Everybody loves to save money. The problem with saving money is that it has almost become synonymous with getting something cheap. In sales, “cheap” is not a good word at all. You never want to tell your prospective customer that your product is cheap. What you want to do is tell them that it is affordable. You might say it is a smart buy on a budget. But you never want to present it as cheap, not if you want to actually sell it.
We have come to believe that you get what you pay for, and never any more than what you pay for. So saving money has become conflated with cutting corners. The good news is that you don’t have to cut corners to get amazing products. Many products are marked up way too high. There is no good reason for you to pay the markup if you can get the same item at a discount. You don’t have to hang out at the clearance rack to find those savings. Although, that is not a bad start. Here are a few great things you can get at amazing discounts if you know where to look:
Engagement Rings
You don’t have to spend $4,000 on an engagement ring just to show you are serious about your spouse to be. You also don’t have to deal with conflict diamonds to get the shine and shimmer of a girl’s best friend. You can get lab-grown diamonds in the form of clearance engagement rings for a lot less than you think. That can really come in handy because the last thing you want to do is make the mistake of starting out your new and socially responsible life with someone you love by making a financially irresponsible decision about how you will symbolize that new start.
A better use for the money you save would be a downpayment on a new house, a new vehicle, or a new business. One of the best things a new couple can do with the savings is use the savings to start a college fund for their future children. The simple act of investing in your child’s education will prompt you to stay on top of things and make sure they are educationally progressing every step of the way.
Professional Home Cleaning
One of the most important things a person could do to stare safe from COVID outside of mask-wearing and social distancing is keeping their house cleaner than usual and not let it become a Petri dish for germs and bacteria to thrive. But if you know where to look, you can get a discount code for professional home cleaning. The cleaning you get is not some cut-rate affair. It is the real deal from a professional service.
This is the thing about discount codes: If you know where to look, you can find them for just about anything. There are websites devoted to surfacing discount codes for everything from your favorite paid podcast content to your next visit to a 4-star restaurant. That doesn’t mean you have to plan your whole life around discount codes like some people do for coupons. But when you are planning to spend a significant stack of cash on something you need, it usually pays to check and see if you can get that same service at a lower price. You can succeed more times than you think.
Travel
Everybody knows that you should never book a flight or a hotel directly from the vendor because booking services are always less expensive, right? Wrong! That may have been the case at one time. But airlines and hotels don’t want to pay commissions to brokerage services. They try to earn your business by offering competitive rates directly, and sometimes at a less expensive price. They also have the ability to throw in extras you might not get from a brokerage service. So before booking your next trip, check the offerings directly on the company’s website.
You don’t have to clip coupons and run all over town to save a little money on important things, when buying jewelry, home services, or travel, you have many paths to savings that don’t involve compromising your quality standards.
