- These are the top 10 reasons
you should be shopping at Big Lots.
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As we get to those top 10 reasons,
just wanna remind everyone.
Big Lots, as you know it from the last couple of years,
has changed drastically.
I'm going to get to how it's changed and also
some crazy savings and deals you can score right now.
But one of the first big reasons to shop
at Big Lots is the reward program.
This is one of the most aggressive reward programs
that does not require any membership fees from you.
So yeah, you get some great benefits
to your Prime membership, but that's gonna cost you
over a hundred dollars a year.
If you join Costco, which has some incredible products,
or BJ's or Sam's club, you pay a membership fee
for a lot of the treatment
that you're going to find in their free rewards program.
So first things first,
three purchases that you make equals a $5 reward,
and you can combine rewards
from other offers too, which is great.
The furniture bonus is just like 50 free dollars.
There's some really solid VIP shopping days
throughout the year,
many of which are now offered online as well.
And a way where if you actually buy more,
you will get those rewards that are applied
toward future purchases, which is kind of like free money.
So that's interesting.
Big Lots has changed.
And the second big reason to shop there is a new CEO.
And while I don't know anything
about this individual personally,
I can tell you the changes made in the store kind of take
what we knew about Big Lots in the past,
which was a bit of a Walmart, a little bit of a Target,
some Dollar Store-type experiences,
Dollar Tree pricings, and Dollar General sprinkled
throughout the entire retail space.
It's no longer that.
It's a lot of the products you would find
at Pottery Barn at Walmart prices
and some products that you will find
from some big-name retailers at lower prices.
And I'm going to get to that in a moment,
but the third reason you should shop at Big Lots
in addition to the quality, and I will show you
which products you definitely want to purchase.
The clearance events that happen weekly
and are replenished weekly,
are one of my favorite things about shopping from Big Lots.
And for those of you that are watching right now,
I'm sharing my screen with you,
so you can just see how easily a lot
of the deals are dispersed
and then how you can actually navigate.
I mean, if you tried to do this on Costco's website,
I love Costco, but it is not easy to figure out specifically
which clearance deals apply to which.
There's no weekly flyers that you need to spend your time
with or apps that you need to run around with.
Big Lots has a very comprehensive store,
retail and website plan,
where you can see what's going on and you can make sure
that the addition savings are always applied.
I really like the level of transparency at Big Lots.
And before I get to some really cool insider secrets
and how to save and why you should continue to shop,
the weekly deals tab, that you see on the right side
of your screen, is the fourth reason
that you should be shopping at Big Lots.
And that's because if you click there, you will find,
there are not only widespread shopping events,
which I'll discuss in depth,
but the buy one, get one 50% off deals.
And there are some aggressive deals.
Many of which are phenomenal purchases.
The buy one, get one light bulbs.
Again, these are not off-brand light bulbs.
These are General Electric light bulbs, LEDs, incandescents.
Where if you look at the fact,
some of these bulb offerings are $3 for a two pack,
and then you get your second set of bulbs,
you're actually doing well.
And these discounts that you see applied
to things like storage cubbies,
and some of these storage solution shelves
as a buy one, get one.
I mean, this is going to top the Ikea pricing.
And many of the other competing store offers.
The quality is phenomenal.
And unlike many websites
where you can't even see the reviews,
there are a lot of reviews that are starting to populate
to help guide and steer some of your purchases at Big Lots.
One of the misconceptions about Big Lots is,
you're always getting older items
and you're buying items that are in fact,
not from well-known brands.
And while that does apply to certain purchases.
You definitely don't want to buy a TV
that's four or five years old.
And there was actually a fellow YouTuber
and she did this whole expose on Big Lots.
And she kept talking about
how Big Lots is the best store ever,
and you should buy everything there.
And there were different Shark vacuums
that were being picked up, and on electronics,
that's actually one thing I wouldn't buy at Big Lots,
but for a mattress, from a brand name
that might've been last year's model,
for a broom, it doesn't matter if that broom is three
or four years old, that the technology is not as important.
So that brings me to some of the mattresses
in the weekly event that you guys can see right here,
just on this Sealy Posturepedic mattress and some of the
other offerings that you're going to find.
If you cross-check these brands across both Sealy websites
and Overstock and other mattress retailers,
the discounts available at Big Lots, on specific items,
are not only more aggressive, it's the same thing.
So keep that in mind,
when you are looking at the weekly sales events
and some of those specific deals.
I don't wanna get into it too much,
but on the grocery deals 10 for 10,
that wouldn't be an example of everything
that is perfect at Big Lots.
A quick breakdown on the snacks.
We look at this pudding pack, just as an example,
something my daughter would love,
you get four puddings for a dollar.
So in fact, 10 of these would give you 40 puddings.
That all seems fine and dandy
until you actually do the math.
Just as an example, at Amazon,
not on the Subscribe And Save,
just a one-time purchase,
This is $10.80 for the same thing,
except you get a 12-count.
So if you do the math that actually works out to 25 cents
per pudding at Big Lots versus 22 cents at Amazon.
And that's before I've even invoked the Subscribe And Save.
So just put that into perspective that
just because a store is awesome in one category,
it doesn't mean every single purchase from there is perfect.
And the buy one, get ones and the furniture
and many of the patio deals I'm going to allude to
in a few moments, all awesome purchases,
but grocery items, it can be hit and miss.
So please keep that in mind.
The fifth reason you should shop
at Big Lots is the Broyhill brand.
That's a brand that's been around for a while,
and you're going to find all sorts of products
for every major category made by this brand.
And I would actually say that based on the quality of towels
and different decor items that I've examined,
the Broyhill brand is on par
with the Kirkland Signature brand
for the Costco lovers out there.
So you pick your item, but I am telling you,
if you see Broyhill, you are actually doing very well
specifically in the home decor items.
It is very trendy from what I'm told.
As you guys can tell from looking at me,
I've virtually no style and very low self esteem,
but this is something that does work.
I have very few friends too.
Except for the subscribers of this channel,
but I'm working on it.
This is a great brand
that you can stick with long term for quality.
The sixth reason you should shop at Big Lots is,
they offer same-day shipping to many zip codes,
and that list is growing.
And it seems to be that all of us associate
same-day shipping with stores like Amazon
and who would've thought Big Lots is providing that.
But the same-day delivery available
at select stores is a growing trend.
And just in the patterns that I've been looking,
the different zip codes that I've been checking,
this is something that will be rolled out more aggressively
over the course of the next few months.
So same-day shipping, and if you are looking
for the free shipping,
they do offer that right now on orders over 59 bucks.
I'm not so happy about that.
Hopefully that will get adjusted to free shipping
on really anything over 20 bucks or $25 on their website,
but progress now
in at least the same-day delivery department
and their logistics and their customer service
has actually tested better for me than Walmart
on many recent purchases.
So customer service as well,
a great thing to throw into this reason.
The seventh reason to shop at Big Lots, no credit needed.
And if you are someone that's looking
to have a large purchase that you can pay off
over a long period of time,
there is a great couple of promotions you can find
in addition to, as I mentioned,
that big rewards club where your next purchase is
at least 15% off, just for signing up.
If you do not have credit
or you looking to build your credit,
or you're rebounding from something
that didn't really work in your favor,
there are actual payment options on the website
and in-store for Big Lots.
So keep in mind, whatever it is that you're looking for,
there might be a way to help you pay
for the purchases that you need.
And that's a good way
that this retailer is catering to customers.
The eighth reason you should shop at Big Lots,
the furniture selection, and also the furniture quality.
What you guys might not know is other brands
like Ashley are actually working behind the scenes
to supply Big Lots with many of their furniture products
and often at a lesser price.
So Ashley obviously a dominant furniture brand
that you would find at other major retailers,
but you will also find them at Big Lots.
You don't need to go direct to Ashley.
You're going to find some aggressive discounts.
And while this is not the easiest thing to realize,
if you go through the shop by brand feature
on the Big Lots website, yes, there's Broyhill,
yes there's, what Ashley?
You can actually narrow
down your Ashley furniture selections.
And I will tell you that just based on the few tests
that I've done compared to Wayfair and Overstock,
you're going to do much better at Big Lots.
It's not something that you would conceive necessarily.
Lot of people have Big Lots equated
with this whole not so great quality,
really old stock product variety
that has changed significantly since the store revamped
and the new stores opening and the new CEO
and for whatever reason, but do keep that in mind,
when you are shopping for furniture.
The ninth reason you should shop at Big Lots is,
when they have stock and distribution agreements tied
to some major products,
they created something called a buyout alert.
And that is something that will require a little bit of work
on your part to keep track of these,
but you can sign up for their email newsletter,
or you can just watch people like me,
who on YouTube will tell you every time
there's a massive sale.
But the big buyout alert changes every week
and includes brands that you would find
at three to four times higher prices at different stores.
So Calphalon is a brand that they have
a specific distribution agreement with this week
and the toy brands, which I don't always recommend
at the Dollar Store, mainly because at some
of the Dollar Stores, they're featuring overseas toys
that aren't up to sometimes the same safety standards
that are available.
As a parent, I pay a lot attention to recall warnings,
but VTech, Barbie and brands that are a little bit
more heavily regulated and sold
at some of your favorite toy stores,
Crayola, all featured and all avail-
I mean, this is a,
my daughter's not quite ready for this,
but $3 for some of these Barbie accessories.
If you've shopped for things online, tied to Barbie,
you're going to notice
that many of these prices are unbelievable.
And the fact that, yeah,
this might be a Trolls washable marker set
from maybe a couple of years ago, but it's a dollar.
This exact same item is on sale right now
at Dollar Stores for $2.90.
Just to put that in perspective in-store.
So it's really important for us to sometimes go
to the stores where you wouldn't typically think
of buying toys.
And keep an eye on their Big Buyout Alert section,
which even for things like Scott Living, Tween Clothing,
all heavily reduced.
And the 10th reason you should shop at Big Lots,
patio furniture.
There's a clearance event running
from the start of patio season, right through to the end.
And I will tell you that with the Big Lot discounts,
it's almost a great deal every day.
I know that sounds like a really bad advertisement
for the store, but the patio furniture
just unbelievable what you can get.
And many of these discounts you see, don't change.
I find it really frustrating when patio sets at one price.
And then the next week, a 25% reduction becomes 50%.
Really what Big Lots does is they liquidate their lines
and they just move on to the next set of patio furniture
at that same reduction.
So you're going to do very well in terms of what you see.
A great tip that was imparted to me right now,
just as a bonus, check out the home decor section.
And whether it's accessories or throw pillows,
the curtains and window treatments are just awesome.
You're going to find that many of the decor items
that trend at stores like Pottery Barn,
or even some Restoration Hardware type looking items
are a fraction of the price versus
what you would spend at those other retailers.
So get your ideas online, go to Pottery Barn or Pier One
or William Sonoma, Restoration Hardware.
Just if you can, cross-check a lot of those styles
and items with a retailer like Big Lots,
and you're going to do really well,
spending a fraction of what you would
at those big-name stores.
So I hope you guys found this useful.
These are all categories that will yield a lot of savings
and some quick tricks that you can hopefully employ
just in terms of tackling your next big sales event
or that buy one, get one roundup,
which is every day and different categories.
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