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Are You Spending Too Much Money On Your Stockpile? The #1 Thing You SHOULD Be Doing Before Stocking Up..

Alea's Deals Are You Spending Too Much Money On Your Stockpile? The #1 Thing You SHOULD Be Doing Before Stocking Up..

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;3 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;2px 0 2px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine; &NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"wp-image-2002 size-full aligncenter" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;aleasdeals&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;Print-Now-36&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"488" height&equals;"278" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When trying to figure out if something is a good price&comma; <strong>ALWAYS<&sol;strong> go by single amounts for most things&period;&period; A rookie consumer mistake is buying items based on the overall price instead of price per unit&period; While some products may appear to be cheaper&comma; upon closer inspection they can be less expensive in different sizes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>For example<&sol;strong>&period;&period; Price per load of laundry&comma; price per roll of toilet paper &lpar;double or single etc&rpar;&comma; price per ounce&comma; Price per sheet &lpar;Fabric sheets&rpar;&comma; Price per razor &lpar;Disposable&rpar;&period; You&&num;8217&semi;ll see these on match-ups sites all the time&period;&period; This isn&&num;8217&semi;t just there to make it sound like a low price&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s there because that&&num;8217&semi;s how you SHOULD be viewing MOST things when couponing&period;&period; things come in all different sizes and prices&period;&period; The ONLY way to get a correct indication of what you&&num;8217&semi;re buying it to do it by individual product&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><em>If you&&num;8217&semi;re having a hard time figuring out if deals are good enough to stock up on&comma; make sure you join our <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;groups&sol;1196470397120492" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Facebook Community<&sol;a>&excl; We&&num;8217&semi;re always happy to help out&excl;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h4><strong>Example&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2003" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;aleasdeals&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;Purex-129x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"129" height&equals;"300" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;Every once in a while&comma; <strong>Purex will go on sale for Buy 1 get 2 free at CVS and Walgreens for this 24 load&period;&period; They are normally priced at around &dollar;6&period;49<&sol;strong>&period;&period; People go NUTS for this sale&comma; even when most of the time there ARE no coupons&period;&period; They get caught up in the words &&num;8220&semi;Get Two Free&&num;8221&semi; without even factoring in how much they&&num;8217&semi;re paying&excl; 24 loads x 3 bottles &equals; 72 loads total&period; So you are paying <strong>&dollar;6&period;49 for 72 loads&comma; which comes out to &dollar;&period;09 a load&excl;&excl;<&sol;strong> Way high&excl;&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2004" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;aleasdeals&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;xtra-300x234&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"234" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Turn around and you have Xtra laundry detergent 175 oz &lpar;116 Loads&rpar; at Family Dollar priced normally around &dollar;5&period; Even WITHOUT a coupon&period;&period; &dollar;5 divided by 116 loads comes out to &dollar;&period;04 a load&excl; Normally we always have a &dollar;1&sol;1 coupon tho&comma; so this makes each huge bottle<strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ff00ff&semi;"> only &dollar;4&comma; or just &dollar;&period;03 a load&excl;&excl;<&sol;span><&sol;strong> This sale is not as popular&comma; and I completely believe it&&num;8217&semi;s because people are getting <strong>hung up on the wording<&sol;strong>&excl;&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<h4><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2005" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;aleasdeals&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;How-Much-to-Pay-for-Diapers-Savings-Guide-241x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"241" height&equals;"300" &sol;><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>Another thing I see people paying WAY too much for is Diapers should always be how much your paying for EACH diaper&period; The chart above shows the stock up prices for different sizes&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h4>Example&colon;<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-2006" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;aleasdeals&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;3700086258&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"224" height&equals;"224" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Walmart Pampers Cruisers jumbo packs size 3 &lpar;28 Diapers&rpar; sells for &dollar;8&period;97&period;<&sol;strong> We normally have a &dollar;1&period;50&sol;1 coupon out&comma; making each pack <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ff00ff&semi;"><strong>only &dollar;7&period;47&comma; or &dollar;&period;27 per diaper&period;<&sol;strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"> If you compare with the chart above&comma; that is WAY too high for this size of diaper &lpar;and almost too high for ANY size diaper&rpar;&period; This is NOT a stock up price&excl;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-2007" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;aleasdeals&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;diapers-target&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"192" height&equals;"295" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Target this week has their HUGE boxes of pampers as a part of the gift card deal for buy 2&comma; get back &dollar;15 gift card&period; Each pack of Pampers size 3 Cruisers comes with 128 Diapers&period; After coupons and gift cards your deal would look like this&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Buy 2 Pampers Giant Pack Diapers &dollar;34&period;99 128 ct<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;Use two &dollar;3&sol;1 Pampers Boxes 7&sol;5 P&amp&semi;G<br &sol;>&NewLine;Pay &dollar;63&period;98 &&num;8211&semi; Get Back&colon; &dollar;15&period;00 Target Gift Card<br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ff00ff&semi;"><strong>Final Price&colon; &dollar;24&period;49 each&period;&period; That makes it just &dollar;&period;19 per diaper&excl;<&sol;strong><&sol;span> &lpar;If you compare to the chart above&comma; this is within the stock up price&comma; but it&&num;8217&semi;s border line NOT a good price&excl;&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2008" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;aleasdeals&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;target-diaper-coupon-1-300x115&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"115" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Then sometimes you&&num;8217&semi;ll have additional discounts that make for an even better deal&excl;  this week there are two HUGE Target coupons in the weekly flyer &lpar;7&sol;5 &&num;8211&semi; 7&sol;11&rpar;&period; You would get something like this&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Buy 4 Pampers Diapers Giant Box &dollar;34&period;99 each 128 ct<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;Use four two &dollar;3&sol;1 Pampers Boxes 7&sol;5 P&amp&semi;G<br &sol;>&NewLine;Use &dollar;20 Gift Card with &dollar;125 Baby Purchase &lpar;Target Coupon&rpar;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Pay&colon; &dollar;127&period;96 &vert; Get Back 2 &dollar;15 Gift Cards AND 1 &dollar;20 Gift Card<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ff00ff&semi;">Final Price&colon; &dollar;77&period;96 for four or just &dollar;19&period;49 per box which is only &dollar;&period;15<&sol;span> <&sol;strong>&lpar;If you notice the list above&comma; this is LOWER than our stock up price&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Or for the best deal mix and match<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p><strong>Buy 4 Huggies Diapers Giant Box &dollar;34&period;99 each<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Buy 2 Pampers Giant Boxe &dollar;34&period;99 each<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;Use four &dollar;3&sol;1 Huggies Diapers 6&sol;14 SS<br &sol;>&NewLine;Use two &dollar;3&sol;1 Pampers Boxes 7&sol;5 P&amp&semi;G<br &sol;>&NewLine;Use &dollar;1&period;50&sol;1 Target Mobile Coupon &lpar;Text BABY4 to 827438&rpar;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Use &dollar;40 Gift Card with &dollar;200 Baby Purchase &lpar;Target Coupon&rpar;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Pay&colon; &dollar;190&period;44 &vert; Get Back &lpar;3&rpar; &dollar;15 Gift Cards AND &lpar;1&rpar; &dollar;40 Gift Card<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ff00ff&semi;">Final Price&colon; &dollar;105&period;44 for six or just &dollar;17&period;57 each&excl;&excl;<&sol;span><&sol;strong> This makes each diaper only &dollar;&period;14&excl;&excl; &lpar;If you look at the chart again&comma; this is WAY lower than our stock up price for this size&excl;&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ff00ff&semi;"><strong>I know a lot of you say&comma;<&sol;strong> <&sol;span><em>&&num;8220&semi;But I don&&num;8217&semi;t have &dollar;190 to spend on diapers at any one time&excl;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em> and to this I say&period;&period; start setting aside little by little now&comma; waiting for a good stock up price&excl; Invest in your savings&excl; If you bought yours from Walmart&comma; You would need to buy 28 packs just to get the same amount of diapers &lpar;768 Diapers&rpar; you get in that last scenario&period; The Walmart price is &dollar;&period;27 per diaper&comma; and in the last scenario you are getting each diaper for &dollar;&period;14&period;&period; This makes a difference of &dollar;&period;13 per diaper&period; so just by doing that last scenario VS getting them little by little at Walmart&comma; you are saving &dollar;99&period;84&excl; &lpar;&dollar;&period;13 Price Difference x 768 Diapers&rpar; That&&num;8217&semi;s HUGE Savings&excl; Now think of that savings in a larger scale<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Estimate of how many Diapers a baby will use in the first year of life&colon;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>8 to 10 diapers a day × 365 days a year &equals; <strong>3650 to 4380 diapers <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&dollar;&period;13 Price Difference x 4380 Diapers &equals; <strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ff00ff&semi;">That&&num;8217&semi;s a savings of &dollar;569 a year&excl;&excl;<&sol;span><&sol;strong> That&&num;8217&semi;s HUGE&excl;&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">So when you see something priced &&num;8220&semi;By unit Cost&&num;8221&semi; they are not trying to trick you&excl;&excl; This is how you SHOULD be looking at it&excl; By making sure you ONLY stock up at the &&num;8220&semi;Stock Up Price Per Unit&&num;8221&semi; you are saving THOUSANDS a year on all your items&excl; This is the reason we coupon&excl; We don&&num;8217&semi;t coupon to have a HUGE Stockpile to show off&comma; we coupon to have a HUGE stockpile that was purchased at ROCK BOTTOM prices&excl;&excl; Don&&num;8217&semi;t be in such a hurry to build your stockpile&period;&period; wait until you can get the best price&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2009" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;aleasdeals&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;how-to-create-a-stock-up-price-list-300x199&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"199" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You may want to <em>bring a calculator to the store with you or use the calculator function on your cell phone&period;<&sol;em> In addition&comma; for commonly bought items&comma; it is always a good idea to keep a little log of the price per ounce of the items at different stores&period; That way you know if you are getting the best deal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;">Everyone&&num;8217&semi;s Stock up price is going to be a little different&period; Some areas are generally more expensive than others&comma; some areas double coupons and some don&&num;8217&semi;t&period; Your own personal stock up price will come to you naturally after a while&period; If you need help figuring out a good place to start&comma; you check out my <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;everyonelovescouponing&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;01&sol;stock-up-price-list&period;pdf" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Stock Up Price List<&sol;a>&excl; The 3 month stock up prices are really good deals that you can feel comfortable getting enough to last you 3 months&period; The 6 month price is my ROCK BOTTOM price&period;&period; This is when you want to REALLY stock up and get enough to last you at least 6 months or longer&excl;&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Crystal over at <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;moneysavingmom&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Money Saving Mom<&sol;a> has a great free download for a <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;moneysavingmom&period;com&sol;2011&sol;05&sol;free-customizable-stock-up-price-list&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">customizable Stock Up Price list<&sol;a>&comma; for those that like to have a template to work from&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h4 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">After awhile&comma; looking for the price per ounce will become second nature making you a more cost conscious shopper and saving you a lot of money<&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 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