Save Money on Purchases
Note: This article was published while I was in my early 20s. I was much younger and dumber. Please don't hold it against me. One of the perils of having a 20+ year old website!
A week or so ago, I wrote about how I need to be more fiscally responsible. The hardest part about doing this is I love buying stuff. My brother told me I spend money just to spend it, and to a certain extent that’s true. However, I have come up with a couple of ways to save money on those oh so important purchases I make.
- Money Back Programs
- This is my biggest form of money saving. I’ve found two solid money back programs in Best Buy’s Reward Zone and Amazon’s Associates Program. With both programs, you get a certain amount of money back on your purchases. With Best Buy, it’s in the form of certificates to Best Buy which, face it, for a guy like me is perfect. With Amazon, you can opt for direct deposit to your back account, which will occur every quarter assuming you make $10 or more. This has led to me using Best Buy and Amazon for most of my purchases, as I get money back on their already relatively low prices.
- Student Discounts
- If you are a student, take advantage of it. A lot of places offer some sort of student discount- the gym, the movies, etc. There are also student online stores, like Journey Ed, which has great student discounts on computer hardware and software, PDAs, USB Drives, etc. If you are not sure about student discounts in certain establishments, it doesn’t hurt to ask.
These methods have saved me quite a bit of money already this summer. Journey Ed, especially, offers massive discounts on some great software suites. What do you do to save money?
TheJoey-
I have used Journey Ed in the past and I recently found Academic Superstore. I like them much more as they seem to have a larger selection and their website is easier to use.
Just my 2 cents
Robert
Joeys,
Already got it covered in the gym department. Gym membership is usually 30 bucks a month, however with the student summer discount im hitting up 3 months for 75 bucks.
This will sound odd, but we have a supermarket called “BRL” down here which sells dented or squished foodstuffs which customers just did not buy in wal-mart/sam’s club/insert-supermarket-name-here. Sounds weird at first, but when you’re buying 5 BOXES of tastycakes for 5 dollars because theres a little nick on the top, well, yea.