
Mathtacular 1,2,3,4 dvd’s with workbook and key for 4th;
Drive thru History Foundations and Rome and Greece;
All About Spelling level 1, 2;
Hillyer’s Child History of the World;
Sonlight One Yr Condensed World History and a pile of books that go with it and a Markable Map;
Christian Heroes series- about 6 of them;
Dear America Series- 12 of them;
Geosafari Game and a pile of cards!
Sister Wendy Beckett- Art!!

Do not bring me any more- if you come with them anyway, I may send most of them home. I got 15+ boxes last week and I am overflowing!
So much great stuff!
Do not buy new- come see what’s here —
See you soon,

Karen at the Kurriculum Korner
502-241-7264
Wed and Thurs 1-5pm
6400 Clore Lane, Crestwood, KY 40014
cash, checks and paypal
www.kurriculumkorner.com

Math and More than Math

Had a very busy day today! Lots of new things arriving and lots going out both thru the shop and online..

New things to tell you about~~
I have a DIVE for 87 2nd ed;
Quarter mile math level 1;
Saxon 76 teacher cd’s 4th ed;
Tons of Rod and Staff- math for 1,3,4,5,6,7,8!!
BJU Math 2 teacher ed-3rd ed, math 4 and 6 also some with student materials;
Math U See mostly teacher eds with the dvd’s, algebra inserts, fraction overlays;
Notgrass Exploring America and Economics;
BJU 2,4,6, science, handwriting and english;
great selection of science experiment books and usborne, also some Let’s read and Learn, Let’s Read and Find out;
Saxon 87;
I will go thru the things tonite and post if I can tomorrow- received about 3 big boxes and 5 bags- come see me- I can save you a lot of money!

More New Things!!

More new things to tell you about:
Rod and Staff math 4, Rod and Staff English 4;
Saxon 76 4th ed lessons and test cd’s;
D’Aulaire’s Greek myths;
Voyages in English 4,5 from Loyola Press;
Standard Deviants World Geography dvd and American Government 1&2 vhs;
Streams of Civilization 1&2;
lots of Christian Liberty Press and Usborne;
Still have a British Lit and World masterpieces for CEC;
Ecce Romani I and III for CEC;
95 Animals of the Bible;
Math Mania from highlights- 25 cents each- fun way to keep math facts in practice over the summer;
Highlights guides to: India, Australia and about 10 other places;
Right Start Math C;
Rosetta Stone Latin American Spanish level 1&2, copyright 2009;

Just the tip of the iceberg! Come see what you can save money on–
See you soon,

Karen at the Kurriculum Korner