Typically I am a sucker for sales, promotions, and clearance deals.
I will say until my last breath on Earth that most of the time you’re getting overcharged for something, whether it’s food or an electronic device.
The “sale” price is often how much you’ll constantly pay anywhere else if you’re smart about when and where you shop. I’m not going to spend $100 on clothing that costs $40 at a local supercenter, especially if the quality differences are negligible. I calculated that I save over $100 a month on groceries because I insist on shopping at the discount grocery stores. The “nice” markets are superb for specialty meat and produce, however the rest of the items in the store are marked up by as much as 40%. Why waste currency on things like aluminum foil and garbage bags when the same quality is much cheaper anywhere else? However, I l acquired the tough way once that some discount deals are not worth the hassle and pain. I needed a new central air conditioning system and I saw this commercial on cable from a local Heating, Ventilation, and A/C corporation. At first I was gleeful by the offer, however the rational side of my brain decided to research this air conditioning system manufacturer to see if they make quality machines. The moment I put their name in the search bar, the first words to come up were “scam,” “malfunctions,” and “bad purchaser service.” When I looked further, I found purchasers who were burned by taking luck of these 50% off deals. New Heating, Ventilation, and A/C corporations are swooned into offering these deals by these predatory manufacturer representatives. I assume that plenty of these local Heating, Ventilation, and A/C companies are aware of the scam, however there are some that are not.