Comments on: Shopping for bargains

By: Cherrie

Cherrie — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:11:25 +0000

I agree. Mahal masyado sa malls. I have my own multiply store you can check lots of bargains here from orginal perfumes, victoria’s secret 400 lang sa mall 600 and up. Also derma products from Belo and Bioessence more than 70% real prices ksi we’re direct sa manufacturer. And a lot lot more. We’re also an ebay powerseller so you can be assured of the quality of products and read feedback of more than 1600 satisfied customers i the Philippines and abroad.

When i went to Hongkong super mahal pala unlike before. Mas mahal pa dun, yung ladies night market nila 1 shades would cost you 250-500 pesos the same shades at divisoria that only costs 50-100.

By: Aian

Aian — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:54:47 +0000

This is a nice post Ms. Connie, nowadays, we really need to maximize our hard-earned money. It may be hard to change from a compulsive shopper to a smart shopper, but a little attempt and effort each day will turn to a smart habit one day. We don’t have to be 100% smart shopper, we just need to always try and make an effort to be smart all the time.

The another angle of pricing you stated is really true. I worked before in one of the leading department stores in our country and a month or so before the 3 day sale or christmas sale, the operation side will issue additional mark up based on regular selling price, afterwhich they will reduce it again to its regular sellling price as if there is really a discounted sale or something. I can’t blame them. That is part of their strategies in order to augment the bottomline figure.

By: JGo

JGo — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:05:57 +0000

Black Fridays here in the states is always horrible. Here in Penn we have signature outlet stores and you can’t believe how people line up just to be the first one’s in line. Right after thanksgiving dinner, they will head out to the stores armed sometimes w/sleeping bags and small tents. I don’t think that being in those long lines makes them smart bargain hunters. What’s being smart is when you just wait for those regular signature brands to go on sale w/c happens in a month or so. Or better yet, buy summer things when summer is almost over that you can use for next summer. Coats and winter attires when winter is almost over. I buy my kids things at gap verytime. When the season is new, I go and browse around for the new stuff, after two or 3 weeks I go back and voila, the things that were priced at $25-$35 when they first came out will be priced from $5-$15 nalang. School bags that will first sell for $35, you can get for $10. This kind of bargain hunting is what I consider my monies worth.

By: leah

leah — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:24:26 +0000

Yup, there’s a Black Friday every year. People actually line up outside stores the night before to avail of the best deals that stores offer (let’s say laptops at $350 but there will just be 20 of those available per branch).

I read that some people shopping in that certain WalMart in Long Island actually complained when it was announced that the store was closing early due to the incident. Some even had the gall to say that it was unfair because they have been in line since the night before. Tsk, tsk. A person actually died and it was unfair to them?!

By: eveg

eveg — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:36:08 +0000

Thanks for this post Connie. My youngest son who still lives at home does his clothes shopping mostly on the net and he says it’s cheaper than most big stores here in Melbourne. I do my big clothes/homewares shopping once a year after Christmas sales – then I don’t need anymore after that. But as you say be a smart buyer – trying to locate quality items during sales is hardwork.