School, Codacons: ‘Coming to Sting for families’ – Genoa Post

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                          Liguria – “Incoming the sting of September for the Italian families, with the reopening of the schools will have to put their wallets to buy books, backpacks, notebooks and needed school equipment for students. Shops and supermarkets across Italy have already stocked the shelves with everything you need for school, ranging from diaries and notebooks “low cost” to backpacks and griffatissimi cases with brands of the moment, more and more demands from the very young “he explained Codacons through a note.

expenditure – “according to preliminary estimates of Codacons, for school equipment (pens, diaries, notebooks, backpacks, pencil cases, etc.) retail prices will be substantially stable compared to 2015. for the school year 2016/2017 and then, an average family will have to reckon with an annual cost that will rise to almost ’500 euro per student (€ 498.5), which must be added the cost of textbooks, other voice that will impact heavily on the portfolios of Italian households, variable depending on the level of education and the school. ”

Sting – “Among kit and textbooks overall spending may reach and exceed 1,100 euro per student, a real blow to the pockets of Italians. However – explained the association – even on school spending can significantly save money and reduce costs by 40% following some not chase fads tips:. these days all television are bombarding your children with targeted advertising purchases needed for school . further apart from the TV and do not be influenced by the advertising market. not chasing fads, for equipment could spend 40% less, buying the same quality products. Just do not buy items related to cartoon characters or famous toy; in supermarkets you can get to save up to 30% compared to the cartolibreria. Go with a detailed shopping list and obbligatevi to respect it. in this period some supermarket chains sell school products even at bargain prices: these are the so-called “owl” products. Goods are sold even below cost, counting on the fact that in any case will end up also buy everything else. Take the opportunity, buying only the owl products! Then change the supermarket; we have a nasty habit of buying right away everything that will serve throughout the year. The notebooks and pens stocks you can also buy at a later time. Often, waiting, you will save; for more technical things (from the compass to the dictionaries), then, it is best to wait for the provisions of the professors in order to avoid unnecessary purchases or lacking; promotional offers and fixed-price kit, they are welcome because they can be affordable. If they are not the result of an agreement with consumer associations, which act as guarantor, however, compared the prices and check product quality, especially for the backpack (for which we do not recommend in any case the purchase, giving preference to the trolley ) “.
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