Cats And Coupons

I love online shopping. It’s awesome year round, because of the time it saves me. But I find it most helpful and invaluable during the holiday season. The biggest benefits of online shopping is not having to go to the store or mall. No hunting for a parking spot! No crowds. No lines. Nice! The second biggest benefit is that with online shopping you can buy online and then ship directly to the gift recipient – not needed for everyone but a big help to the last minute shopper. The third biggest benefit is the ability to compare pricing without going from store to store, or without making one phone call after another. What do you like, or dislike, about online shopping at the holidays?

One way some people save money is by shopping on cash back sites. I myself haven’t tried this but have heard a lot about it. In my efforts to shop smarter when I am ready to make a purchase I’m going to be checking these sites and comparing them to any other bargains I’ve found. Some of the popular cash back shopping sites are ebates.com and fatwallet.com. I’d love to hear about your experiences with these sites, if you use them.

I happen to enjoy comparison shopping. I am very comfortable going five pages deep in Google results trying to find the best prices. Some people are not so inclined. One popular way of shopping today is through the use of sites with shopping bots. These sites use bots to go out and scour the net for prices on an item. Then they compile all of the results and inclyde taxes and shipping. It makes comparison shopping a breeze. Popular shopping bot sites currently include shopzill.com, bizrate.com, pricegrabber.com and shopping.com. What’s your favorite comparison shopping site?

I happen to enjoy comparison shopping. I am very comfortable going five pages deep in Google results trying to find the best prices. Some people are not so inclined. One popular way of shopping today is through the use of sites with shopping bots. These sites use bots to go out and scour the net for prices on an item. Then they compile all of the results and inclyde taxes and shipping. It makes comparison shopping a breeze. Popular shopping bot sites currently include shopzilla.com, bizrate.com, pricegrabber.com and shopping.com. What are your favorite comparison shopping sites?

One way some people save money is by shopping on cash back sites. I myself haven’t tried this but have heard a lot about it. In my efforts to shop smarter when I am ready to make a purchase I’m going to be checking these sites and comparing them to any other bargains I’ve found. Some of the popular cash back shopping sites are ebates.com and fatwallet.com. I’d love to hear about your experiences with these sites, if you use them.

I don’t know where the year has gone. Thanksgiving is next week and Christmas is under six weeks away. I’ve figured out what I’m getting some people and am still stumped on others. We don’t have bluray. I’d love to get one for RB and have been watching the sales like a hawk. I’m hopeful to find the right deal for me in the next two weeks. I almost never do Black Friday deals that are in brick and mortar stores. It’s too crowded and people gobble up limited quantities in stores like turkey. I find just as many good deals online. Do you shop in brick and mortar stores on Black Friday?

If you’re looking to do some online shopping and want to save some money check out FreeShipping.org. FreeShipping is a site that offers free shipping coupons and coupon codes for many stores. Shoppers can browse by store, category, codes expiring soon and the most recent. I saw many popular stores and products on the site, about the only thing that I didn’t see there was term life insurance.  If you’re looking to save some money make sure to check here when you’re looking.

I recently got an email that Amazon has another venture called Warehouse Deals. The email said the site’s been up and running since 2004 but I’d never heard of it. Warehouse Deals offers open box, refurbished and slightly damaged merchandise. The pricing is said to be less than what the items are regularly on Amazon and great features such as free super saver shipping are available. Apparently the deals are also on Amazon at the same prices but this is just a site offering them all in one easy to find place. If a deal’s not in stock you’ll be offered an opportunity to buy the new version of it on Amazon at the Amazon price.

With the economy being terrible and our family suffering from the incredible shrinking income we’re trying to cut back and save money wherever possible. This includes using more coupons when grocery shopping whenever possible. We get the newspaper on Sundays and I won’t be waiting a week or two to go through the coupons any more. It’s a shame how many have been expired and gone to waste because I took so long to go through them. One tip for cutting coupons, turn off any ceiling fans before beginning or the coupons will blow right off of the table. I’ll also be looking for more printable coupons online. I am going to organize my coupons somehow, I think I’ll start with a big coupon wallet and see how that goes. It’s got to be an improvement over the big envelope that I’ve been using. I’ll also be trying to hang on to coupons to make the best use of them by pairing them with sales. So. Do you have any coupon tips to share?

One of the most popular sites for good deals is DealCatcher. The site is free to use and is constantly updated. It offers both online and printable coupons and store advertisements. There are also member forums that offer many things including deals, coupons, requests, tips, rebates, reviews and free items. Shoppers can browse coupons by store or category. They offer coupons for just about everything you can imagine, with the exception of diet products like Anoretix. I found some great deals on the site. One terrific deal that I found there today is the Logitech MX Revolution Cordless Laser Mouse at $37.19 with free shipping. I wanted to buy that mouse myself but it usually sells for $90-$100!