Who doesn’t like to pay less for their music, video and apps? Coles is discounting iTunes vouchers by 25 per cent from tomorrow.
Budget blog Wise Bread points out a number of ways to save money next time you’re planning to hit your local red-themed big box store. Turns out there’s a number of ways to get huge discounts on items nobody may know are on sale at Target. Some items end up on “secret clearance,” so bringing your bigger purchases to the self-scanners might reveal hefty discounts. There’s also a semi-secret weekly schedule of discounts in certain departments:
Sick of running out to buy diapers, shampoo, or laundry detergent again? A new service from Amazon called Subscribe & Save ships regular deliveries of discounted household items on a schedule you determine. “Subscribe” to, say, your favourite brand of paper towels and set Amazon to ship you a few packages every 1, 2, 3, or 6 months. Amazon waives the shipping fee, gives you 15% off their regular price for the towels, emails you before each shipment goes out (with an option to cancel), and charges you only when they ship. I haven’t tried the service myself yet (it’s in beta, and only applies to household items, not books, CDs or DVDs), but it sure looks like a handy way to automate your shopping and save cash, gas, and time. Anyone out there Subscribe & Save’ing? Let us know how it is in the comments.
Subscribe & Save [Amazon.com via MOLI]US-centric: Compare sales at numerous local grocers with GroceryGuide, a webapp that accesses sales from hundreds of supermarkets and chains around the nation. GroceryGuide shows price trends and fluctuations as well as recipes that can be made with each food item. Additionally, the site lists coupons that can be further applied to discounted items. While GroceryGuide is missing one of my favourite supermarkets on its list, it still has a decent representation of many chains throughout the country and does a good job locating bargains without the need to visit each individual shop’s website to view the circulars.
GroceryGuide.com