When we were home-shopping a few years ago, one of the selling points of the subdivision we chose eventually was that it was going to be located close to a future Walmart store. This might not be for everybody, but we like the convenience of being so close to Walmart. They’re giving the other grocery … Read more
I was chatting with a coworker a few days ago, and the topic of price-check guarantees came up. A price-check guarantee at a grocery store says something like this: “If an item rings up for more than the price on the shelf, we’ll knock $3 off of the lower price. If the item is less … Read more
Many stores offer loyalty cards. These plastic cards often come in pairs: one for your wallet, and a smaller one with a hole in it for your keychain. Presenting the loyalty card at checkout entitles you to special prices on particular products, as well as other periodic perks like announcements of special sales, follow-on coupons, … Read more
I was unaware of this until I read DollarVersity’s article that alerted me to a recent ruling against Visa and MasterCard which forces them to allow merchants to pass on credit card fees to their customers. The settlement was on the order of $6+ billion. The official site is here. Can a business charge a … Read more
Giving gifts to loved ones is one way that you can show how much you love them. Unfortunately, pesky things like “budget” and “fear of eventual personal bankruptcy” get in the way of buying exactly you’d like for them. Here are some tricks to getting reasonably-priced gifts for your loved ones. Buy off-peak. My wife … Read more
My wife and I had dental appointments this afternoon, and spent a bit of time afterwards doing some grocery shopping at Wegmans as long as we were in town. (Combining errands is one of the good ways to save money on gas.) We both love our food, so watching how much we eat out and … Read more
We’re doing Christmas gift-opening a couple of times this year because we’re traveling around to see family. Tonight we spent some time opening part of our gifts. Yesterday after work I had only a few last-minute Christmas gifts to get, and it was a fairly fast and painless process, even at the start of the … Read more
The cost of food is a big component of a typical family’s budget. (Bad things tend to happen if you don’t eat for extended periods of time.) Fortunately, though, the food budget can offer some substantial opportunities for saving money. Typically when we think of “saving money on groceries” we think of saving money in … Read more