How I Saved $6.10 In 20 Seconds
Sometimes taking your own advice is the best medicine.
Last week I wrote a post upon the importance of comparison shopping and how it can save you a lot of money. Well, today I just wanted to quickly give you another example of this.
I have been after two movies on DVD for sometime now but I could never find them cheap enough. One was Rocketeer and the other Dick Tracey. About a week ago I saw both of them together in one of those 2 movie collection packs on eBay and decided to buy it.
It was a Buy Now so I could purchase it any time (assuming someone didn’t beat me to it) and today I had a few spare minutes so I decided to buy it. The movie double pack was cheap enough (so I thought) at $15, but the delivery charge was $10, for a total of $25. But I rationalized this as still being fairly cheap as each movie would come out at a mere $12.50. Not too bad.
I was all set to hit the Buy Now button when I thought it may be prudent to have one last quick look around the internet to see if I could get it any cheaper. I mean, who knows, right?
I simply typed in “Rocketeer and Dick Tracy Double Pack” into Google and clicked on two Australian-based websites that were also selling it. Quickly looking at the price they charged I was surprised that one had it for only $12.95, and what more their delivery charge was only $5.95. For a total of $18.90.
A saving of $6.10 for the same DVD from eBay!
You should take away two lessons from this post:
- Always comparison shop as much as you can.
- eBay isn’t always the cheapest place to buy something.
Have you found something similar when shopping online?
Image credit: Martin Kingsley
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