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Haggling For Bargains

Posted by Jennifer Touchette on February 8, 2009 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Please consider the idea of haggling: a buyer negotiating with a seller to get a lower price. It sounds like a great way to save money. Why am I not doing it?
I believe that like other consumers, haggling just isn’t on my radar:

I pay what I see on the price tag without question. [...]

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Categories: Personal Finance, Saving Money, Shopping, bargains, frugal, getting discounts, haggle, haggling, save money

Using Discount Programs to Save Money

Posted by David G. Mitchell on January 21, 2009 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Earlier today I had to buy a backpack. I had to buy a backpack because my high school aged son managed to break his current backpack. Now, I am not really sure how one breaks a backpack. Indeed, until today, I did not believe that one could actually break a backpack. [...]

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Categories: Budgeting, Coupons, Personal Finance, Saving Money, Shopping, bargains, discount programs, discounts, frugal, good deals, save money, savings prgrams, store reward programs

Trip to the 99-Cent Store

Posted by Amy L. Fontinelle on January 20, 2009 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

The first time I went to the 99-cent store was about four years ago. I went primarily out of curiosity, and I was pretty creeped out. I was mostly interested in looking at the food, and it seemed like everything they sold was one letter off from the brand name item: Rice Krispis, Milk-e-way, you [...]

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Categories: $1.00 store. shopping, 99 cent store, Billy Vasquez, Food / Groceries, Personal Finance, Saving Money, Shopping, bargains, cheap groceries, dollar store, frugal, the 99 cent chef