My 1st Million At 33 – yes, you can do it too

My wife is a great bargain hunter. We get most of our clothing at Macy’s, pretty much brand names below Costco’s price. She always shops ahead of time, meaning that she will be buying next year’s clothes this year. This way, she has plenty of time to wait and shop for bargains.

Over the weekend, we got a bunch of young children clothes, each piece ranged from US$3 to about US$4. My Calvin Klein’s jacket cost about $20. The original price was about $100. This is a pretty good price, but still not a steal yet. To beat $3 a piece for children’s clothes, the only way is to go to Asia and buy them from there. Even then, this price is still cheap by Asian standards (not comparing the quality yet).

How does she do it? Special one day sale + early bird + sale items + 20% off coupon.

These prices that we got are below the regular prices at Costco, Walmart, Target, or Sear’s. The quality/brand is also better. Certainly, you won’t be wearing another Costco’s shirt.

And another trick that she uses is that she would buy items that she want before the sale is on. Within a 10-day period (for price adjustment, varies from store to store) after the sale is on, she would go back and do a price adjustment (and you just need to bring your receipt, not the items at Macy’s). This way you don’t need to rush with all other people, and still be able to get the things & sizes that you want.

Now, I only wish that I can do price-adjustment when I buy my investment stocks, . Some price guarantee for my stocks would certainly be nice.

We also went to an outlet this weekend, just for fun rather than for shopping. Normally we can’t find any deals at an outlet. Really cannot understand why people are buying there.

Have a shopping tip to share? I would certainly look forward to hear about it.