Comments on: How a Little Impatience Cost Me $60

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:40:42 +0000

There is a way of saving this money still. Not sure if it will work for you but might be worth thinking about:

1. Buy the same players at the cheaper price (or use coupon, gift voucher or rebate etc)
2. Return the newly received players to Best Buy and get your money back using your original receipt - they are the same item.
3.Voila!Saving!

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:42:06 +0000

I think you're all right. It's the principal of the thing... knowing you're spending money when you don't really need to.

But I also think you can't nickel and dime every moment of your life. Sometimes you just have to put down the coupons and spend a little.

It's also interesting that most wives seem to clip coupons and look for sales and that most husbands don't seem as interested. I'd love to see a gender study on looking for deals :-)

@spaghetti0625 - That story about the Redbox movies is hysterical!

By: Ruby Leigh

Ruby Leigh — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 04:18:33 +0000

There seems to be a bit of a gender divide between Deal/Rebating and Coupon use and not.

My husband is similar. He doesn't mind cutting back or being modest... but seems to really get annoyed if I get too into couponing... not sure what it is. As long as I go to the grocery store alone though we get the best of both worlds.

By: Stella

Stella — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:08:31 +0000

I hate spending too much money on something! I just stopped by Whole Foods (yes, I know they're expensive to begin with...) for a product just to find they charge a dollar more than the MSRP and two more than drugstore.com. I walked away.

Best Buy does have price matching (although not against any online retailer like Amazon), so if you see the exact make/model of the DVD players you bought lower somewhere else, you can get an adjustment/credit within the return/exchange period.

By: nklsmom

nklsmom — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:06:50 +0000

good for you – and good for your hubby. when you live a frugal life, you CAN occassionally make an 'off the cuff' purchase and settle in to enjoy yourself. I'm sure the cuddle session was worth the $60! 🙂
xoxo-nklsmom

By: spaghetti0625

spaghetti0625 — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:22:20 +0000

My DH is the SAME way! Especially with the Redbox. He was sooo excited when I got codes for free movies! he didn't realize they were only a dollar, so he told his buddy at work that I had codes and got them for FREE! His buddy was like 'Uh, you know they are a dollar right?" DH was like 'Oh' LOL. So now, if we're at the store and he sees one, he wants to get a movie…and when I dont have the code handy, he's like 'It's only a dollar'. UGH, it's the PRINCIPAL of which I speak! It would be FREE with the code! MEN! lol

By: Bank and Finance Deals

Bank and Finance Deals — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:20:50 +0000

Once you've established the mindset of saving money where possible you're usually set. I believe it's okay to just not worry about how much things cost once in awhile. I tend to do this a lot while on vacation. I don't ever want to look back on an opportunity (even staying in and watching movies) and wonder what I could've missed out on.