Shopping Online – Let’s talk about using coupons and pinching your pennies!
We’ve been talking about pinching your pennies and using coupons to save money. Last night we mentioned the concept of never paying full price again. We love the idea of never having to pay full price. This idea works far past shopping at the grocery store. When we want to save money, we want to save money on everything, all the time. Not just some of the time or in some situations. One good way to do this is to shop online.
Shopping online provides a new shopping experience for many people. Believe it or not there are many people who have never shopped online. Shopping online is a lot like shopping around town, there are lots of choices and places to shop. Most major retailers have websites where they offer the same products found in their stores. There are also many retailers who just sell products online through their websites. Many times items can be found online at great savings. Lots of times an item will be cheaper online than it is in the store. Many online retailers off free shipping or have other kinds of promotions.
Most internet retailers offer discounts by providing discount coupon codes for things like free shipping, percentages off or fixed dollar amounts off a purchase. Using these discount codes is easy and it increases your savings. There are many places online that compile lists of these codes for shoppers. There is a list of discount coupon codes for most of the popular online retailers here on Pinching Your Pennies. Find it by clicking on Online Coupons & Codes at the top of the page. Along with discount codes, many websites like this have areas devoted to sharing internet shopping deals. Our blog features the best deals around the web every day. We scour popular retailers and bring you the best deals. Taking a look each day will help you avoid missing the best money saving deals online.
Shopping online has also become extremely safe. When there is a data breach at an online retailer many people panic and become afraid of shopping online. Shopping online at a reputable retailer is actually very safe and panic is usually needless. One good tip to remember is to be smart and choose to enter your credit card number each time instead of storing it on the different websites.
When talking about shopping online and saving we also have to look at other kinds of saving. Lots of times shopping online can help you avoid running from store to store looking for a deal or special item. Save gas, save the money spent on snacks or lunch – it all adds up. Your time is also very valuable. Saving time can be factored in to the overall savings you get when you shop online.
With a better price, no shipping charges, increased internet shopping security, no hassle of going to the store and further discounts available with coupons codes, online shopping is growing in popularity. It has become a first stop for many smart shoppers. Shopping online is a great way to pinch your pennies.
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What is Food Storage? Let’s talk about using coupons and pinching your pennies!
What is Food Storage?
The next and probably most powerful step to successful coupon use is building up a usable food storage or a home store. Usable food storage is a great way to save money and be prepared for emergencies. A useable food storage contains multiples of the items you commonly use. Having six months of a useable food storage is a great preparedness idea and will help you save money.
The concept behind building food storage is simple. When a great deal is found, buy in bulk. Stocking up at your preferred price will save you money. This means you are buying your groceries and other household items at your idea of a best price. By doing this you will almost always get to pay what you want for your items, not what the stores feel they should charge you on a regular basis. Take pancake syrup for example. If you find a great sale on pancake syrup, and maybe you can even use a coupon too, buy what your family will realistically use before the syrup goes bad. When you run out of syrup you will be able to go to your food storage, or home store, and get some from there. You have paid your preferred low price for it instead of paying whatever it costs at the store the week you run out.
As you shop for items and build your food storage it is important to remember to only buy what you will actually use. If you buy too much of something, it is money wasted. If you buy something you will never use, it is money wasted. Lots of new coupon users fall into this trap. When a deal is amazing, you want to get as much as you can. Using smart shopping skills and remembering to buy only what you need will save you money. Throwing unused food and other item away is just like throwing money away.
Donating items to charity can be easy and fun when you shop with coupons. This is the only time I think it is ok to buy things that you won’t use. If you buy things to donate, just be sure to donate them before they go bad. There are usually lots of items that are free and cheap with coupons that can be donated easily.
Building a usable food storage and a home store are the reason why accumulating multiple coupons is necessary. To do this you usually need multiple coupons. If you want to stock up on laundry detergent, be sure to gather multiple coupons for the brand you want to purchase. Remember you can use one coupon per item purchased.
Buying a lot of one thing at a great price can lead to never having to pay full price again. For example, buying six months of cereal at a great price means cereal will not need to be purchased again until you run out. This can be done with many food items and most household goods. This is probably most powerful step to successful coupon use. It will feel great and look great at checkout when you realize that you will never have to pay full price again. Stay tuned tomorrow when we talk more about pinching your pennies!