5 Web Tools that Will Help You Save Money During College

When you are in college, money is usually scarce and you're always looking for ways to save it. In this article I am going to talk about 5 great webtools that will allow you to save a couple of bucks when you're looking for school supplies.

- Amazon.com
Do you spend more than 500 dollars on books each school year or semester at your campus bookstore? Well if you do then get ready to amaze yourself with the discounted prices on books that you can get at Amazon.com. When you are looking for books for your next classes, look here first. You are sure to save at least a 100 dollars per semester on books. You can find new and used books at prices that your campus bookstore cannot offer you. They also sometimes have free delivery if you spend a certain amount of money. Look for your books here early and get them before classes start! You can also sell your books after you're done with them here as well, thus getting some money back for yourself.

- ThinkFree.com
If you're in need of Microsoft Office during your college years but you don't have the 200 dollars needed to purchase the full version of this then you're in luck. ThinkFree.com is a webapp services that will allow you to use their site as an alternative to Microsoft Office 2007 for free. They will even throw in 1GB of free storage for you. ThinkFree allows its users to use Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and there are many more services coming soon as well. You can save, share, email, or print out anything that you create there and everything is compatible with the Microsoft products as well.

- Downloads.com
Downloads.com will be your one stop place for all kinds of software and computer utilities during college. There are some students who go out and spend hundreds of dollars for computer software during college without knowing that there are freeware sites like Downloads.com that offer all of that for free. At Downloads.com you can find links to great software sites, as well as web application sites. Check this place out for free alternatives to the expensive software you don't want to have to go out and buy.

- AIM Phoneline/Messenger
AIM Phoneline is something new that most people who hate AOL would even consider using. AOL will give you a free local phone number that you can use to give out to everyone you know. They can then call you and even leave you voice messages whenever they want. All you need is a headset and a computer connection to use this service. This is something that can save you money on phone bills. The AIM messenger can also help you save money by allowing you to send free SMS messages to whomever you want without limits. It also allows you to chat with your AIM buddies where you can share files, pictures, videos, and even cool emotions. AIM Phoneline and Messenger will save you as much money as you want it to, it can even become your main phone number, text-messaging application, and messenger service where you're sure to save hundreds during the college years. Sign up for this at http://www.aim.com (for the messenger), and at http://aimphoneline.com (for the free local phone number/voicemail).

- MediaMax
MediaMax.com will be the place where you store all kinds of files. This web tool will help you save money during college by allowing you to not have to buy a portable storage device at all. MediaMax offers 25GB of free online storage without exceptions or credit cards needed at any time. All you have to do is sign up for a free and secure account at their site and you can start uploading all of your backup files on to there to have access to them whenever and wherever you're at.