Mattsmom277
Active Member
I'm feeling so super sleuthy lol. And kind of proud of myself. I not only saved enough money to add in a couple extra gifts to go under the tree, it will STILL leave money in my pocket I had budgeted. Simply from taking some time and being cautious on who gets my ill afforded money!
I purchased S/O a gorgeous Invictus watch online. Free shipping and after taxes it was $72.25. Original price was $395.00!!! THis was a Canadian offer for a Black Friday special (which I'd never known even existed for canada!)
Today I for once actually used 2 different stores "price match gaurantee". Searched all kinds of Canadian websites in order to find lowest prices on a few things possible. i was able to not stress the high cost of shipping had I ordered through those sites, and just focus on the lowest actual sale price. I printed out the offers with the web links and brought them with me.
I picked up Beatles Rock Band Limited Edition for easy child for $120 taxes included. The cheapest I could find it for was $169 for this particular version and required shipping at my cost at a price that was far more than I'd pay since it is such a massive big box it would have cost a fortune to ship. The less costly bundle was STILL more than $120 and didn't have the same instruments and other features.
I also got her Wacom Tablet for only $79.99 when the model I purchased for her was selling from $149-$169 in town here. I have to wait 3-4 days for the store to get it shipped from their warehouse, but I can handle that. They had me pay and then placed the order to confirm availability and delivery date.
I found a deal for Zhu Zhu pets. Paid $9 for a pet and received my choice of 3 available "play sets" for them priced at $16.00.
I have found advertisements that the sony readers are down to $98 at walmart, so going to print that from the walmart website and go to a local store where I'll get it for 10% less, which almost covers our taxes. On Nov. 2 split on one as a gift for my cousins son. It was $169. Walmart sold out the first day at the $98 price point and said they won't likely have them in stock in time to catch the sale price before the sale ends (not surprising). But I can still get the deal and sweeten it simply by printing the offer with the current date on it.
I really can't believe those price match gaurantees work for the big stores!
One guy who was speaking to me while ringing up my purchases told me they are all being pushed at his store to undercut any prices customers mention, simply to get the business and hopefully bring return business. He said they company told them that it is abuyers market in this economy this year and that most major companies are willing to switch prices to make themselves more attractive to buyers right now even if a product causes them a initial loss. Another place said the same thing, even saying their company has NEVEr allowed "haggling" but they are now being trained through the holidays to openly barter if they believe a customer would buy based on lowering purchase prices.
Hope some of you are getting such awesome deals!
I purchased S/O a gorgeous Invictus watch online. Free shipping and after taxes it was $72.25. Original price was $395.00!!! THis was a Canadian offer for a Black Friday special (which I'd never known even existed for canada!)
Today I for once actually used 2 different stores "price match gaurantee". Searched all kinds of Canadian websites in order to find lowest prices on a few things possible. i was able to not stress the high cost of shipping had I ordered through those sites, and just focus on the lowest actual sale price. I printed out the offers with the web links and brought them with me.
I picked up Beatles Rock Band Limited Edition for easy child for $120 taxes included. The cheapest I could find it for was $169 for this particular version and required shipping at my cost at a price that was far more than I'd pay since it is such a massive big box it would have cost a fortune to ship. The less costly bundle was STILL more than $120 and didn't have the same instruments and other features.
I also got her Wacom Tablet for only $79.99 when the model I purchased for her was selling from $149-$169 in town here. I have to wait 3-4 days for the store to get it shipped from their warehouse, but I can handle that. They had me pay and then placed the order to confirm availability and delivery date.
I found a deal for Zhu Zhu pets. Paid $9 for a pet and received my choice of 3 available "play sets" for them priced at $16.00.
I have found advertisements that the sony readers are down to $98 at walmart, so going to print that from the walmart website and go to a local store where I'll get it for 10% less, which almost covers our taxes. On Nov. 2 split on one as a gift for my cousins son. It was $169. Walmart sold out the first day at the $98 price point and said they won't likely have them in stock in time to catch the sale price before the sale ends (not surprising). But I can still get the deal and sweeten it simply by printing the offer with the current date on it.
I really can't believe those price match gaurantees work for the big stores!
One guy who was speaking to me while ringing up my purchases told me they are all being pushed at his store to undercut any prices customers mention, simply to get the business and hopefully bring return business. He said they company told them that it is abuyers market in this economy this year and that most major companies are willing to switch prices to make themselves more attractive to buyers right now even if a product causes them a initial loss. Another place said the same thing, even saying their company has NEVEr allowed "haggling" but they are now being trained through the holidays to openly barter if they believe a customer would buy based on lowering purchase prices.
Hope some of you are getting such awesome deals!