It may sound unbelievable to you, but we bought 5 hair dryers at the drug store this morning!
The drug store has a One-Day sale today, you can buy a hair dryer for $10.00 and get back $10.00 in cash voucher called Register Reward, which make it FREE.
We have been looking to get a hair dryer, T wanted to just go to the store to buy one, but I have learned about this hair dryer deal few weeks ago and have been holding on to buying one at regular price ($19.99). So we decided to stop by the 24-hour store at 7.15 a.m. There were two left on the shelf, one pink and one blue. We grabbed both.
There is another Walgreen opens at 8.00 a.m. which is near our house. We made a quick stop at 8.00 a.m. when T was on his way to work. We found six on the shelf and grabbed three.
Now, we have 2 pink hair dryers and 3 blue hair dryers, which we paid $3.90 out of pocket for sales tax. 
We are going to give one to T’s mother as one of the Christmas gifts, as her hair dryer had gone kaput sometime ago. One for me and one for T. The other two will be giving out as Christmas gifts!
You might wonder is this REAL. Yes, most stores have “loss leaders” to get you into the store to purchase other stuffs, which are marked up pretty high. You have to be a deal hunter who don’t buy anything at full retailed price in order to win.
The grocery stores do the same. They have loss leaders advertised in the ads every week, but almost everything else in the store are marked up. For example, some of the Kellogg’s cereals at regular retailed price can go as high as $4.xx. They are on sale this week 3 for $5, with three $1 coupons, they are 3 for $2!
Now, I need to find some coupons for good deals on sports gifts for men! I can’t give the free toothpaste and deodorants I got from Walgreen as Christmas gifts, can I?
January 2nd, 2009 at 2:43 am
Just dropped in to wish you a Very Happy New Year.