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8 Ways to Save on Back to School Clothes Shopping

By //  by Kevin M

Back-to-school season is coming quickly, and when it does you will have new expenses. Unless your kids are going off to college, or you’re sending them to private schools, it is likely that buying back-to-school clothes will be your biggest single expense. But there are ways to keep that expense down to a minimum.

Salvage What You Can From Last Year

One of the best ways to save on back-to-school clothes shopping is also one of the easiest. Before doing any clothes shopping for your children, first take a complete inventory of what they have available from last year. The more that you can salvage from last year’s wardrobe, the less money you will need to spend on anything new.

This usually works out well too – like the rest of us, kids usually have a short list of favorite clothes. Whatever they have from last year that they really like, they will probably be quite comfortable wearing in the new school year as well.

Arrange A Clothing Swap

Is there another family either in your extended family or your social circle that has kids that are about the same age as yours? We had a successful swap arrangement with another couple. Their daughter was two years older than our daughter, and our son was two years older than their son.

This set the stage for handing down clothes from the oldest down to the youngest. Maybe this something you can work out as well?

Back to School Clothes Shopping
photo credit: fairfaxcounty

Thrift Stores

There are a lot of low-priced and gently used clothing items at thrift stores. In addition to the fact that they’re inexpensive, young children tend to burn through clothing very quickly. This is especially true for very young children – either they outgrow them, or they just wear them out through rough play.

Having a source of inexpensive replacement clothing is a major cost advantage, and that’s what thrift stores can do.

Shop In Lower Priced Stores

You can waste a lot of money buying designer clothes at top department stores, and your children will go through those clothes just as quickly as they will with lower-priced alternatives. While it’s true that kids become very label conscious in their high school years, you can usually get by with less expensive clothing from discount stores when they are younger.

It could mean the difference between paying $30 for a pair blue jeans at Macy’s, or paying $12 at Walmart.

Stay with the lower-priced discount stores, especially for young children, and even more if you have several children.

Pay Close Attention To Sales

This is especially important if you need to buy clothes in volume, and that usually is what happens when starting a new school year. Rather than going to your favorite clothing store, instead try the ones that are offering the biggest sales.

This can be an even bigger advantage if it is a lower-priced store with big discounts. Once again, it’s important to remember that kids just don’t stay in their clothes very long.

Always Look For Coupons

When shopping for your children’s clothes, before heading out first check out the websites to see if they have any coupons. Not only will this give you an opportunity to save money, but it will also give you a first-hand glimpse at their sales and specials.

The stores will often offer a flat amount off or a percentage discount on purchases over a certain dollar amount. For example, they may offer a 25% discount or $25 off on purchases over $100. If you know this before you go, you’ll be able to buy enough at that specific store to take advantage of the discount.

Consignment Shops

These can be a good place to buy better quality brand clothing. And since kids go through their clothes so fast, it’s not hard to find a large supply of them in a consignment shop.

The stores are more expensive than thrift shops, but again the quality is better. The fact that the quality is better is usually the whole reason why the clothes and being sold at consignment shops, rather than at thrift stores.

Consignment shops offer the seller an opportunity to make some money on the clothing, while clothes turned in at thrift stores are donations and provide no revenue to the seller.

Buy After School Starts

This is something that my wife and I discovered to be a big advantage. The big crush for back-to-school clothing happens before school starts. Sure, a lot of the stores have sales, but it’s hard to escape the idea that they raise their prices substantially before announcing those sales.

If you wait until a couple of weeks after school starts, you’ll generally be able to get better deals on kids clothing, if only because the heavy traffic will have passed. And speaking of heavy traffic, there’ll be a lot less of it if you wait until after school starts to go shopping.

Buy the minimum amount of clothing that you need to get through the first week of school, but save the bulk of your buying until afterwards.

And one more advantage here: if you wait until after school starts to buy most of the clothing, both you and your children will have a better idea what the styles are for the new year.

What strategies do you use to keep the cost of back-to-school clothing as low as possible?

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Black Friday 2012 Deals & Ad Scan: Costco

By //  by Sherrian Crumbley

As I mentioned yesterday, a few companies have managed to stand out from the rest in regards to their Black Friday deals. We have already posted the following Black Friday Ads:

  • WalMart Black Friday 2012 ad scan
  • Kmart Black Friday 2012 ad scan
  • Macys Black Friday 2012 ad scan
  • Bed Bath & Beyond Black Friday 2012 ad scan
  • CVS Black Friday 2012 ad scan
  • Dell Black Friday 2012 ad scan

…and now it’s time to post the Costco Black Friday 2012 ad scan.

I was actually quite surprised to see the great deals that they have on electronics and clothing.

Just click on a photo in order to enlarge it.

Alright, enough talking, let’s look at some deals!

Costco Black Friday 2012 Ad Scan & Deals

This is page 1 of the Costco Black Friday 2012 ad scan…be sure to check out page 2!

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Filed Under: Black Friday Tagged With: 2012, ad scan, Black Friday, Costco, Costco black friday 2012 ad scan, Costco black friday 2012 ads, Costco black friday 2012 deals, Costco black friday ad scan, Costco black friday ads, Costco black friday deals, Deals, macys, target black friday, walmart black friday

Black Friday 2012 Deals & Ad Scan: Bed Bath & Beyond

By //  by Khaleef Crumbley

As I mentioned yesterday, a few companies have managed to stand out from the rest in regards to their Black Friday deals. I have already posted the WalMart Black Friday 2012 ad scan, the Kmart Black Friday 2012 ad scan, the Macys Black Friday 2012 ad scan, and even the Best Buy Black Friday 2012 ad scan. Now it’s time to move on to the Bed Bath & Beyond Black Friday 2012 Deals & Ad Scan!

Essentially, Bed Bath & Beyond are giving 20% off of everything in the entire store, and 25% off of certain other products.

Just click on a photo in order to enlarge it.

Bed Bath & Beyond Black Friday 2012 Deals & Ad Scan

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Filed Under: Black Friday Tagged With: 2012, ad scan, Bed Bath & Beyond, Bed Bath & Beyond black friday 2012 ad scan, Bed Bath & Beyond black friday 2012 ads, Bed Bath & Beyond black friday 2012 deals, Bed Bath & Beyond black friday ad scan, Bed Bath & Beyond black friday ads, Bed Bath & Beyond black friday deals, Black Friday, Deals, macys, target black friday, walmart black friday

Black Friday 2012 Deals & Ad Scan: Best Buy

By //  by Khaleef Crumbley

As I mentioned yesterday, a few companies have managed to stand out from the rest in regards to their Black Friday deals. I have already posted the WalMart Black Friday 2012 ad scan, the Kmart Black Friday 2012 ad scan, the Macys Black Friday 2012 ad scan, and now it’s time to post the Best Buy Black Friday 2012 deals.

As usual, there are some amazing deals on various electronics – laptops, flat screen TVs, tablets, iPads, phones, GPS devices, digital cameras, etc – but they also have household appliances (washers and dryers, vacuum cleaners, etc), video game consoles, DVDs and Blu-Ray discs, and even musical instruments!

Because the Best Buy Black Friday 2012 ad scan is 22 pages long, I have decided to put it on 3 pages (be sure to look at all of the pages).

Just click on a photo in order to enlarge it.

Alright, enough talking, let’s look at some deals!

Best Buy Black Friday 2012 Deals

This is page 1 of the Best Buy Black Friday 2012 ad scan…be sure to check out pages 2 & 3!

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Black Friday 2012 Ads & Deals: Macys

By //  by Khaleef Crumbley

Continuing with our week-long posting of great Black Friday deals, we are now posting another popular one! Macy’s is another one of the big retailers that have managed to established a strong presence during this annual shopping “holiday”.

We have already seen the WalMart Black Friday 2012 ad and the Kmart Black Friday 2012 ad.

Macy’s has to be the leader in having great sales that only last for one day, and even having “pre-sale” events to go along with them! It seems like they aren’t disappointing in this area for Black Friday, either.

Unlike most ads, the Macy’s circular includes a number of useful coupons. They are also giving you great deals on jewelry, bedding, luggage, dress clothing as well as casual, and small appliances.

If you are looking for any of those items, then this may be too good for you to pass up – especially when you start piling on coupons!

Because the Macy’s Black Friday 2012 ad scan is 35 pages long, I have decided to put it on 6 pages (be sure to look at all of the pages).

Just click on a photo in order to enlarge it.

Alright, enough talking, let’s look at some deals!

Macy’s Black Friday 2012 Ad Scan

This is page 1 of the Macy’s Black Friday 2012 ad scan…be sure to check out pages 2-6!

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