Jessica Shops: Back-to-school electronics and clothing deals

Grade up on tech items for school

NextWorth.com: Gone are the simple days of crayons, paste and scissors — kids want gadgets. Bigger needs and tighter budgets require shopping creativity, which is why I love NextWorth.com. Here, you can recycle your old electronics for cash. Simply find your item in the database, send it in and get paid. Payouts I discovered include an Apple iPhone 4 worth $261, an 8GB iPod touch worth $92 and even a Call of Duty video game worth $17. Or, do a trade-in at Target Mobile locations nationwide and receive a prepaid Target card for the value of the trade-in, or credit toward a new purchase.

Stock up for school

Rhea Lana’s Children’s Consignment Event: Save big at the consignment sale next weekend. Selection includes high chairs, swings, bouncy seats, portable cribs, car seats, strollers, beds and bedding, changing tables, toys, maternity clothing and costumes. And don’t forget the clothes — brands including Baby Lulu, Ragsland, Bailey Boys, Kellys Kids, Justice, Ralph Lauren, Gap, Strasburg, Lily Pulitzer, Janie and Jack, Anavini, Papo d’ Anjo, Gymboree and Pollilops. Sale runs Wednesday-Aug. 21 at the Perimeter Village Shopping Center, 4745A Ashford Dunwoody Road, Atlanta (the former Borders building).

Crazy school savings

Crazy 8: During the back-to-school sale find pants and jeans for less than $12, popular graphic tees less than $8, shorts for less than $10 and 25 percent off uniforms.

The full Jessica Shops column appears in the Deal Spotter section of the AJC on Thursdays. Visit the Jessica Shops website for more great finds.

More back-to-school deals:

• Save on college textbooks
• Back-to-school sales require strategic shopping

– By Lauren Davidson, Atlanta Bargain Hunter

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