I love it when I get "free money" coupons in the mail. I'm sure the stores figure you'll spend more if they can get you there. But the key is to stick to the coupon value when I go shopping.
For instance, I got a "$10 off $10 or more" coupon. So I went to the store and looked at several things on sale, some for less than $10 and some for a few dollars more. But I kept looking around and I found a little jacket, which I had tried on months ago when it was full price. It was marked down to $10. So I used my coupon and got it for NOTHING!!!
Many of you know how much I love to learn, and how I (very) often listen to and watch webinars. So yesterday I was on one, and it was a little tough as I was riding in the car and had to watch it on my phone. But still, I did and got a lot out of it.
The instructor had said in his promo email that one listener was going to win the course he was actually going to talk about at the end of the webinar. So I wasn't sure how he was going to choose someone, but I stayed on until the end even though I wasn't going to be able to buy his course.
Sure enough, he did talk about the course he was selling but, as he was getting ready to sign off, he hadn't said anything about picking a winner.
So I sent a question in via the webinar and asked if he was still giving a course away. He said he had forgotten all about that, and since I asked, I WON!!! It was a $197.00 course that I won, just for asking! WOOHOOOO!!
So the moral of the story is...Don't be afraid to ask questions! You just never know what can happen!
I often talk about checking prices. Even when a tag says one thing, what can it hurt to check it and just see if what it says is really correct? For instance, my husband and I were shopping, and I found a hat for him that was on clearance. The tag said it was $8, which seemed like a good deal.
My husband looked around and found a display of men's hats, one stack of which was of the exact same hat as the one which was on clearance. Those hats were on sale, but were "Buy one for $25, and get one half off."
So he thought about getting the one for $8, but first I wanted to check the price. It was actually ONLY $3.50! Why it was priced so low is unknown, but it was just like the expensive ones and is a cool hat, especially for next to nothing.
I love it when I get "free money" coupons in the mail. I'm sure the stores figure you'll spend more if they can get you there. But the key is to stick to the coupon value when I go shopping.
