20 Strange Money Saving Hacks Use These Tricks For The Best Deal Shopping Online
[0:00:00] Twenty amazing shopping hacks.
Gentlemen, I guarantee you’re going to learn how to save money in today’s video.
[Music] Number one, gentlemen, have a plan, have a
list, wait for the deal.
You know you want to buy things off-season because you’re going to save a lot of money,
but 70% of the time we purchase things and there was no plan, it was an impulse buy.
When you know that, you want to set up systems, so you don’t go out there and spend all
these money that you didn’t plan to spend.
Hack number two.
Shop on the right days of the week.
So, if you want to save money online, look Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays.
Those are going to be your best days to find deals online.
If you’re going out in person, then Fridays starting at noon ‘til Saturdays at about
noon you’re going to find the best deals.
Hack number three.
Identify the brands that you love and share your information with them, give them your
e-mail, allow text alerts, go ahead and become part of their secret club, whatever it may
be, follow them on social media.
Oftentimes, they want to grow their own following, they’re going to give the best deal to their
super fans.
Hack number four.
Leverage the wisdom of crowds.
You want to find those websites you want to find those forms that actually have people
who are curating all the information out there.
They’re identifying the brands, they have the sales, they identify, okay, exactly how
to do this work around so that you can save and how to stack these coupons.
That’s the information you’re looking for.
These guys bring it all together.
When you find those websites, they’re gold.
Tip number five.
Ask for the discount.
Are you a student?
Are you a veteran?
Are you over the age of 55?
Are you paying with cash?
Are you a member of certain insurance companies?
Ask for the discount.
If there’s not a discount code, you can oftentimes just e-mail them ask for the discount.
If you’re denied, call them ask for the discount.
Depending on who you’re speaking with, you may actually they may send you, oh, I can’t
give you this one, but I can give you this.
You’ve got to ask for the discount.
Now, guys, just like you, I love a great deal, but you know what I hate?
Whenever I’m at the checkout page and I see that discount code, I quickly go look
for that discount code, find what I think to be a discount code after about 5 to 10
minutes of research and all of a sudden I click to that link and no discount is given.
The discount code didn’t work, I end up not wanting to even purchase it because I’m
not going to get that 20% off and then, I spend 30 minutes searching for a discount
code that doesn’t even exist.
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It always auto populates the best discount for you automatically, so you always get the
best deal.
I had to purchase this teapot, our other one died and I save $3.
Now, that may not sound like a lot, but let me show you this right here.
Gents, as you can see I’m over here at Amazon and so, I’m looking for a camera.
Boom!
Type that in.
I shop all the time on Amazon.
I’m going to – okay, I want someone that’s got, you know, some decent stars.
That one, but looking at this one.
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Hack number six.
Connect to the in-store Wi-Fi whenever you have to sign up for their Wi-Fi oftentimes
it will send you a discount code.
Boom!
Right there.
Hack number seven.
Promote them on social media.
You know what I’m talking about that pop- up comes up, hey, promote us to all your friends
on Facebook, we’ll give you 20% off.
Okay, go ahead and promote them, get that 20% off discount, use it and then if it really
bothers you, go delete that promotion.
Hack number eight.
Avoid dynamic pricing by shopping incognito or clearing out your cache.
Basically, they’re tracking if you’ve been to this website before they treat you
differently.
You want to be a first time visitor, they oftentimes get the best deals.
Hack number nine.
Use price comparison websites.
Very effective when you have basically the product ID number, if you do a search with
that, boom, all of a sudden you can look across the web find the best price.
Hack number ten.
Price match.
So, you found a better deal over here, but you really like this company over here.
You bought from there before you trust them they’ve got great shipping.
So, you say, hey, can you match this price over here and show it to them, oftentimes
they will.
Hack number eleven.
Stack coupons, stack discounts.
Everything in the store is 20% off.
You’ve also got that other 20% off coupon code that you’ve got.
You just got a 15% off because you’re using their Wi-Fi.
Oh, and you get another 10% off because you’re a student.
Bring it all together if they’ll let you.
And understand the rules online and in the physical store are often different.
So, just because they won’t allow you to do it online doesn’t mean you can’t take
it into the store and use it there.
[0:05:00] Next up, do not let them get you on the shipping.
Pay attention to what threshold you have to get pass to get the free shipping and make
sure that if need be, you batch your purchases together so that you get that free shipping.
All right.
So, you got that free shipping, now, the next hack is pay attention to that return policy.
Make sure if you’re buying it online you’re not sure about the size, maybe you’re buying
it in-store, but it’s going to be a gift, look at can I return this.
If it’s a final sale if it’s basically a closeout, understand you can’t necessarily
take that back.
Now, this next hack is really sneaky.
So, you’ve already given them your e-mail address, you are ready to check out, everything
is in your cart and you just abandoned your cart.
Why do this?
Because a lot of companies have it set up so that they will automatically e-mail you
and give you even a bigger discount so that you complete that purchase.
Hack fifteen.
Pay attention to the card that you use to make the purchase.
So, why don’t use the retailer’s card, oftentimes you’re going to say 10%, 15%,
20%.
Well, I know some of you guys don’t want to do that because they’ve got high interest
rates.
Well, make sure that you’ve got a specific points card, one that you’re getting miles
on, something that you’re getting rewards on.
Now, let’s say you don’t want to use either those options, consider buying a gift card
in – basically the one in store.
Why?
Because sometimes they’ve got this amazing deals.
I remember I found one.
For every $100 gift card you buy, they gave you an extra $20 on top of it.
I bought two of them because I was spending that particular day about $220.
Well, guess what?
I saved $20 right there immediately and I had $20 still left in this card.
I made $40 by just being observant of that gift card deal.
Now, this next hack is great if you’re traveling.
When you make a purchase find out, hey, can you actually ship this to my house?
I know one particular menswear store, they will ship it for free.
I will save on in-state taxes and it just basically makes my travel less hassle.
I usually have one small carryon, so, boom, I go in I buy all these suits all these shirts,
it is delivered right to my door and I save money.
So, this next hack is a habit that you need to develop.
Every time you make a purchase, look at the receipt make sure you are not overcharged.
Gentlemen, depending on where you’re at, 3% to 5% error rate on checkouts especially
if it’s manual.
So, you’re in a store you’re purchasing multiple items, sometimes – I remember talking
one out of twenty times you will get double charge, make sure to catch it.
Oh, and always keep those receipts because if you forget to use a discount code, you
can actually contact many companies and you can give them your receipt number, they will
check that discount code and you can get it applied after the fact.
Now, this next hack is about holding companies accountable.
If you paid for one or two day shipping and it’s late and it had a tracking number and
didn’t get there when it was supposed to, basically call up the company.
I’ve done this with Amazon and I have gotten a credit because it didn’t arrive when they
said it would.
So, this next hack I just used the other day.
We had to buy new washing machine.
I went into a store, purchased the washing machine and have it delivered.
I’m very happy with it until I got a flyer that Sunday and I looked at I see the same
washing machine for $150 cheaper at the same store.
I called them up and, yes, if you oftentimes reach out to a company within two weeks, they
will actually give you that discount even though you bought it a higher price.
All right, gentlemen, so now it’s your turn.
I want to hear from you down in the comments what did you learn, which of these hacks did
you love, do you have something to add, did I miss – I know there were some I could
have added, but I felt that these were really good ones guys.
So, let me know down in the comments.
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