I love a good bargain!

I am not a big shopper. Shopper in the sense of enjoying going to stores and malls. That requires money we just don’t have. When I need to buy something, whether it be for us, for the house or for someone else, I always do one of two things and sometimes both. The first thing I do is research my pricing. This requires time. I start by finding out what I think I should pay for it. I do this by surfing the web. I’ve been known to go twenty pages deep in Google looking for the best prices. Then I wait a while and watch to see what happens to pricing. I almost never buy in a hurry or on an impulse. If it’s something new that I want I also tell my Mom, the greatest bargain hunter of all time. She knows when and where to find the best sales. She actually stalks the sales at Kohls and knows when the next scheduled markdowns will take place. She’s been known to go from location to location of a store to pick up different things. It is truly amazing what she can do.

The best bargain I have gotten in the last couple of years was my last coffee machine, which I loved – $35 at Kohls, reduced from $99, thanks to Mom. The best bargain I ever got was on my truck. My truck cost about $8,000 less where I bought it than it cost here at home. It doesn’t sound so strange to shop for a car while on vacation now, does it?

When I’m shopping online for something the first thing I do is find the best price I can. Then I start looking for coupons and discount codes. Thanks to the Parent Bloggers Network, I have learned about a new place to look for coupons and deals. It’s the site Couponers.com. Couponers.com allows users to search by store, category and tag. Their site is constantly updated to make the site user friendly as well as include new deals. Users have the ability to also mark whether a deal worked for them or not. So, if you’re a bargain hunter, check out Couponers.com next time you’re hunting.

Tags: bargains, deals, Money

Category: Family, Tech