hey do you like shopping I hate shopping
um I do like grocery shopping though
that's fun
see all the different food but we have
to be very very careful when we go
shopping or not doesn't matter if you
like to waste money and spend money
don't worry about this but if you're
like me and you'd like to save money and
you like sales this lesson is for you
the problem is the corporations and the
stores they're out to get you
there you want to trick you into
spending more of your hard-earned cash
or money or putting things on your
credit card so this lesson is called da
da da da buyer beware beware means be
careful if you're going to buy something
be careful no this could be the reason
why it takes me 2 hours to go to the
grocery store and buy food for a week a
grocery store is like a food store as
opposed to a regular store which has
clothes and everything so a grocery
store only sells food those are my
favorite ones some grocery stores sell
everything like towels pots pans clothes
wow that's like 3 hours for me so just
in a supermarket or a grocery store it
takes me hours if you see me in the
supermarket say hi I might say hi back
and throw a grape at you or something so
the stores have flyers now flyer is a
piece of paper with it advertises things
you can find them online which isn't a
piece of paper or you can find them in
the newspaper and they basically are
attracting you to go to their stores so
they have many different kinds of
supermarkets many brands many oh it's
chaos but I'm going to give you some
terms it'll help you sort out the best
deals we have to be careful of the words
that we use or the promotions that
they're actually giving us things like
flash sale
daily deals buy it now must buy these
sales are basically timed so for example
on a flash sale it could be from 8 a.m.
to 12 p.m. so this means you only have
four hours to buy this product at 50%
off if it's 12:01 it's full price if you
go there at 7:58 and you buy it it's
full price but only from 9 a.m. to 12
p.m. it's half price what does this do
this gets you to buy it sometimes we
call these impulse buys impulse buys
means you bite now don't think about it
just give me your money which you can do
but we have to be careful of these daily
deals they're a little bit different
from a flash sale from from afar sale
daily deals are usually Monday and
Tuesday they have a special deal or on
Saturday and Sunday
this product is $5.99 the all of the
other days it's going to be $7.99 so you
can actually get some good deals but if
you miss the daily deal you have to pay
full price so again these are techniques
to get you to the store on certain days
it's the same with Buy It Now or must
buy these three are based on usually a
day so for example Sunday or Monday
it's Half Price hmmm I don't know
usually on the weekend things go on sale
but that is kind of illogical because
that's when everyone else goes shopping
so one thing that I really like we could
call this my hobby is something called
price match so the store might call it
price match or price promise this is a
fantastic way for you to save money and
this is for grocery store sometimes
electron
stores will also offer this but a price
match or a price promise basically means
if you see the product at another store
for a cheaper price they will give you
the product at the same price as the
other store let me clarify this let's
say that you go to store a and this
beautiful red marker by now is $5.99 but
I am a smart shopper and this other
marker which is also red at the other
store is 399 if I take the flyer or the
advertisement to the red marker store a
they will give me this price of this
store is that confusing so basically you
go to the store go hey this store B has
this for five dollars this is ten
dollars they will give it to you for
five dollars yes so basically they want
you to shop only at their store they
don't want you to go to different stores
hey that saves us time so price match
your price promise is actually a really
good thing but again you have to do your
homework you got a check you got a look
how much is it here how much is it here
how much is it he Oh jeepers okay good
price much cool another thing that is
very tricky sometimes gets me is if you
see a sign like this it says the entire
store 70% off now you guys watching this
video on your phone you probably can't
see this red writing that says up to oh
and it says on selected styles so really
you think oh if you're looking at this
on a big screen you can see the ready
writing the entire store is 70% off so I
can go into a store and everything is
70% off oh how exciting let's go ah and
you get to the store and you put the
stuff on the counter and the person
flips it through and it's not 70 percent
off and you go what is going on and they
go yeah it says on the sign in very
small writing up to 70% off on selected
style so this means they will only have
certain things that they choose 70% off
stuff in the store might not even be on
sale so you're there and you've just
bought everything for full price almost
so be careful look very carefully at
this sign as a rule by law they actually
must write up to and on selected Styles
this thing here is called an asterisk
asterisk or star so I always look for
the asterisk the asterisk will show you
the exception to something so that means
well great oh there's an asterisk not a
great deal anymore so be careful I see
this a lot in supermarkets so if you buy
three it's five dollars oh so you think
oh great great you know by I'm gonna buy
three four five dollars but you see the
asterisks again by the way it's going
Astrix like an ass trick you see this
nasty little ass trick again and oh you
can buy three four five dollars but you
don't actually want three watermelons
who can eat three watermelons well
someone that's hungry I guess you just
want to buy one of them so you think
okay so if there's three four five
dollars one of them is going to be a
dollar sixty seven what a deal but then
you get there and it's beep two dollars
Oh what happened so you have to be
careful because sometimes they will
charge you more if you don't buy three
so you actually have to buy three
watermelons
how are you gonna carry those home don't
buy three one a month so three four five
be careful
this BOGO Pogo I got a BOGO hmm sounds
like a booger
buh buh means buy one get one so this
can be pretty devious - so you buy one
get one now this could mean you get one
for free without it or they might say
get one for Half Price
so that's still a deal you buy one at
regular price the second one is half
price one t-shirt so you get two
t-shirts they're $20 each $40 if you buy
one for half price there would only be
$30 Oh Ronnie can do math this is
amazing
so buy one get one be careful it can be
buy one get one free or buy one get one
for Half Price
this crazy thing here look at all these
numbers two-for-one hmm two-for-one this
is a good deal I think it's the numbers
again so it means you buy two of them
but you pay for one huh get it free so
you buy one thing you get another thing
for free these aren't very popular sales
you have to be careful cuz you know
there's gonna be an asterisk on it and
it's gonna say on selected styles only
but this is a good deal two-for-one
whoohoo
these two signs are wonderful
there's the markdown and the clearance
now in Toronto in Canada we have a store
that's wonderful I'm not going to give
it any credit unless it wants to give me
some sponsorship anyways
I always go to the clearance section of
this store there's a red sign thinking
being as soon as I go in the store it's
like a magnet
comte is a clear instruction Ronnie so I
will always go to the clearance section
or it
could be called markdowns so I will buy
something it would be very cheap and
I'll be very happy but and actually I
don't like it so I would go back to the
store and try to return it with my
receipts and they will say no I'm sorry
we cannot return this why why can you
not return this I have a receipt I
didn't use it to pillow nope we can't
because it's in the clearance of the
markdown section many stores will have
different rules about the return or the
refund policy just a tip here if they
tell you you can't return it always ask
to speak to the manager and probably you
can get a little refund thank you if you
complain enough you'll get what you want
there's another technique and there
little trick to get you to spend more
money and it's called buy more save more
it's kind of the same ideas by three
four five dollars but it works like this
if I buy one marker it's ten dollars but
if I buy two markers I can get both of
these markers for 19 dollars
you
Oh
save the dollar I don't need two markers
I just need one but they get you to buy
more and spend more money on things
maybe you do or do not need if you need
them perfect if you don't be careful
another thing that the stores love are
some kind of points system they can be
things like air miles or loyalty points
or many stores have some kind of point
system if you shop there and you collect
points then you can get a discount or
money back or or some promotion so they
will have certain things if you buy this
thing that you don't need or want you'll
get 100 1000 extra points oh great oh
that's amazing so if I buy this dirty
rag that has water on it I can get a
thousand points how much is a rag ten
dollars how many points am I going to
get a thousand what does that mean
nothing maybe one dollar so guess what
I don't need your rag be careful with
the loyalty points be careful with all
these tricks that they play I knew these
asterisks are the worst
I think the most humorous which means
funny thing are these when I see these
there is a store in a mall that in a
hotel there's a store and a mall in a
hotel that I usually go through and this
store has been going out of business
for the last three years so at first
when you see or if you're a tourist and
you're in the hotel like oh the store is
going out of business it must be a great
sale seventy percent off okay so you go
you buy something you think you're
getting a deal maybe you go back to
things the same area a year later and
like huh hey that store didn't go out of
business there's another one called the
store closing sale same idea they will
put up these beautiful huge science to
attract you especially tourists to come
into their store and buy this for going
out of business it's half-price like oh
what a deal they're not going out of
business their store is not closing but
you think they are because they want you
to impulse buy they want you to buy
their product put it in your suitcase
and take it home and put it on your
shelf and never use it that's what we do
with souvenirs isn't it so we have to be
careful with these flash sales buy more
pay more do more blah blah blah be
careful when you're shopping but most
importantly have fun and don't let the
monsters at the shopping mall kill you