ooooo.... I do love a bargain!

[katsarecool]

I also got a bargin tree; a Garnet Japanese Maple that was so puny, a stick really about 3 ft tall for $10. When I moved from my house it was about 7 ft tall and lush with color.

I found hand carved wooden ships with leather sails; the Pinta, Nina and Santa Maria for $3 for all.

Books (hardback and paperback) at the thrift store down the road for .25 cents. Love those deals!!!

[lipstixgal]

Sorry not good at the plant thing maybe if I move to a warmer climate but really I need clothes so maybe some things on clearance if they have in my size?? I'm petite but good thread Jo..

[Miss Scarlett]

The last time I was up in Maggie Valley, I visited one of my favourite shops and spent 2 hours prowling through their rocks and crystals. I left with a boatload of quartz points (including 3 singing crystals and 5 recordkeepers) that I purchased for $6.00. Anywhere else it would have been at least that much for one recordkeeper.

At another favourite shop in Maggie I purchased a huge piece of lapis for $4 that would have cost 10 times that anywhere else.

Last month I purchased a beautiful agate geode sphere on eBay. It's bigger than a baseball, black with some banding and had a crystal "eye" in the middle of one side. I had to have it because it looks like an eye and didn't care how much I paid but ended up paying just under $35 with shipping. The following week the same seller listed her sister - I was tempted but didn't enter the auction. The sister sphere sold for well over $100 plus shipping.

[JustJo]

I just had to bump this old thread....I'm still tickled about a deal we got on Sunday!

We went to Old Navy (Scoote needed some shorts) on Easter Sunday, and discovered that they were having an Easter sale.

I also had $50 in coupons that I got from a credit card that gives me $10 at Old Navy for every $200 I charge, even if I pay it off in full that month and pay no interest (cha ching! free clothes!)

On top of that...they had a scratch off coupon with an additional discount

So...at the end of our shopping expedition...we had:

• two pairs of shorts for Scoote
• a pair of orange swim trunks for her for the Bahamas
• a pair of jeans for Rooster (his legs grow daily)
• a soft orange henley shirt (can you tell she loves orange?)

We paid $40.89 (including tax)....and saved $94.54.
The jeans alone are normally $34.50.

And we got a coupon for 10% our total order on our next visit.

Oh...I do love a bargain!

[Gemme]

I bargain bins, clearance racks, bogo sales and yard/moving/garage sales. If I could find a way to get something back when I buy something, I will.

Squee!

[violaine]

what about a bargain on car repair work?


car repairs can be $$ - and prices vary widely, depending on type of garage, and location of shop. today, i needed an oil change, tune up [can get really expensive for volvo], stabilizer bar link, A/C check for leaks, addition of dye/freon, and some new hoses for 315$ parts/labour.

it may look like a lot of dough, but indiana charged over six hundred dollars just for the tune-up. i did look/telephone round, because i even ordered several of those parts myself.

[Pixie]

I love to have dressy clothes....and I may or may not...eh hem....have a problem with shoes.

Ross is my friend!!! I got 2 dresses, 1 pair of fabulous heels, 3 pairs of cute ankle socks, and a badass purse for......wait for it... $40!!!

Clearance and me go hand in hand!

[scootebaby]

i LOVE Ross,TJ Maxx, and Marshalls...i can NOT pass up a clearance sale in any store/flea market or whatever. Jo likes to tease me about it because we will be walking thru a store and suddenly i'll say "oh wait its clearanced"

[Lynn]

Just discovered Groupon and Living Social. Dangerous.

So far, I've paid $10 for $50 worth of stuff at Vistaprint. I got half off cleaning services from Eco Maids, and, just today, I bought a certificate for a local Indian restaurant--$10 for a $20 certificate.

The biggest thing, though, was a certificate for Games2U which we'll use at our block party--Hamster Ball and Laser Tag!

As I said...dangerous.

[moxie]

Well, I love me a bargain. But only if it is stuff I need, which is some people's downfall when it comes to coupon shopping/bargains. I also believe that the Extreme Couponing stuff they show on TLC is crazy. Why should I acquire all this stuff that I could never use in my lifetime other than to donate it, which I would probably do because I couldn't stockpile all that stuff.

For example, I haven't paid for a toothbrush (not cheap ones, fancy ones because I like fancy things ), dishwasher detergent or regular shower gel (good stuff too) in probably almost a year. And I am still able to get the brands I like. Buying stuff at drugstores can be expensive, but usually you can get a good coupon in the paper/online/magazine and get it when it is on sale with the coupon and they'll give you CVS ExtraBucks/Walgreen's Dollars/whatever to spend at a later date.

For example: a couple of weeks ago, I had a $3 coupon for Nivea shower gel and Walgreen's had it on sale for $3.79, which is a comparable price to Target/WalMart/etc. So, I got it for $0.79 BUT, I had $10 in Walgreen's dollars from a previous transaction. So, I got that and a regular-size bottle of Tide Total Care (which is my laundry soap of choice) for free. The most I have paid for any basic health and beauty, personal care or cleaning product at CVS/Walgreen's/Target/Kroger in over a year is $6 for my special contact solution for hard lenses, which is a bargain because it was a double pack which is normally on-sale for $15.

I am a cheapskate on most things but I like the finer things. Those two don't mix much but it works for these things.

A good website for this kind of information is www.moneysavingmom.com

Gonna hush because I can talk and talk about this stuff.