MVP Shopping 101 & Signup to Get Discounts & Deals

Post date: Sep 28, 2011 2:15:32 PM

Throughout the Shopping 101 series, I've discussed varies methods to save money while shopping in stores. Many of the methods and practices I have personally performed while shopping in grocery stores, chain stores, and fast food restaurants and online. For the most part, the methods and practices in this series contain basic simple steps to reduce spending in certain categories over a given time. Also, consumers and shoppers should note that reducing spending doesn't have to be a chore but it does require practice of one of the simplest methods which is making a list of items before you run out the door to shop. Clipping coupons remains one of the most widely used practice by consumers and shopper to reduce cost at the checkout counter and cut down on the cost of household expense, I first learned to clip coupons during the time that I live with my grandmother. Clipping coupons is something that my grandmother often did frequently on the weekends. Veritably, there’s a lot of methods to save money at the checkout counter but like fad diets if it isn’t practiced regularly a consumer and shopper will become frustrated and exasperated with their efforts to alter their shopping behavior. And I can say, I know this for a fact because for years I experienced the feeling of disconsolate and frustrated by the thought of just stepping into a store. Even though, I kept receipts as well as monitored my spending shopping habits, I just couldn't seem to break the rut of repeatedly shopping without using coupons and not having enough money at the end of month. Truthfully, I don't know it's kind of weird___it's like coupons didn't even exist in my twenties and thirties, even though, I grew up clipping coupons. Honestly, I didn't really begin to pay attention to coupons until my late thirties. At the age of thirty five, it’s like I found and fell in love with coupons all over again. Up until my twenty seventh birthday around the time I graduated from college, I can honestly say I had been totally oblivious to coupons. Now that I'm older I spend more time looking for discount and deals. And today, it's a lot easier to receive discount and deals from your favorite stores and restaurants because of the advancement in tech gadgets. However, there’s only one catch for a consumer and shopper to receive discounts and deals from their favorite store or restaurant they must first sign up online. In many instances, in order for a consumer or shopper to receive discounts and deals online they must have a valid email account. Yes____it's a fact, there's a lot of discounts and deals offered to consumers and shoppers each month but they must sign up online. For the past five years, I received discount and deals from Radio Shack, Office Max,Rite Aid,Khols, Hardees, and Jc Penny) sent to my email address. Furthermore, each and every consumer as well as shopper impacted by the 2008 economic recession knows that the impact of receiving discounts and deals on items they buy regularly makes a difference in their wallets. To conclude,all of the methods I discussed in this series have been proven to save consumers and shoppers money at the checkout counter. Also, the methods and practices have proven that over a given time shoppers reduce their spending significantly. So, finally, at last, now that you've become a reformed shopper from the help of Shopping 101___Now,stop! procrastinating and sign up for those discounts and deals today!---cacjohnson