Shopping

  • Price Survey: Stay Away From the Biggest Drugstore Chains

    Is a chain drugstore the first place that comes to mind when you’re out of toothpaste or need to have a new prescription filled? You may be better off heading to a supermarket or big-box store. A recent pharmacy comparison…

  • Should You Sign Up for Store-Branded Credit Cards?

    Store-branded credit cards come with tempting offers like reward points and exclusive access to coupons and sales events. With the high-spending holiday season closing in, shoppers no doubt are looking for any opportunity to keep money in their pockets while…

  • Does Walmart’s Savings Catcher Deliver?

    The premise behind Walmart’s new Savings Catcher seems straightforward enough: Use the app to scan your receipt from an in-store purchase, or go online and enter the TC number at the bottom, and Walmart will automatically check the prices you…

  • 50 Cheap Health & Beauty Tips to Try

    Whether getting ready in the morning takes you two hours a day or a no-fuss routine gets you out the door in 15 minutes, we all have some sort of beauty regimen. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could face…

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    Is Shopping at Costco Worth the Membership Fee?

    Nowadays there are an endless number of ways to shop at a discount — coupons, e-commerce, clearance racks, bargain stores, and membership clubs, just to name a few. Costco is one of the most popular warehouse clubs nationwide, but how does…

  • Doctors and Chefs Buy Generic; Should You?

    Could knowing when to buy generic save American consumers billions of dollars a year? That’s the estimate of a recent study by economists at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Tilburg University in the Netherlands. The researchers…

  • How to Save on a Replacement Battery — and Avoid Counterfeits

    From phones to watches, laptops to adult toys, finding a replacement specialty battery can be an expensive hassle. Vibrations, beeps, constant email forwarding and game playing quickly drain the life…

  • Are Walmart’s Back-to-School Sales Worth an Early Shopping Trip?

    August is back-to-school month for students across the country, but is it really time to shop for lunchboxes and laptops already? Walmart is catering to college students with sales starting…

  • Why Walmart? The Store Consumers Hate to Love

    Consumers complain on blogs, on shopper forums, in conversation, and even on the company website that Walmart is disorganized and crowded, sells low-quality products and bad produce, attracts questionable clientele,…

  • Save an Easy $100 by Unplugging These Devices

    Just because the TV is turned off doesn’t mean it isn’t consuming energy. Millions and millions of watts of “phantom energy” are used every day by unsuspecting electric customers. When…

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    Petco vs. PetSmart: Which is Cheaper?

    In This Article: Loyalty Programs Pet Stores Review: Websites & Online Shopping Extra Services Petco vs PetSmart Price Comparison Table Petco Review PetSmart Review Pet Store Prices and Loyalty Programs…