|
|
| Know You Retailer and Save More Money |
|
|
 |
|
Why are retailer habits important? It is a
well-known business policy that it is easier to keep current customers
than it is to attract new ones. It is, therefore, in the best interest of
any retailer to be predictable in their selling habits. You can learn their
patterns by signing up for the newsletter where the retailer will email you
exactly when and where the markdowns are. Here's a list of the most popular
retailers. |
|
| |
|
Amazon
This is the largest online retailer so it will pay to learn how to find their
best deals. Every Friday, Amazon lists 90-125 or so items at a reduced price as
part of their (aptly named) Friday Sale. Most likely you won't find something
you need, but you never know!On days other than Fridays, visit their
Today's Deals section which, awkwardly enough, usually has better deals and
many more items! These are often with mail-in rebates.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Best Buy, Circuit City, CompUSA, Office Depot, OfficeMax, and Staples
These guys are fiercely competitive and at no time does that show more than on
Sundays. At the same time as their newspaper circulars are printed, many deals
are posted online. FunkyFoof lists many of these deals, which tend to be
technology related, each Sunday. These bargains are typically available through
the next Saturday, but the best deals sell out early, sometimes by Sunday
morning. This is truly
where the early bird gets that cheap digital camera!
It is tough to say whether any of these retailers
offer better prices than the other, as the prices are very similar. Just
remember that you most likely will have to pay tax since all these guys have
brick-and-mortar stores in most states. For the most
part, anything not advertised on their Sunday Specials can usually be found
cheaper elsewhere online, like from Amazon and Buy.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
DELL
If you decide to remember only one
thing from this page, let it be that you should NEVER purchase anything from
DELL without a code. Funkyfoof lists these codes
as they are published. Codes are published every 2-3 days and are either
percentage-off or dollar-off codes, sometimes both. If two codes exist they can
sometimes be "stacked", which means they can be applied together to get double
savings. Codes are usually published with an expiration date and time, but DELL
has a habit of discontinuing these codes after a certain number of uses
(typically 2000 or 2500). Some of these codes are so hot (e.g. the infamous 41%
OFF all computers released 10/04) that they expire almost minutes after
published. That is the advantage in checking with Funkyfoof daily.
DELL not only sells computers, but
they have very good deals on other electronics, including digital cameras. With
a code, digital cameras are often cheaper than both Amazon and Buy.com.
Join the DELL Newsletter to get the
codes emailed to you when they are published. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
