Day 11
I had a
negative couponing experience today. I went to a large retailer and grabbed
some paper towels and razors for shaving. I had coupons for all 3 items. When I
got to the register, the paper towels, which I thought were on sale, did not
ring in at the sale price. The cashier explained that the smaller sized package
was the one on sale. When I saw how much smaller the smaller size was, I
realized that the sale, with or without the coupons, did not provide a deep
enough discount to make the purchase worth it. So I left the paper towels. The
discount did ring through for the razors, and I used my coupons. Then, later
that day, I popped into my local gas station. To my surprise, the exact razors
I had purchased at the large retailer, were on sale at the gas station
mini-mart for less money. Basically, the price I paid at the retailer with the
coupon, was the same as the price at the gas station, without the coupon. So I
realized that I really saved nothing.
Needless to
say, this retailer has been taken off my list of places to shop.
I think that
the most valuable lesson I learned today is that just because something is
being proclaimed as a great price, doesn’t mean that it actually is a good
price. And a store that I might have considered a favorite prior to this
project- it turns out- is really doing me no favors at all.
SAVINGS TO DATE: - $
181.66 (previous total
I saved nothing today)
TIME SPENT TODAY: - 1 (I spent 1 hour shopping and
didn’t save a dime!)
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