| With office parties, family travel,
| |
| | possible stores that may have them.
|
| preparing for and throwing family
| |
| | 2. Call ahead to see if items are
|
| get-togethers packing in on the schedule
| |
| | available.
|
| and budget, it's no wonder that 85% of
| |
| | 3. Consider shopping when the stores
|
| Americans complete their gift shopping 10
| |
| | first open, or the last hour that they
|
| days before the holidays. And oddly
| |
| | are open.
|
| enough men and younger shoppers,
| |
| | 4. If you spouse is deployed, let the
|
| according to a 2003 report by American
| |
| | stores ship the items for you.
|
| Express, are now leading the holiday
| |
| | 5. Shop at online stores and take
|
| rush.While some are a bit ashamed of the
| |
| | advantage of their gift wrapping and
|
| appearance of procrastinating, others
| |
| | shipping options
|
| consider it quite fashionable to delay
| |
| | 6. Buy store issued gift cards such as
|
| gift giving. The thought of facing a
| |
| | Starbucks, Bed Bath & Beyond, Macy's and
|
| crazed shopping mob, spending 60 or more
| |
| | Best Buys
|
| on 10 gallons of gas and losing hours of
| |
| | 7. Buy prepaid gift cards from credit
|
| much needed rest driving from store to
| |
| | card issuers like DiscoverCard and
|
| store does little to discourage
| |
| | MasterCard prepaid debit gift cards
|
| procrastinating. One study reveals that
| |
| | 8. Shop online and save gas and hours
|
| only one in four last minute shoppers (25
| |
| | driving from store to store
|
| percent) finds the task pleasurable.It
| |
| | 9. Take advantage of online reward
|
| goes without saying a frugal shopper can
| |
| | programs
|
| save hundreds, even thousands waiting for
| |
| | 10. If you must venture out to shop take
|
| post-holiday clearance sales and sending
| |
| | time to do comparison shopping online
|
| belated gifts out in January. Still many
| |
| | first.That said, Fimark, a web business
|
| are just not content to put off in-season
| |
| | marketing firm located at , encourages
|
| gift shopping no matter what the savings.
| |
| | consumers to take advantage of price
|
|
| |
| | comparison shopping in the online
|
| To that end how can last minute shoppers
| |
| | marketplace. What can you find when
|
| save both time and money finding the
| |
| | comparison-shopping online? Customer
|
| right gifts?10 Time Saving Shopping
| |
| | reviews are often the best guide for
|
| Tips1. Make a list of your gift ideas and
| |
| | determining which stores to trust.
|
