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BabyBay.ie - save money on baby clothes and goods

A new website has been launched to benefit parents and expectant parents in the recycling and purchasing of baby clothes, furniture and equipment. BabyBay.ie facilitates the buying and selling of new and used baby clothes and goods for a minimal monthly membership fee.

The site is the brainchild of Kildare-based mother-of-three and entrepreneur, Mandy O’Rorke. As a busy mum Mandy spotted a gap in the market for an online outlet for mums to buy and sell their used baby clothes and goods. This came from a personal need to offload her own baby clothes and goods amassed over a number of years.

Items available for trading on the BabyBay.ie site include Boys and Girls clothing, Maternity Clothing, Prams and Buggies, Cots and Nursery Furniture, Baby Accessories, Toys, DVDs and Books, Christening Gowns, School Uniforms and more. 

Registration on the site costs €3 for four weeks allowing unlimited postings of baby goods along with your own personal account to manage your ads and receive messages and enquiries from interested buyers.

Not alone helping parents de-clutter and save money, BabyBay.ie has teamed with Ireland’s leading independent children’s charity Barnardos in an effort to help and support children around the country. BabyBay.ie is delighted to be donating a percentage of their profits annually to the charity.

For more information or to get trading yourself, log onto www.BabyBay.ie today.

Exchange nearly new maternity, baby and children's clothes with theclothesline.ie

Many parents across Ireland are trying to find countless ways to cut spending...

One parent seems to have spotted a niche in the market, and has just launched www.theclothesline.ie

This website offers a new national system whereby parents can submit their outgrown, maternity, babies and children’s clothes and exchange them for more suitable items. The items are practically new, and of excellent quality and are on offer at hugely reduced prices.

“There has been a huge resurgence in the past few years of activities such as clothes swapping parties, and many parents are now buying their children’s clothes online, as high street prices just don’t reflect the current economic situation”, says Tammy Darcy, The Clothes Line founder, and mother of three, “the website rewards its members with credits for the items they submit which can then be used towards new purchases, cutting the prices even further.”

Looks like a great resource if you have kids!

Link: www.theclothesline.ie

Parents! Save money on school books at schoolbookexchange.ie

Since it was announced that the School Books Grant Scheme 2009 is being is to be restricted to only certain schools, many parents are feeling the pinch when it comes to getting all the little people kitted out with school books for the new school year. On top of uniforms and everything else, this can be very financially difficult.

Some good advice would be to visit the School Book Exchange website. Parents can sell their used schoolbooks and buy the books they need from each other, at a fraction of the new price.

Not only will it save money, up to 1 million college and school books are either dumped or not re-used every year. The School Book Exchange website can help to keep these books in circulation and so reverse this enormous environmental waste.

So when you need to buy books, check http://www.schoolbookexchange.ie/ first and you could save a lot of money!

Cheap summer activities for kids

The kids are bored already?

Try these!

• 12 Ideas for Summer Fun for Kids 
• Free and cheap summer activities from Frugal Dad
• 6 Fun & Free Activities for Children (and now Adults)

That might help keep them amused for ten minutes :)