Money saving strategies for getting all the perfect gifts on your list.
1. Buy when the price is right
Multi-tasking sites, like shoppingnotes.com and shopittome.com, send alerts when the price of items you're interested in are reduced. How it works: you sign up with your e-mail address and note the brands and/or items you want to track. Then you will get the e-mail messages when the goods go on sale. Shoppingnotes.com also offers benefits for referrals.
Use Amazon's Price Check app. Scan a barcode, snap a picture, or say or type in a product name. The app will find the lowest available price from Amazon and its online merchants.
2. Cash in on old electronics
Trade in anything used at Best Buy (whether or not you bought it there). Go to bestbuy.com/tradin to see what your item is worth, then ship your merchandise to the company with a prepaid label or bring it to a participating store. Choose either a rebate gift card or a check (which will be a smaller value).
3. Stay local
Stop by places you pass everyday to see what the local market has to offer, saving time, gas, and stress. Go to shoplocal.com.
4. Pick a secondhand Apple
Refurbished iPads and other elecronics go for much less than buying the products brand-new. Apple tests and certifies pre-owned items and offers warranties and free shipping. Go to apple.com and search for Special Deals.
5. Scope out free shipping
Freeshipping.com is a website that cagalogs sites and coupons that will get you free shipping. Sticking to gift cards will also reduce the cost of getting an item to you.
6. Get two gifts for the price of one
Bookperk.com is a website that ties in promotions to book published by Harper Collins. Bundled gifts usually ship at no charge.
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