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Groupon, sales and price checking

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So,  I signed up for Groupon around 6 months ago,  and to be honest, I have never used it.  I heard through work that Groupon has all these great deals, but over the last 6 months I haven’t noticed any.

I am not sure if it’s just me but it seems like in most cases the deals they offer aren’t deals.  For example on Friday a Groupon came in for picture people the deal was $16.00 for in-studio photo shoot with option of eight photo sheets ($16.00 ).  This deal right here isn’t a deal,  the 8 sheets are for one pose,  is actually not a good deal compared to what they are offering on their website. Right now Picture people is advertising on their website 25 sheets, one pose for $18.00 ,  In short I can get a better deal without Groupon right now.

As of today I really haven’t found any good deals in which I would use Groupon for.  And it makes me wonder if people who are using Groupon are actually researching these deals.

I am a strong believe that you should never buy anything at full price and you should always shop around for the better price.  If you have the ability to wait till it goes on sale (Food doesn’t count) , yet it may take time but i wait and if I can’t get it on sale then it wasn’t meant to be.  That includes my cloths, electronics, movies, music and phones.

Before I buy anything , I always think about 1) the price and 2) where I want to buy it from.  Yes I might be able to get it cheaper from amazon but I would rather pay more for customer service and or to support a local store.

This also goes for my kindle, I have a kindle for reading on the city bus,  I don’t really buy books from amazon but rent them from  my local library.  and when I buy books I try to buy them from my local books stores  (Changing Hands and Thirty Joe’s) or Barnes and Noble ( the last big bookstore).  I would rather pay more money now  to know that these places will be open in 6 months to 6 years  to 60 years than save a few dollars.  Sometimes its worth spending the extra cash to have these places around, than it is to save.

I guess what I am saying is that I  miss you Borders .

Disney and Huggies

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To Disney and Huggies

I received a questioner today in my email regarding my purchasing of Huggies.

Please understand that I didn’t buy the package Huggies diapers  because there are Mickey, or Pooh characters on it.  I bought it ’cause I had a coupon and with that coupon  it was cheaper than the Target brand was on that day. No, Disney and Huggies, I do not care who or what design is on the diapers, and this doesn’t affect my choice on what to buy.  The only thing that I ever think about when buying diapers is 1) price 2 ) size and amount per box and 3) will they do the job. My children diaper’s are almost always covered by their cloths so really a design means nothing.    But thank you for asking.