With a veritable recession upon us, we’re all trying to get by on the lowest common denominator regardless of our income level. Whether it’s snagging a brand name purse at half-price or catching a sale at your local grocery store to stock up on essentials, everyone loves to save money.
So we want to know, what was your best bargain find EVER? Share pictures and/or tell us how you found it - and while you’re at it, make sure to share any bargain hunting tips or favorite must-visit websites that help you save at a time where wells are drying up everywhere.
This week, we’re working with Couponers.com - a coupon and deals shopping platform that averages over 100 new coupons and discounts daily from hundreds of your favorite stores. Instead of picking deals for you, Couponers.com constantly updates new offers in a searchable and organized format so YOU can easily find the best deal for YOUR needs.
Here’s how to participate:
Write a post about your greatest bargain-hunting successes. Post anytime this weekend - today, August 15 through Sunday, August 17.
Make sure to link http://www.couponers.com and http://blog.parentbloggers.com somewhere in your post.
Then email us the link to your post at parentbloggers@gmail.com.
We’ll be linking them up on our blog all weekend long, so be creative with your title!
What can you win?
We’ve got three $100 gift cards and five $50 gift cards from your choice of one of over 750 Couponers.com stores (like Barnes and Noble, Restoration Hardware, and the perennial fave, Amazon - just to name a few).
Eight lucky winners will be drawn at random. EIGHT! Now let’s see those bargains, people!
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A Penny Saved Makes Me Spend More Pennies
Bargains, Bargains Everywhere!
Because You Just Can’t Beat Free
Confessions of a Children’s Clothes-aholic
Dating Myself for Your Benefit
Destined to Be Together - Isaac Mizrahi and Me
How I Scored a Play Kitchen for $12
I Don’t Go to Garage Sales Enough
It Was a Very Good Week: All This for $35
My Bargain: 2 Area Rugs at 90% Off: No There Weren’t Any Bodies Rolled Up Inside Them!
My Two Best Bargain Finds Ever
Triple Play Yields Drawers Stuffed With Clothes
Weirdest Bargain Ever: Ar-hu Crazy?
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I know i’m too late for the contest, but I have a funny bargain story. I had just gotten a job (i was 17) a few months before Christmas. I have a big family 7 siblings and parents, spouses, kids, etc., and I was very excited to be able to buy them all presents. So, I went shopping for everyone and put it all on layaway with a substantial amount down to hold it for me. I continued to pay for it weekly. I went a few days before Christmas to pick it up and I saw mass confusion at the layaway counter. People were screaming that the staff couldn’t find their items. So, shocked, I watched as the staff started giving other peoples purchases to the angry crowd. When it was my turn, of course, none of my stuff was there (tv for my parents, expensive double albums, etc.). I left in tears, told my mother what happened. She then called the store and told them that she was calling the Regional Manager. They told her to send me down and they would take care of it. When I got there the manager told me to go and shop for my items again. Except the tv i had picked out was no longer there, so he told me to get a better one. I went to the layaway desk, the manager handed me all my deposit money and payments that i had made back to me. He also gave me all my purchases for free, and handed me a Whitman’s Sampler on the way out!! That was over $700. Great Christmas.