How to Bag the Bargain of a Lifetime

There are crazy deals to be found if you look in the right places.

This hub will give you tips on how to find crazy bargains and help consumers to 'beat the credit crunch'.  

How do you fancy an ipod for 6p, a laptop for under £30 or a brand new Mini One for £6.83? These are just some of the bargains that people have bagged recently.

There's a new phenomenom in the UK called the penny auction where you really can bag the bargain of a lifetime. Bids are raised in 1penny increments to ensure a low buying price.

Check the site out, be patient watch and learn then formulate your best bidding strategy.

All goods are brand new and delivered right to your doorstep.

Claim 5 bids worth £6.50 using the promotion code HPS13 when you register.

There are many other opportunities to earn free bids to give you added 'firepower' in the auctions; including a daily free bid and 3 bids for every referral. 

Many restaurants have special deals to encourage customers to dine with them.

Often it is just a case of registering with them on-line to claim offersranging from 10% off the price to 2 for 1 deals.

Parents with young children can benefit from 'early diner discounts', generally the kids get to eat for free.

Other deals include:

Cafe Rouge - Eat for £15 per person (see website for details).

http://www.caferouge.co.uk/ 

Cafe Uno - Loyalty card entitling you to 15% discount (see website for details).

http://www.caffeuno.co.uk/loyaltycard.asp 

Slug and Lettuce - Offer 50% discount on Mondays.

http://www.slugandlettuce.co.uk/ 

Harry's Bar - 50% discount when booked online (see website for details) 

http://www.london-eating.co.uk/28315.htm 

Many shops and supermarkets offer discounts if you simply subscribe to their newsletters.

Sign up for loyalty cards so you can accumulate points throughout the year and redeem your discount on your christmas shopping. Take advantage of incentives offering an extra 100 or 200 points on special promotional items or triple points days.

When shopping online look for promotional codes which are available for almost all sites. These codes are entered at the checkout to redeem discounts. There are sites dedicated to providing customers with codes ie,

http://www.codes.co.uk/

A way to avoid being suckered into paying an arm an a leg at the supermarket is to start shopping at your local market; with lower overheads the market prices on the whole should be cheaper. Shopping with everything under one roof may make life easier but can we really avoid to pay through the nose for the sake of convenience. Have we merely become lazy?

Take a trip to the local market where prices are cheaper, and no barcodes means that you are free to haggle.