Our favorite cereal is disappearing from grocery store
shelves and making it difficult to find two boxes anywhere. After comparing our
favorite cereal to potential alternatives, we’re still hunting for a good replacement.
Sometimes substitutes make us smile and sometimes they don’t. What do you think
about these folks:
Everyone’s cheery in the video because no one’s revealed an
evil side. Not long ago the news featured a story where a lady tried taking
over her acquaintance’s life. It didn’t end well. When have you settled for a substitute
instead of the real deal?
I
might buy a house with coupons—okay, not really, but this is the season for
coupon overflow. During the last month, I probably received fifty to one
hundred coupons via email, not to mention the onslaught that weighed down the
daily newspaper. A few weeks ago I’m convinced there were more coupons than
news. Oh, I’m not complaining. I love coupons! Here’s one of my great deals: I
found a nice, winter jacket for twelve dollars that retailed for ten times that
price. Can a good car coupon be far behind? Retailers, keep the deals coming so
we can enjoy the after Christmas sales. Check out other shoppers who appreciate a
good buy:
I
doubt we’ll see a web shutdown for anything other than electronics in this
country, but stranger things have happened. I bet you’ve found a few
spectacular offers over the past several weeks, so what is this season’s best
deal?
Did
I see what I thought I saw? Back-to-school sales! Let’s give this merchandising
strategy aname, call it “sales creep.” It’s
the retail industry’s habit of scooching the traditional selling period for any
holiday or special event earlier and earlier every year. Before long, stores will
sponsor huge sales at the end of a school year and keep going until
Independence Day. How awful to rush the summer break! What’s worse is that I’d
be the first to grab all of those horrible one cent deals at those too-early
back-to-school sales. What can I say? I’m a pushover for a bargain. You can
never own too many folders and paper clips, can you? If you like deals, here’s one
that might intrigue you:
What
a gorgeous place! I know it has the potential for a great resort, but the advertisement
frightens me. Blame it on the choice of background music that makes the ad feel
like a movie about murder, mystery and intrigue. Once you combine murder and
paradise, the last thing I’m thinking about is a relaxing resort. For that
reason, I cannot purchase the island—but that’s just me. How about you? Barring
one cent back-to-school deals, what’s the best offer you’ve heard?
Whenever our family goes shopping or out to dinner, I’m the one yelling, “Wait, I think we have a coupon!” I love to save money and getting something for free feels even better, don’t you agree? I thought I shopped fairly well until extreme couponing came along. Have you tried it?
Here’s how it works: A shopper uses coupons to buy multiple sale-priced items at the supermarket and then stores the items until needed. Slowly, over time, their homes evolve into private mini-markets. This process takes couponing, if it can be a verb, to a whole new level. The true experts pay a fraction of the actual cost of their groceries. Let’s meet an extreme couponer and take a peek at her stockpiles:
I like knowing that my essential items, such as soap and paper towels, are stored within reach, but when does stockpiling cross the line? How do you distinguish between a smart shopper and a hoarder?You’ve seen at least one news story of the person whose possessions slowly fill every nook and cranny of their home; some of the worst cases require good therapy. People seem to collect all types of things—stamps, shells, figurines. As a child, I kept a small stone collection under my bed and I always enjoyed the soothing feel of the satiny, smooth pebbles. I believe, at some level, we all have a natural desire to acquire.
Tell us about your collection(c’mon, we know you have one). Better yet, what’s your emotional connection to it?
