Shopping Tip
tis the season to sit back and reflect on the triumphs of the previous year, mainly getting Christmas presents. It was during this season that I learned a valuable lesson that I feel is only fitting that I pass it on to the rest of humanity.
Check out the product returns.
That's right, the great moral victory to be learned from last year is "Go check out the returns!" To break that down for you, you have a look a typical shopping flier experience. You see something in a flier for a great price that would be a perfect gift. You make some time a day or two later to go to the corresponding store and find out that the item in question is long ago sold out, but an equivalent model is only 300X more expensive.
But here's the great wisdom. In today's "no questions asked"-return-policy-world, there are a number of people that will buy that great priced product, just because its a great deal and then will think to themselves, "what was I thinking?" and will take it back, where it will get stocked in a pile in the back of the customer service desk, ne'r to be thought of again. I discovered that they will sell you stuff right out of the return pile if you would only ask, and most of the time, the great priced perfect gift will be there en mass.
So there you have it… wisdom from me to you. Happy new year!