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Trade Down to Trade Up

Posted By: TSN Boise on February 13, 2010 in Budget, Business, Home - Comments: 4 Comments »

We all trade up or trade down. We trade down to save money, then trade up on the things we want.

A cigarette smoker will trade down on clothes and food, just to buy a $5 for a pack of cigarettes.

A jock will trade down on apartment to trade up for the right gym membership and meal supplements.

A husband and wife will trade down on clothes and time to trade up on a private school for their children.

I have done, this very same thing myself, and I have seen others well meaning people, when it comes to trading down make the same mistakes that I have done. What is that mistake?

We think we are saving money, when in reality we are spending more money to save a few pennies.

The Shopping Nazi is here to point out those mistakes and help you save money one product at a time?

The classical example of the biggest mistake I see people do is like the a housewife travels 5 miles to Wal Mart to 10 per pound on 10 pounds of chicken, when it cost 75 cents per mile for that trip. That is a lost of $6.50.

A better solution finding several items where you would save money at Wal Mart. Then go to Wal Mart in conjunction to buy several other items. That would make the trip profitable.

This week we were driving by Wal Mart. So we stopped buy to get a couple of items we knew that is cheaper than what we buy normally buy a the grocery store closer to us. We purchased those items and then found a surprise. Nice looking men’s jackets were only $9! They were imitation leather, but just $9!

Over the years, I have found those kind of unadvertised sales. They allow us to get something a little nicer, at a price in our budget.

Our trade down is closes and food. We trade up on our daughters future and technology stuff.

What is your priorities? Tell me what you trade down on to trade up for? I want to hear from you.

Tags: chicken, Men's clothes, Tech Stuff, Wal Mart

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