Tips for a Broken Economy – Great Deals and Savings Online September 18, 2008
Posted by Luis in September.Tags: great online deals, online communities, saving money tips, social network software, social networking
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With the latest economic news and presidential candidates that talk about the ‘broken’ economy, regular people are turning towards the Internet to find great tips to make some savings during economic turmoil.
The information posted online includes reviews from the Internet users as a part of what we call “social networking”. Several websites offer great information about retail deals such as:
In these sites, one learns about special online and offline offers. It is not rare to find a post that says “Home Depot located in South Chicago is liquidating its BBQs offering up to 90% off” and this is followed for some comments from other users like “yeah! I get a Weber Model xxxx for only $100, thanks!”
I personally like fatwallet as they offer cash back and coupons from a bunch of well know brands and stores.
These websites like fatwallet have great online traffic and are built with forums. I honestly think they will be able to offer a better experience with a full social networking site. But, as you know, I am biased with social networking. Eventually they will do it. In fact, if some of the people from these sites read this post and want to build one with us, you are welcome. You will not be disappointed!
Continuing with the topic, there are more secret websites that are really interesting to be aware of, one of them is PriceProtecTR , it’s free and they inform you in case the prices of items bought by you are reduced so you can ask for a refunds to retailers. Sweet! You do not need to check if something is cheaper two weeks after you buy it. What make these people more interesting is that they are even going to honor a 30 day price matching for Amazon.com after the company has stopped refunding money for this policy, read their post about it.
In addition, with Amazon.com, there is a nice trick to know. If you are looking for deals in their website, I am sure that you have visited their “gold box” where they put great deals for one or two hours. The problem is that you need to keep looking what the next item will be and this is disappointing in case any of the deals offered for the day include something you wish to buy. Well there is one website; lightingdeals that tell you what items will be later on that day. The last time I checked their website, it stated “under construction”. However, in the meantime, they are putting the info as a comment directly in the “gold box” discussion forum with the title “lighting deals” so this is even better as you do not have to leave the amazon.com site to know their next gold box deals.
These are a few examples for finding good deals on the net along with info about how to save money in your every day routines. In Japan, one of the most popular blogs is from American-born, Japan-based blogger Thomas Hjelm. His blog nihonhacks.com has plenty of useful and curious tips like “how to never waste rice again” and there are other similar tips in blogs, one which I like a lot is the list that appears in zenhabits with 106 Money-Saving Tips for a frugal lifestyle.
What I did not find yet is a social networking site where people share their tips, deals and more in a more collaborative way. I really think it will be successful attempt. So here is my “Deal of the Week”, if you think that you are passionate about finding good deals, you can build a successful online community around money-savings tips and deals, sign up for our starting plan gold ($29/month) and I will upgrade your account to a corporate plan ($225/month) absolutely free. This offer is limited to the first five so act now! Sign up and send me an email with your info so I can upgrade your account. I love to see more tips!
Also, please let me know if you know about websites that offer money saving tips.
Luis
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Hi Luis. Thanks for this wonderful article. You have provided a wonderful collection of how to find & get benefitted from the best deals offered.
Great info–I consider myself a consummate dealhound, yet I still learned something new here (bargainshare and lightning deals)!
Thanks for the great info! I had never heard of those money-saving sites. I’ll give them a try.
Thanks for the tips. I am somewhat of a coupon fanatic and I use them quite frequently. Thanks for the fatwallet.com website. I will definately check it out.
Hi, That’s a nice info… Money saving tips are not only applicable for rainy days, it’s a must for all days. Nice webstes as will, have bookmarked them already… Thanks a lot..
With the way today’s economy is, anything that you can do to save money is always a plus. I think that visiting the sites listed above are an easy way to be sure that you are getting the most bang for your buck.
Such a good idea to really start paying attention to bargains and deals. In this time of economic unrest, I am definitely trying to save every penny I can. Thanks for the above links – they are really useful!
Wow, what a valuable article– especially for people who are on a fixed budget and have to look for ways to save money in order to live. I am definitely bookmarking this page!
I am on a strict budget and this information is going to help me immensely. I’m going to fatwallet as soon as I’m finished with my comments. Thanks.
I think these types of sites are going to really take off in the next 6 months. The current economic atmosphere is making everyone become more creative with their budgets.
Thanks, I really love these money saving tips during this economic downturn.
Thanks for taking the time for a well written, thought out article. I will put these to use
Great post for the tumbling times. I think your idea around a social network around money saving is great. Have you checked out Loanables.com ?
Good read, I usually look at deal sites before ordering anything to make sure I get the best price. You left out a popular deal site , slickdeals. I use it all the time.
you’re right, slickdeals is a great site too.
Thank you!
Thanks so much for the article. It is great to see all the places to look for good deals in these hard times!
Wow..thanks for the tips! We are on a very limited budget and live too far away from amenties to shop for a lot of bargains. I will go to these sites when I’m done here. I just heard on the news last nite, that a lot of people are now using the Dollar stores more regularly. There is not one very close to us, so I need to checkout some of these links. Thanks.
Everyone is practically starving financially today. I do a lot of online shopping, so it is great to know about savings sites for us overpaying Americans.
I have not been doing “a lot” of shopping at all. When I do, I prefer online shopping for the deals and it lessens my impulse buying problem.
We really appreciate this information – if you can find a place with all these great deals with free shipping and handling or if you come across any more great information, don’t hesitate to email us. I hope to help you increase your readership too!
I found something that may be of interest to you and your readers. The site can be found at http://absurdlycool.com. I think you should check it out. You can find real free stuff online, helping you to save even more money during this economic downturn . If you think it worthy like I do, share it. I’m going to some of the sites you listed. Thanks.
thanks for the heads up! I’ve been using fatwallet for some time now, but I’ve never run across the other sites before, and I’m glad that I have.
You may want to check out slickdeals.net, they have message boards, which may not be exactly what you’re looking for, but would be pretty close.
Thnak you so much for posting this information. It nice to know that there are still deals out there for people on a tight budget.
Finally, some great website to get great deals on all variaty of products. I’ve never really been able to find websites like these.
Thanx for such a nice information, will be useful for people like me who always look for the ways to save money online or to get hot deals around.
Great information. I am always looking for the best deals I can find.
These days, I think all of us are happy to find a great deal. I found this information really useful. I can’t wait to try some of these websites. Thanks.
What a great article. I am constantly looking for deals on the internet and this article provided ones that I wasn’t aware of. Good read.
This is a great article! We can all use some help with the current economy! There are some great sites listed! Thanks!
I am often on the lookout for savings on tech gear. I like DealDogs.net because you can get email alerts by category so you only get alerts on what you are looking for. It also includes product videos as well as detailed information about the products.