Comments on: Tricks Stores Use To Get Us To Overpay http://frugaldad.com/2010/03/24/tricks-stores-use-get-us-to-overpay/ Money Saving Insights: Coupons, Smart Spending and Promotional Codes Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:38:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Weekly Favorites and Gratitude! «Budgeting In the Fun Stuff http://frugaldad.com/2010/03/24/tricks-stores-use-get-us-to-overpay/#comment-42311 Weekly Favorites and Gratitude! «Budgeting In the Fun Stuff Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:56:18 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=5031#comment-42311 [...] Dad - Tricks Stores Use To Get Us to Overpay  I see these all the [...] [...] Dad - Tricks Stores Use To Get Us to Overpay  I see these all the [...]

]]> By: samuel http://frugaldad.com/2010/03/24/tricks-stores-use-get-us-to-overpay/#comment-39708 samuel Sun, 04 Apr 2010 05:15:43 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=5031#comment-39708 There was a sale going on for like "8 for $8" for a bunch of random items. For some reason, if you spent 8 dollars, you'd get an 8 dollar coupon for your next purchase. With this, I was able to get around 57 pizzas for one + 7 candy bars for 8 cents by buying 8 at a time, running to my car, and picking up more. There was a sale going on for like “8 for $8″ for a bunch of random items.

For some reason, if you spent 8 dollars, you’d get an 8 dollar coupon for your next purchase.

With this, I was able to get around 57 pizzas for one + 7 candy bars for 8 cents by buying 8 at a time, running to my car, and picking up more.

]]> By: Sam http://frugaldad.com/2010/03/24/tricks-stores-use-get-us-to-overpay/#comment-39648 Sam Fri, 02 Apr 2010 19:32:06 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=5031#comment-39648 I do it the hard way - I divide the price by the oz sited on the bottle. Although I remember once something had listed the contents in liters but I just looked at something in a large bottle that was a liter & looked at how many oz were on the label. Yes, it was more work but it keeps me entertained & the two grocery stores we go to the most are small so it's easy to do something like that in only a moment. I wouldn't have done it if i was at one of the super duper Walmart's that are the size of a town. Those exhaust me & put me in to a state of mindlessness on the prices - I'm too busy avoiding being run over or dodging running kids. I do it the hard way – I divide the price by the oz sited on the bottle. Although I remember once something had listed the contents in liters but I just looked at something in a large bottle that was a liter & looked at how many oz were on the label. Yes, it was more work but it keeps me entertained & the two grocery stores we go to the most are small so it’s easy to do something like that in only a moment.
I wouldn’t have done it if i was at one of the super duper Walmart’s that are the size of a town. Those exhaust me & put me in to a state of mindlessness on the prices – I’m too busy avoiding being run over or dodging running kids.

]]> By: tech9iner http://frugaldad.com/2010/03/24/tricks-stores-use-get-us-to-overpay/#comment-39645 tech9iner Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:01:48 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=5031#comment-39645 no worries ie your mentions 'conversions'.. print out a little conversion table ie 'pint - ??ounces' etc. for shopping trips.. take calculator or get used to the one on 99 of 100 cellphones for yrs now.. wuallah! ;]] no worries ie your mentions ‘conversions’.. print out a little conversion table ie ‘pint – ??ounces’ etc. for shopping trips.. take calculator or get used to the one on 99 of 100 cellphones for yrs now.. wuallah! ;]]

]]> By: Stay at Home Mom CFO http://frugaldad.com/2010/03/24/tricks-stores-use-get-us-to-overpay/#comment-39636 Stay at Home Mom CFO Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:49:15 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=5031#comment-39636 Sam - Funny you mentioned the dish soap. I just had the same experience last night at the grocery store. 2 smaller bottles @ $.99 vs. the larger one @ $2.29?! It does pay to check the price per volume, but some places get tricky and put price per pints on some and price per quart on different brands and I have no idea how to do those conversions:) Sam – Funny you mentioned the dish soap. I just had the same experience last night at the grocery store. 2 smaller bottles @ $.99 vs. the larger one @ $2.29?!
It does pay to check the price per volume, but some places get tricky and put price per pints on some and price per quart on different brands and I have no idea how to do those conversions:)

]]> By: Sam http://frugaldad.com/2010/03/24/tricks-stores-use-get-us-to-overpay/#comment-39571 Sam Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:02:32 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=5031#comment-39571 tech9iner - you are soooo right. There are several items we get that I've noticed that on. Many stores have the price per oz on the shelf tag allowing to just compare numbers however, I've been teaching my kid to not only compare those tags but to also do the math is the tag doesn't say. I recently noticed this is the case with my dish soap - a friend was telling me to get the bigger bottle instead of the 99 cent one & the larger bottle had twice as much soap for 2.39 - an extra forty cents for a bigger bottle! Yippee! tech9iner – you are soooo right. There are several items we get that I’ve noticed that on. Many stores have the price per oz on the shelf tag allowing to just compare numbers however, I’ve been teaching my kid to not only compare those tags but to also do the math is the tag doesn’t say.
I recently noticed this is the case with my dish soap – a friend was telling me to get the bigger bottle instead of the 99 cent one & the larger bottle had twice as much soap for 2.39 – an extra forty cents for a bigger bottle! Yippee!

]]> By: tech9iner http://frugaldad.com/2010/03/24/tricks-stores-use-get-us-to-overpay/#comment-39570 tech9iner Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:07:05 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=5031#comment-39570 indeed.. one retailer trick ive been onto for many yrs now.. and preach to others where apropos = grocers / big retailers bulk pricing switch'ary! our brains imply the larger the buy.. the better the bulk discount riiiight?.. WRONG.. almost across the board at all major grocers.. if one actually reads 'per ounce' and such price tag details an/or fires up cellphone calculators and does the math.. you will find 99% of the time for decades now.. retailers actually charge you more for a 20# bag of sugar.. than they do for 4 5# bags! which sux because not only is it unethical; it adds to packaging / landfills oppositive to our times needs for less packaging!! indeed.. one retailer trick ive been onto for many yrs now.. and preach to others where apropos = grocers / big retailers bulk pricing switch’ary! our brains imply the larger the buy.. the better the bulk discount riiiight?.. WRONG..
almost across the board at all major grocers.. if one actually reads ‘per ounce’ and such price tag details an/or fires up cellphone calculators and does the math.. you will find 99% of the time for decades now.. retailers actually charge you more for a 20# bag of sugar.. than they do for 4 5# bags! which sux because not only is it unethical; it adds to packaging / landfills oppositive to our times needs for less packaging!!

]]> By: Cathie http://frugaldad.com/2010/03/24/tricks-stores-use-get-us-to-overpay/#comment-39549 Cathie Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:24:16 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=5031#comment-39549 I agree that a lot of coupons are for products that are way over-priced, but there are also a lot of coupons that enable me to afford to feed my family. I could never buy a block of generic cheese anywhere for 50 cents, but with double coupons, I can and do get this type of price frequently by pairing the coupons with door-busting sale prices. I agree that a lot of coupons are for products that are way over-priced, but there are also a lot of coupons that enable me to afford to feed my family. I could never buy a block of generic cheese anywhere for 50 cents, but with double coupons, I can and do get this type of price frequently by pairing the coupons with door-busting sale prices.

]]> By: Sam http://frugaldad.com/2010/03/24/tricks-stores-use-get-us-to-overpay/#comment-39477 Sam Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:59:47 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=5031#comment-39477 Not all Alid's are the same. .. my Aunt in Chicago swears by them and does most of her non-Costco shopping at them. There's two in my region(Nebraska) one smells of rotten meat to the point I can't stand it & the other I found bugs in the onions I was going to buy (Manager didn't care when I told him). I admit I frequent neither store - the smelly one I've been in twice in ten years & the other I've been in once last fall. So maybe I had bad timing?? Regardless due to my experiences and the prices I saw I think Aldi isn't that great. I buy in bulk & eat extremely little processed food so maybe my view isn't average. Not all Alid’s are the same. .. my Aunt in Chicago swears by them and does most of her non-Costco shopping at them.
There’s two in my region(Nebraska) one smells of rotten meat to the point I can’t stand it & the other I found bugs in the onions I was going to buy (Manager didn’t care when I told him).
I admit I frequent neither store – the smelly one I’ve been in twice in ten years & the other I’ve been in once last fall. So maybe I had bad timing?? Regardless due to my experiences and the prices I saw I think Aldi isn’t that great.
I buy in bulk & eat extremely little processed food so maybe my view isn’t average.

]]> By: Justin@weeklymealideas http://frugaldad.com/2010/03/24/tricks-stores-use-get-us-to-overpay/#comment-39476 Justin@weeklymealideas Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0000 http://frugaldad.com/?p=5031#comment-39476 I don't want to "pile on" Kroger, but the whole supermarket trickery is part of the reason that we do most of our grocery shopping at ALDI. If there's one near you, you should definitely check it out! One caveat - they don't take coupons, so if you're a coupon guru, ALDI might not be able to beat those types of deals that Ron mentions above. I don’t want to “pile on” Kroger, but the whole supermarket trickery is part of the reason that we do most of our grocery shopping at ALDI. If there’s one near you, you should definitely check it out! One caveat – they don’t take coupons, so if you’re a coupon guru, ALDI might not be able to beat those types of deals that Ron mentions above.

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