Amazon.com has been my source of many great deals for the past 6 years. But now, more than ever is the time to use comparison shopping. Up until early last month Amazon.com would price match their own products within a 30 day period. What this means is if you purchased widget A for $19.99 and 2 weeks later it has dropped to $14.99 you would get a refund of $5. In my 6 years of history I used it maybe 6 times. This was mainly because once I purchased an item I no longer had a need to look at the page(possibly missing out on some refunds). But, they no longer price match, so the price you pay is final, unless you're up for reordering and returning the prior purchase. Buyer beware, Amazon is known for closing accounts that do too many returns.
I currently have 7 Amazon wish lists set up. This makes for easy shopping, and when I'm looking for a new kitchen gadget I can check the prices on just kitchen gadgets I'm interested in buying, not toys, movies, gifts, etc. Many good deals I get are a result of forums like Slick Deals. If for whatever reason(mainly I haven't won enough gift certificates to equal that amount) I can not, or do not want to purchase the item at that low price I add it to my wish list. I do however, have days I'm bored and may go browsing just to see what I can find.
When the time comes, if I am still interested in that item I will check the price. It takes all of a few seconds and can save you mega dollars. I purchased this for $39.99, the clearance price is $80. That's double what I paid for it simply by watching the price. I also order these. I paid a little over $5 for the set, along with free 2 day shipping as I'm a prime member. I've seen the price as high as the so called "list price" and as low as the price I paid. Since these are just items I don't have to purchase right away I'm able to watch them more closely. I've gotten Wii games for less than $10, sheet sets, other kitchen gadgets which are my weakness. Now, I'm doing this for Christmas. I've gotten 2 toys I know my son will love for less than $10 together.
Amazon prime is a great investment. If you're looking to pick up small items, in my most recent case the martini glasses. I ordered 2 sets of the martini glasses, as well as 2 sets of the white wine glasses. My total was less than $20, so without prime I would've had to pay $16 for shipping. Obviously it would've been cheaper to find something else to make my total $25, but sometimes that may be an issue. If you're like me, you're registered with many survey companies and frequently get amazon gift certificates as rewards. Because of this, I have very rarely paid money oop. Also, after finding those great $4 items time and time again, adding your total up to $25 becomes costly.a Prime membership is $79 a year(or 3 $4 purchases filled with $21 worth of fillers). Every so often they run a special where you get a month or so free trial. That is when I feel in love with it. I did not renew my subscription though and it worked out in my favor. Until the first week in December I'm under a family members trial subscription. They were offering 3 months of free prime membership if you ordered $100 worth of text books. They needed text books, but not the membership. You're allowed to add family in the same household to your account. So, they simply had the books shipped to me so I could take advantage of the trial offer. I will renew my membership once their trial expires. This offer may still be good.
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