Internet Shopping Bargain Challenge
One of the cool things about shopping on the internet is there are so many bargains to take advantage of if only we take a minute to look. Look at the examples below and you’ll be convinced how easy and how useful this is.
One of the gifts I purchased last week was a package of Omaha Steaks. I remembered earlier in the year seeing a discount on Ebates.com so I popped over there for a look. Sure enough they had a great deal. I ended up with $5 dollars in direct savings plus $3 of Ebates on a $50 dollar package. Total overhead was about ten minutes of time. All told it took less time to find the savings and place the order than it would to run into a bricks and mortar and pick up something similar.
Another gift I purchased was a photo book from Kodak.com. This took me quite a bit of time to put together but this was an effort I expected. I finally finished late last week and fired off the order. This morning I went to clean up my junk email folder and discovered an email from Kodak for 20% off to finish the photo book. Yikes! $10 wasted.
It reminded me to always check for deals before buying. The photo book deal and others pop up immediately with a simple web search. Personally I use Google.com and Ebates.com (and now my junk mail folder).
My Internet Shopping Bargain Challenge to myself and to my readers is to always spend a few minutes checking for coupons, discounts, promotions and other bargians when buying pricey items online. You’ve seen that this can work, now go do it! You’ll save a ton.