According to the National Retail Federation, a family spends an average of $696.70 per year on school supplies. We have created this school supplies buyers guide to try and help people save time and money.

Why waste time and money in retail stores when you can have everything sent directly to your door?

In order to help simplify things, we are going to use a real list from the Saddle Brooke School District to see just how much money you can save using Amazon.

Below you can see we need: 4 3-ring binders, at least 500 sheets of loose leaf, 10 dividers, Pens, Pencils, Highlighters, Folders and Whiteout.

Saddle Brooke School District Supplies List

Using what we needed above, I found everything you need on amazon in the table below:

Final total for this school supplies buyers guide?

$72.64

That’s way less than the average $696.70! As you can see you can realize massive savings by buying these things online. Avoid the waiting in line in retail and have everything delivered directly to your door! Set it and forget it, the secret to saving time and money.

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