How to Save Money this Holiday Season

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Article Title: How to Save Money this Holiday Season
Author: Eric Johnson
Category: Collecting, Games
Word Count: 438
Keywords: saving money,save money this holiday
Author's Email Address: howtoonebay@gmail.com
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If you're like most of us than you will usually wait until the last possible moment to get a holiday gift for everyone on your list. Unfortunately the problem with this is that not only are all the good items gone, but anyting you want will be sold to you at a highly inflated price. Obviously you need the gifts so you'll pay any price and you hate yourself for it. The huge markup is something that many people are used to when it comes to busy holiday seasons.

However, there are certain things we can all do that will help lower the cost of your gifts and therefore keep your wallet thicker over New Years. If you save enough before Christmas you can be well off enough to put the savings into Boxing Day sales. I find this technique is amazing for getting good deals and for making your savings account flourish.

First of all, avoid getting caught at the last minute. Instead, think about what you want to buy and start picking out where you can buy them right now. Avoiding the rush is the best way to get regular prices and avoid getting the price markup at the counter. When you're outside at the last minute you are desperate and therefore you are likely to pay a higher price.

Another great technique is buying online. When you purchase your gifts online you avoid the traditional line up and headache of buying gifts. Another great thing is that you get a lower price because the place you are buying from gets to avoid all the extremely high brick and mortar costs that traditional firms have to deal with.

At the same time, you will now pay a new fee. The shipping fee is something that prevents people from shopping online because they figure they can get a product cheaper from a local store. What you don't know is that the local price already encompasses shipping so you are really better off buying online.

The trick is to check with the site you are purchasing from and make sure that they ship to where you live (for people living outside of the United States) and check the shipping price. Another great trick is to find a website that offers combined shipping costs. This way you can find a site that offers a wide variety of products and get gifts for multiple people while getting a fair deal on the shipping price. This way you can still get all of your shopping done but you won't waste all of your time waiting in lines or spending money on inflated store prices.

Eric J is high invested in his family and usually ends up spending more money than he has. This holiday season he bought his son a playstation 3 online from http://ps3gamestore.net/
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