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It's Back to School Time AKA It's Student Discount Time!

While my university days are looong past me (no comments, please :)), for a lot of people-students and parents alike- August kicks off the start of a new school year-and a new year of discount opportunities!

We probably all know of the discounts students can receive just for showing their school ID around their university town-things like, 10% off university merch at the local store, $5 off your haircut at the mom & pop salon, and so on.  Many of us probably know about the big-box student discounts as well like the College Student Offer with Apple or the Bed Bath and Beyond College Living Program.  

But, perhaps the nugget in this space-and my tip of the day for you-is to check out Student Beans (studentbeans.com) , My Uni Days (myunidays.com) AND Student Discount (studentdiscount.com).  These companies (platforms) are just like the other affinity group platforms I mentioned in an earlier post) with the simple exception that they *only* focus on University Student Discounts. That's it.  Nothing else.  

All of the platforms require that you be registered at a 'Title IX' (read: 'legit') school if you are a US student, but all of the platforms also cover other countries, so if you are a student in the UK or Canada or....check out the links-and just change the country of your university, and you'll be all sorted to register/shop from there if you're attending what is considered to be a 'legit' unversity in those countries as well.

From my research, it's worth signing up for all of the platforms-not just one.  While there will be a lot of overlap with the same retailers offering discounts, in my previous professional experience, not all retailers cross over on all of the platforms-and for those that do, the discounts might not be the same.  So, it pays to spend a few extra minutes looking at the platforms before pulling the trigger on any purchases that would qualify for a discount.  It's free to sign up on the platforms, so there is no additional cost in doing so.

Lastly, on the topic of the Big-Box student discounts, I came across this website a few months ago, and while the list isn't exhaustive, I think it's a good starting point of some of the best student discounts that are out there-especially a fair amount of offers that aren't just in the 'retail' space (like an Apple or BBB). 

As you all probably already know...I love a good discount.  Why pay full price for well, anything, if you don't have to!?!  So, I'd love to hear from you-what other Student discount tips do you have?  What have you done that you'd like to brag about?  Drop me a line in the comments!

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