One of my colleagues posted on her Facebook shoutout "opt for therapyshopping". Well, she was right, shopping indeed is a therapy since itincreases your sense of wellbeing and in some way releases endorphins (justlike doing daily exercise) to make you feel happy.
Butwith the present financial crisis, with no salary increase, too much financialobligations and expanding family expenses, you think that it's quite difficultto enjoy shopping or not wise at all. Well, you are correct and wrong at the same time. The best thing there is smart shopping and do some strategy that fits inyour style of shopping.
Hereare some strategy to do smart shopping and saving at the same time.
*Make a list of all the necessary items you need:
Tryto prioritize your list accordingly. Thru this, it would be very easy to pick upthe most important items and if you're over budget just crash out the leastimportant stuff.
*Shop around:
Checkwhich mall and shop offers the best price. Look around first, try to compare theprices of the items, malls do have different prices per items.
*Takeadvantage of the mall discounts, promo and holiday deals. A 10% discount inyour purchase is already a big additional savings in your budget.
*Ifyou have credit cards, take advantage on their reward system:
CreditCards Company nowadays offer perks, bonuses, and reward deals to all theiractive clients. You can save much from these but let me remind you first, youhave to pay the bills in full by due date to avoid interest and incurredpenalty of under payment. Paying the minimum amount at your due date has a correspondinginterest charges based on the credit card company policies.
*Checkon Bazaars, Expos, and stall shops:
Bazaarsand other stall shops offer great deals on each item. Sometimes more than 20% discount beingoffered. And you know what? The best isyou can haggle. However, haggling shouldbe exercised with courtesy. Be polite with the sales staff. If they won't agree youare free to walk out or better yet talk to the manager or to the stall owner.Be polite and firm in haggling.
*Don’t always shop for luxury, branded or signature items:
Thoughpurchasing branded items make you feel good but this will sometimes drain your wallet. luxury and branded items are always very expensive (sometimes you will encounter discounts anyway) instead look for the quality, durable and authentic items that is comparable to the banded ones with of course lesser price.
Beware of the fake ones you might suffer fromthe intellectual property and anti piracy law.
Beware of the fake ones you might suffer fromthe intellectual property and anti piracy law.
*Shop online:
Internetshopping is cheaper and even sometimes free shipping fees. Try to check online shop and browse the bestdeals on offer.
Items such as clothes, software, shoes, watches and even electronics can be found in many sites such as Amazon, olx, sulit.com, andother online store.
What I like with internet shopping is that it saves more ofyour time and is very convenient. Online shopping is hassle free and alltransaction is taken cared with the online shop even deliveries. All you haveto do is use your debit card, PayPal, credit card or merchant card. Note that Amazon .com doesn’t usually chargesales tax and that is like 10% discount in itself.
Also try to check bargainonline sales. You could definitely save money and most of all your precioustime.
Items such as clothes, software, shoes, watches and even electronics can be found in many sites such as Amazon, olx, sulit.com, andother online store.
What I like with internet shopping is that it saves more ofyour time and is very convenient. Online shopping is hassle free and alltransaction is taken cared with the online shop even deliveries. All you haveto do is use your debit card, PayPal, credit card or merchant card. Note that Amazon .com doesn’t usually chargesales tax and that is like 10% discount in itself.
Also try to check bargainonline sales. You could definitely save money and most of all your precioustime.
So,that’s all! I guess with these simple strategies you could save some money andthe best is expanding your budget.
Enjoy smartshopping everyone!
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