Secrets

I'm getting ready to head out the door for the day but wanted to write a quick post.

Secrets...I have a few and I'll share one with you.

I purchase many items online, especially at Christmas. Many companies have great online deals; I think it has something to do with cheaper advertising online, compared to other forms of media and probably lower overhead.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, so what's the secret?

Before I purchase anything online, I go to www.retailmenot.com and look for coupon codes. Now, I personally know that there are numbers of coupon code sites out there but this one works! You just type in the company that you would like a coupon for and up pops a list of them with different coupon offers. The best thing about this site is that each coupon gives it's success rate; so you don't waste your time with a coupon code that is too good to be true.

I've had great success with this site and that's why I go back to it consistently. My best savings so far was this past Christmas season. I was looking to buy one of my five a Leapster handheld but they're expensive--even on sale. I figured that once I bought the game system and one game, Andrew's Christmas was over. Being seven, one gift would not cut it.

So, I looked at www.leapsteronline.com and BooYah! they were having a great sale--something like 30% off most of their products. So, I of course go to retailmenot.com and look for Leapster coupon codes, crossing my fingers they would work on clearance prices.

I plugged in the codes and they worked! I received an extra 15% off AND FREE SHIPPING. I used two coupons and they both worked.

I. WAS. AMAZED.

Right then and there, I was hooked; a loyal online customer.

Call me a cynical consumer but isn't this unheard of in the retail world? Normally, it's "only one coupon, per visit, per person." or "We don't participate in taking those coupons."

I used the site just this morning and, once again, it saved me 20% on items already on sale.

Go there. Be a thrifty consumer. You won't be disappointed.