these are 10 shopping hacks guaranteed
to save you money each and every time
you visit your favorite store hack
number one did you know that most stores
have an extensive price adjustment
policy that isn't always so visible that
could really work to your advantage if
you ever worry you're not getting the
best deal at the best time or if you're
making a purchase and you have an
inkling feeling the price might drop at
a later date many retailers allow you a
chance to bring in a receipt and get a
refund or credit toward the difference
after the fact
costco's price adjustment policy is 30
days home depot is 30 days for
appliances but 90 days for everything
else that's a whopping three months if
you're not buying an appliance target
has a 14 day price adjustment policy
walmart is seven days and while amazon
doesn't publish its info from my
experience up to a week after delivery
if the item that you bought drops in
price very frequently an amazon customer
service rep is willing to make a price
adjustment or get you that refund so if
you take all of this into account if
there's a high ticket item that you know
will be at a lower price for an occasion
like black friday or cyber monday and
you don't want to wait till that big day
and risk the item selling out just look
at the price adjustment policy buy the
item a week two weeks a month before
black friday and then seek an adjustment
after the fact and you don't have to
worry about that item selling out hack
number two is tied to groceries and
knowing a precise window to shop if you
are looking for something from a deli
counter or a specialty item like a
rotisserie chicken visit the store of
your choice after seven or eight o'clock
in the evening and many items will be
marked down to clearance pricing at this
point before the next day rolls around i
want to use my local walmart deli as an
example but this trick as i said could
apply anywhere i visited the store at 7
15 pm and as you can see not only are
many new items marked down or on
clearance but this was not the case when
i checked the exact same area of the
store earlier in the day on several big
deli purchases i could be saving
anywhere from 10 to 25 on my grocery
bill speaking of grocery stores
retailers are really gonna hate me when
i share hack number five so make sure
you wait around for that but first hack
number three pay very close attention to
the per item price and unit weight on
the price tag when i'm trying to compare
the size and price of products to make
sure i'm getting the most bang for my
buck i always pay very close attention
to how stores indicate price in relation
to product weight the biggest package is
not always the cheapest let's use this
pack of albacore tuna as an example the
tuna in the sealed pack is a dollar
sixty-four and it contains 2.5 ounces of
tuna or 74 grams this can of the exact
same tuna is 6 cents less per can and at
a dollar 58 it contains 4 ounces of
drained tuna versus the 2.5 ounces so
you're getting more tuna for less money
stores will often use different units of
measurement side by side shifting from
pounds to grams to fluid ounces so that
extra minute of math you do in your head
or on your smartphone can save you some
serious cash another great example of
this i found the 62 count container of
cascade pods priced at
18.67
look at the price tag right under it on
the store shelf the tag indicates that
18.67
price works out to 54 cents per ounce
now to confuse you a bit if you're not
sure if that's a good deal the smaller
21-pod package that contains the exact
same thing right above it is priced at
seven dollars and 34 cents
this package has a store sticker
indicating
35 cents per pod
that's not easy for a customer to
compare why is one package of pods
measured in ounces and the other one
measured per pack
in this case the larger unit works out
to 34 cents per pot you can obviously
just divide the cost into the number of
pods but stores play with the unit types
to sway a shopper in one direction which
is often tied to which products the
stores need to sell first not what the
better value happens to be hack number
four understand the end of the month is
your friend when it comes to that big
ticket item you might have heard that
when purchasing a car it often pays to
shop at the end of the month so
commissioned sales people eager to make
their final monthly quota might cut you
an additional break
but you can actually apply the same
tactic of shopping at the end of the
month to all sorts of purchases where a
store associate is incentivized the same
way that means in addition to cars and
rvs furniture stores appliance stores
even larger home theater purchases will
benefit you if you shop at the end of
the month so you can score a price
reduction or some other bonuses to
sweeten a deal before i explain how you
can use the way stores track you to your
advantage for hack number five have you
ever noticed that those grocery shopping
carts we all push around seem to be
getting bigger and bigger that's on
purpose grocery stores are trying to
capitalize on our strange innate need to
fill our shopping carts the bigger the
cart the more room we all feel we have
to buy more items it's psychological and
a little hack i found as a way to
outsmart them and stay on budget is to
always use a shopping basket instead of
a cart or if you can't carry around a
cart with ease or you want the
convenience of a shopping cart put a
shopping basket inside the cart and use
this size parameter as a better way to
gauge just how much you're buying if you
have a child or a grandchild or you can
borrow someone else's kid with their
permission put the child in the shopping
cart this also does the job as a tie-in
another psychological hack to stay on
top of how stores physically place
products inside their stores is to
understand the most in-demand and
essential items are always at the back
of the store that's bread milk eggs
meaning you need to walk through all the
aisles and you'll add all sorts of other
items to your shopping cart before you
leave also have you ever noticed that
your grocery store is regularly shifting
around items inside the store they're
moving sections i know my local walmart
loves to do this where i start thinking
i'm crazy this is done to deliberately
disorient us just a little bit so we
spend time making our way through aisles
we would not typically visit costco
which happens to be one of my favorite
stores is definitely guilty of this
tactic costco will not only shift items
regularly throughout the store but not
one aisle has any type of label or
signage to further increase that
confusion finally if you're trying to
stick to a budget but you still need
your essentials stick to the outer rim
of a store as much as possible you'll
find all the essential items on the
perimeter of the store the processed
foods and non-essential items are
usually on the inner aisles i will get
to that online tracking hack in a moment
but first for hack number six if you or
someone you know wears glasses know that
you can often score a price that's 30 to
75 percent cheaper online no my advice
is do not abandon the local mom and pop
prescription glasses stores in our
community to go buy glasses from some
online corporate entity but what i am
saying is if you typically shop in store
from giants like walmart vision target
optical or even lens crafters online
retail alternatives will present
identical or nearly identical glasses
and lens options without the markup from
which those physical stores often pay
their rent while we're on the topic of
online shopping hack number seven is the
way to use the way stores track you to
your full advantage companies track your
decision when you abandon a product in
your shopping cart whether it's because
you've become distracted by something
else or you just simply forgot so if
there is an item that you want where
you're willing to wait a few more days
to score a lower price visit that store
online create an account with your email
address
add the item you want to buy to your
shopping cart and then right before
you're about to enter your payment
information close your browser the
larger more sophisticated retail
websites will often email you a discount
code or a coupon for the item in your
abandoned shopping cart if you complete
your purchase look what happened when i
tried to engage a chat agent on 1 800
flowers.com i used the automated chat
box and asked if they had any promo
codes the robo agent sent me to a page
full of active promotion codes many
websites are programmed to do this if
you want to get more advanced you can
also try chatting with a live agent on
vistaprint a website i use from time to
time i asked abigail the live agent to
assist with a promo code and she
provided me with a coupon for 15 off the
whole experience lasted a minute but it
was worth 30 dollars of savings on my
particular order before i get to a hack
tied to prescription drug purchases for
hack number eight you can price match a
warehouse club without even being a
member nor do you even need to be an
amazon prime member to price match
against them many shoppers still
learning the ropes of price match
guarantees do not assume that warehouse
clubs are included
but if you read the fine print on a few
price match policies stores like target
will price match online retailers
ranging from amazon to chewy best buy is
an example of just one of many retailers
that will price match costco
and sam's club and they do not even need
to know whether you actually have a
membership for that warehouse club
you're price matching against best buys
policy states yes we do match the prices
of warehouse clubs as long as the
warehouse club is a local retail
competitor and has an identical
immediately available product and that
all the other price match criteria are
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tied to generic drugs and eliminating
that myth that generic is not as good as
brand name many of us have heard or been
under the impression that generic drugs
are not the better purchase but generic
drugs are the exact same thing as a
brand name drug be aware the fda
actually regulates generic medicines to
ensure it's the same quality and
performance as the brand name while we
are on the topic of medicine make sure
you use websites or apps like goodrx a
free search tool that allows you to
download coupons to reduce the price of
prescription medicine they're not
sponsoring this this video is not
sponsored but i have found goodrx to be
a great free search tool that allows you
to download the coupons to reduce the
price of prescription medicine for use
at your preferred pharmacy or retailer
while i'm on the topic of brand versus
off-brand before i get to those bonus
hacks it's hack number 10 and
understanding that the store brand
versus the big brand name might not make
any difference when it comes to the
following products you might have heard
that store brands are often manufactured
by the same facility that makes the name
brand alternative but for some products
it really makes no difference just go
for the cheapest option for milk there
is no such thing as a name brand cow
milk is milk it will taste the same when
it comes to performance bleach is going
to do the exact same thing regardless of
what brand of bleach you buy regular
ionized table salt or kosher salt is
generally always the same regardless of
brand flour and baking soda rarely vary
in any way based on how they're
processed and transported and when it
comes to in-house store brands like
kirkland or trader joe's everything
ranging from olive oil to vodka and even
breakfast cereal and
oreo dupes are often better or identical
to the original you can see here clearly
side by side the branded oreos and the
trader joe's attempt at an oreo look
identical and just between us i was
surprised the trader joe's version
actually tasted better and now for two
quick bonus hacks if you're often
annoyed or you just feel belittled from
that annoying voice on the self checkout
machine did you know there is a mute
button you can use which comes in very
handy on those long
large grocery orders i'm sure quite
often my wife wishes i had a mute button
but we'll talk about that another day
and finally do not neglect or throw away
your sunday newspaper you'll often find
deals and coupons in there that are not
presented online if you do not subscribe
to a sunday paper it's worth buying one
a couple of times per month before a
major grocery store order or shopping
haul the savings can add up very quickly
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