Saturday, March 14, 2009

8 tips for great thrift-shop scores - (continued: tips for maximize your savings)

Here are eight ways to maximize your savings store exits:

Keep a list of items you and your children need and next time to give a gift.

Compile a list of stores in your area by using online guides, such as TheThriftShopper.com ConsignmentShops.com and for high-end items.

Come with a routine. Land a few shops in your area and search in each of 10 to 15 minutes a few times a month. Good things, gurus say savings should skip immediately to you. If not, go ahead.

Learn each store's pricing policy. In many shops, women in the lead is $ 4.50, if they came from the target or Neiman Marcus. At these stores, is really to shop for quality.

Try hitting the sales end Saturday afternoon. This is typically the day of many gifts get new ones, said Turosak, savings, and many stores offer 50% discount on merchandise in the day.

If you want the best prices on clothes, play the waiting game. Most thrift stores, such as the mark of good things over there they were. In Los Angeles' Out of the Closet chain, for example, items that were 50% discount on their fourth week of the bank down to a meager $ 1.

Try it. Clothing store savings has often been because it fell in the dryer. Clothes that do not correspond to not negotiate. Carefully check clothing for rips, stains, missing buttons and other defects. Do not buy anything that is not in excellent condition.

Above all, do not buy something you do not need just because it is cheap. It is tempting when the fondue pot is only $ 2.99. But do you really need to buy something you go back a year later? "My rule is if I can not live without it, I will not do," said Gold.

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