Does Notgrass ever offer discounts? We're doing America the Beautiful next year, but it's only slightly cheaper on their website (bundled) than at Mardel's (individual books). I'm curious if I should wait for them and/or for Mardel's to have a sale.
I don't follow pricing closely enough on their website to vouch for that, but I'm *thinking* they did not even have a sale at the homeschool convention. If they did, it was something that amounted to 10% off -- meaning it wasn't significant enough for me to think "wow! so glad I scooped that up!"; I think I just walked away thinking, "yes! no shipping costs!". :lol: It seems I've noticed that if companies don't even do a convention price, it's not likely to have an online sale.
By the way -- And I'm sure you've thought of this, already -- but, I wouldn't buy the literature pack from them. It's super easy to find the books used or at the library. I've even downloaded a couple of them for free from Amazon (some of the older books). As much as I hate using an e-Reader (really I do), there was a couple times the required book popped up on me and I didn't have time to grab a hard copy.
Look for it used. I got it, but I'm not ready to sell it yet. We bought the literature seperately, many from Half-Price Books. A few I actually had already. And some, like Christy, she had already read!
I would just try all the regular places you can buy used curriculum. ebay, amazon, homeschoolclassifieds, and local curriculum sales. But I did sell one used once and went for nearly full price.
I looked at places like Amazon, but I didn't see much difference (and Amazon is just 3rd party sellers, so I'd also have to pay shipping).
This is what's for sale right on homeschoolclassifieds. Don't know if it will help or not, but... Notgrass America The Beautiful , Grs. K-8 -- $99 ppd. New. Includes Complete Package plus 1 Lesson Review or Student WB. solideogloria 02/13 Notgrass America the Beautiful , Grs. K-8 -- $65 ppd. Nice. America the Beautiful volumes 1 & 2; We the People & ans. key. journey123 03/06 Notgrass America The Beautiful , Grs. 6-8 -- $2. Good. Price per each title. Will sell individually. . [more] pkcindy 02/23
I'm looking at Notgrass Exploring America. That's the high school stuff. Sorry! Anything I say/know is about Exploring America.
I just can't bring myself to buy there again. I've done it before, but I never got the products I ordered. I got ripped off, and there was nothing they could do about it. The person gave me the run-around for a while, but then stopped replying. I know everyone's not the same, but I'd rather buy new or buy from someone I "know" here. I also want to make sure it's the hardback version. Mardel's had both HB and PB for the same price. We'll use these a couple of times and then pass them on, so I want them to be in the best condition possible. Yeah... I'm picky. :lol: I just don't want to pay full price if they'll be having a sale between now and July. If not, I'll pay whatever they are at Mardel's, because they usually have a sale in early summer.
We're not ready for Exploring America yet... although I was kinda torn when looking at them both side-by-side. I like EA better than AtB. I plan to do American history twice, though, so I'll use EA later. For motor skills (which are slightly below average), I liked the workbook with AtB.
