Bought a 'high speed' HDMI cable from a third party seller on Amazon last month for my 4K TV. Hooked it up and the picture kept cutting out every 10 minutes. Checked the reviews again and realized half were bots. Felt stupid when a $10 cable from Best Buy fixed everything. Anyone else get burned by fake cables on there?
I was browsing for a new vacuum sealer last week after my old one finally gave out. Found one at $60 but didn't want to pay full price. Googled random coupon codes for the site and found one that wasn't even listed on their deals page. Worked perfectly! Has anyone else had luck finding hidden codes like that?
I was helping a friend clean out a foreclosure in Tucson last month and we went through 12 rolls in one day. The store brand held up better than the name brand on wet spills and cost me $14 for a 6 pack at WinCo. Anybody else notice the house brand doing a better job lately?
I found a grill at Home Depot for $380 back in May. Saw it drop to $310 three weeks later on their site. Called customer service, they said they don't price match after 30 days. So I printed the old receipt, bought the same grill at the low price, and returned it with the old receipt. Whole thing took me about 45 minutes on the phone and in store. But the savings was $70, which is way more than any coupon code I've found lately. Is that too shady or is this just how you get real deals now?
Honestly, I used to refresh deal sites every hour for those limited time flash sales. I'd buy stuff like a $25 blender I didn't need just because it was 70% off. But last Black Friday, I added up my spending from the year and realized I wasted about $300 on things I barely used. Now I just wait for regular price drops on my grocery staples like rice and canned goods from Costco. Ngl, it feels way better to get a consistent 20% off my actual shopping list instead of gambling on random deals. Has anyone else stopped chasing flash sales and switched to just buying what you need at a steady discount?
Signed up for that VeggieBox deal thinking it'd cut my grocery bill by half. First box was $20 off so seemed awesome. But then they auto-charged me $80 for week two and I got like 3 peppers and a bag of carrots. The fine print said you can't skip weeks either unless you cancel by Thursday. Has anyone else gotten trapped by these promo subscriptions?
I was flipping through my mom's old recipe box last weekend and found a worn out envelope stuffed with grocery coupons from 1993. Most were for 25 cents off margarine or 50 cents off a specific brand of frozen veggies. It got me thinking about how different deal hunting is now versus back then. My grandma had a whole binder system with plastic baseball card sheets for her coupons and she would plan her weekly trips to three different stores. Now I just pull up the store app on my phone or check a random deal forum while I'm waiting for my dental patients to rinse. The hunt is way less tactile you know? I miss the physical feel of clipping and sorting even if digital coupons are technically easier. Has anyone else noticed how the ritual of saving money has totally changed over the last 20 years?