Can you believe that the holidays are just days away. Have you started your holiday shopping
yet? It’s time. The holidays are on a budget this year!
You may decide to wait a few days until Black Friday or start hitting the sales
right after that, but this is definitely a year to be prepared. So start comparison-shopping today to
keep your holiday spending in order. With an idea of what the prices are for
items at the top of your shopping list you’ll have a good idea if the sales you
encounter are good ones or if you should be patient and wait for a better
price. If you know you won’t be
giving some gifts until after the holiday, you could wait until after Christmas
to do your holiday shopping—you can get great stuff at awesome post-holiday
sale prices.
You
can start online by looking at one of the comparison-shopping websites. There
are several that will give you an idea of the price range for your top gift
picks. While you are online check
out the comparison shopping sites that give you a rebate or cash back for your
purchases. Better than earning
points, this is actual cash that you can have deposited in your accounts to
give you extra savings on your purchases. If it is a mail-in rebate, MAKE SURE
you remember to do that. A couple of sites to check out are ebates.com and
extrabux.com, but there are others.
Things can be cheaper online. If you decide to order online, remember to
factor in the shipping time—shipping your holiday purchases to you can take up
to 1 month!
While
shopping keep in mind that just like you can save money cooking dinner in your
home rather than eating out. You can also save tons of dough assembling your
gift items yourself rather than paying someone to do it for you. Check out the VIGs at ShowUhow.com and
see just how “doable” some of the “do-it-yourself” assembly projects are when
you have the right guide showing you how.
Our VIGs show you exactly how to put together your Ready-to-Assemble
merchandise and how to do it without the frustration and long hours that
frequently result. Shopping right
and having a VIG at hand to help you assemble your purchases can help make the
coming holiday season totally awesome!
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