Wow, I cannot believe that we are just one moth away from celebrating Christmas witch is seven weeks away minus getting gifts to ship or to put under the tree, so its almost six weeks to get this done, so how to score the best deals?
Black-Friday and Cyber-Monday: The days when stores would wait to have the “Black-Friday” deals the next day after Thanksgiving is some what for the most part is over in many thanks to the pandemic COVID-19 where people where asked to say home, avoid non essential travel, social distancing and now they have started to give sneak peaks of what they will be discounting for “Black-Friday” and now for “Cyber-Monday” that normally would have to wait until Black-Friday has passed by having deals in store or online and some exclusive to instore or online only.
Price matching: Some stores like Walmart will do a price match for an item that is shipped and sold by Walmart. If you have the Walmart app, use the app to scan the barcode on the store shelf or the item and see what the price is on the store shelf and what is says online and then when you go to checkout, let the employee know that the item is sold and shipped by Walmart and the price and they will give you the online price.
Coupons: Most stores will accept coupons from the news paper and from a manufacture coupons, but coupons printed from online they may not accept them so be sure to check the store’s coupon policy and it may very depending on store location or at the discretion of the manager.
Loyalty rewards: A lot of stores have created a loyalty reward program that you can get exclusive deals and savings. Example: Food Lion has a loyalty reward program that is free to join and you can clip coupons directly to your MVP card, get exclusive deals like buy one get one free, or save a dollar 1.50 MVP only and all you need to so is scan or enter your phone number at the time of checkout.
Third-party sites i.e. eBay, OfferUp/Letgo, Facebook Marketplace: Sometimes you can score deep savings when it comes to shopping on third-party sites such as but not limited to: eBay, OfferUp/Letgo, Facebook Marketplace, ect. You can even get exclusive offers where you save even more by watching, or submitting or asking the seller, but this also comes at a risk as well. Some sellers do not allow the item to be returned.
Pawn and thrift shops: Much like shopping on third-party sites i.e. eBay, OfferUp/Letgo, Facebook Marketplace you can score deep savings when you shop at a pawn and thrift shop as this supports your local economy and most of the time you can see the item before you buy it. Some may offer you a return or exchange or store credit within x amount of time.