Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Spring Micro CSUSB Blog #1
Of the 10 Big Ideas, students generally agree "Incentives Matter" is one of the most important concepts in our course. Provide one example from your life where you responded to positive or negative incentives in making a decision. For example, recently the family wanted to go out to dinner. I suggested P.F. Chang's because I had received gift cards to that restaurant. The incentive to go there was stronger because the total bill would be smaller after the gift cards....make sense?
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I applied to pharmacy school and out of two of the pharmacy schools I was admitted to, I chose to go to WesternU at Pomona because they had a better location and had strong ties with the companies I wanted to work with. The incentives to go to WesternU in Pomona were its location and its networks compared to my east coast school.
ReplyDeleteI first want to say congratulations to Sam Bonilla! You worked hard, my friend. I'm proud of you!
ReplyDeleteAlthough my story isn't as great as Sam's, I had a recent shopping trip over spring break when I was back at home in San Francisco. Like a normal shoe-crazy girl, I had found a great pair of wedges at Urban Outfitters. The normal price for these shoes was $58 including tax. At first, I was not going to buy them, until I realized I had two $20 gift cards to Urban Outfitters from my birthday back in October. I never used them because I didn't find anything perfect to buy from Urban over the past few months. This was ultimately PERFECT! After using the gift cards, all I had left to pay was about $20! The incentive for me to buy these shoes became stronger after realizing that the gift cards would decrease the price. Now, I own a great pair of new shoes. :]
I am sure there are going to be a ton of people posting this same example. But just today while I was driving home I kept my eyes peeled in search of the cheapest gas prices. So I found it at the usual gas station by my home for around $3.97 a gallon. Although I only put name brand gas in my car such as Shell or Chevron.
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I wanted a smoothie and I wasn't sure if I should go to Jamba Juice or Juice it up. I chose to go to Juice it up because I had a punch card and Jamba Juice doesn't do punch cards. My punch card was full so I ended up getting a free smoothie at Juice It Up.
ReplyDeleteOkay so my story is, instead of spending tons of money on fancy restaurants, I dont get ashame of using coupons, more like gift certificates. I only go to restaurants that works with restaurant.com, groupon.com, or livingsocial.com. Thse websites saves me fity percent on my meals, and instead of spending eighty dollars at Le Rendez Vous, I would buy a gift certificate that is $35 dollars worth &75 and spnd it at Gemmell another French restaurant. The difference is that I only have to pay 40 dollars out of my pocket at Gemmells and not 80 dollars at Le Rndez Vous for the same meal.
ReplyDeleteI love shopping. So I went to Nordstroms, to buy a pair of vince camuto heels, I tried them on, and loved them but they were pricey, but it was triple reward points, so i decided to get them at that moment, rather than later. If I were to wait till later it was only 1 point per dollar.
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ReplyDeleteAbout earlier today: I would go up to someone's table to eat from a person's table directly in front of the people eating. The Scienfield group were forced to wait to be seated, as well as treated with a lack of respect from a professional restaurant business. The reason I would eat person's food is to receive both food to help my appetite, as well as $50 to invest within rewarding myself later for the challenge. Instead of heading to the table the woman directly to, personally I'd choose the party who went inside the without making reservations, and help myself to the food available on their plates.The woman would not have lost anything she did not already gain. My personal situation: This week I had planned to attend the Career Expo held within the SMSU Event Center from 10am-2pm of Tuesday, April 5. I was interested in signing up for a physical fitness class that was closed, however the class began at 10am-11:50am. I decided to prepare for the Career Expo, wearing a professional attire and carrying several resumes, actively seeking, and successfully found summer part-time jobs and internships. I intended, and which I did to leave fifteen minutes early to meet, as well as inform the professor I wanted to enroll within the class. I figured with my situation, I would be able to attend the career expo, since I was already a full time student, which meant I this class would be one additional to class to benefit me. Otherwise I would have been present within the class I initially was ready to enroll within.
For spring break my friends and I decided to go to the beach. The original plan was for my friend to drive all of us to the beach and we were going to chip in for gas money, but I suggested I should drive because my car is a V4 and his car is a V8, so in doing that we saved on gas the way the gas prices are right now.
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Yesterday, i went to victoria gardens. i went there and saw this adorable shirt i wanted from Buckle, but the price was thrity dollars. I looked into my purse and realized i had a ten dollars off coupon from Victorias Secret, so i headed over there and my shirt turned out to be six bucks total.Not only that, I have credit there so i wouldn't have to pay until my next billing cycle. The incentive was stronger because the total was cheaper with the gift card.
ReplyDeleteAfter my econ class on Monday I felt like having a sub sandwich. However, instead of buying a six-inch sub at the student union I went to subway got a foot-long turkey sub for Monday's special with the same price. I was happy about the deal, besides we both know that the subs at the student union suck.
ReplyDeleteI was at the mall doing some early summer shopping and came across this amazing shirt that said " my next relationship will be normal". i had to get it but it cost alomost thirty dollars. That is kind of high and i wasnt going to get it. My friend that worked at that store decided to give me her employee discount so of course i ended up getting the shirt. If it wasn't for her discount, i would not have that shirt.
ReplyDeleteLately I have been trying to save as much money as I can. So before I go shopping at Target, I look through there coupon website http://coupons.target.com/mcp/pd.cfm?encp=bw3Edh8NsU3vzmfu%2BCqxk1gE5kAdfbx6dC45DH8m6FuvNQDwYVl3xOH31DkRj79yzb%2BSNmiA400O%0D%0ABmnS5K0e6TEN9YkUiIINbQvEEUdEU%2BN3drooBr%2BApNxO9HEloNAgJX5dvTqnakIPAhlOapV1Siha%0D%0ADM6T%2BQIEgNgsZcC0ca4%3D
ReplyDeleteNow I shop according to the coupons I find. for example, i prefer to use windex but if I find a coupon for $1 off the target brand, I buy that. I end up saving so much after the coupons vs. what i would have spent on the other stuff.
My husband drinks TONS of monster energy drinks, so today i was at Albertsons and knew I needed to buy more monsters, however, Albertsons is $20 for 10 monsters and Stater Brothers is $30 for 24, the incentive to save money got me to leave Albertsons and go to Stater Brothers to get the Monsters
ReplyDeleteWhile trying to decide a restaurant to eat at, my boyfriend and I narrowed it down to between Rubios and Farmer Boy's. Right next to the Rubio's is my favorite Juice It Up because the owner makes my smoothie absolutely PERFECTLY! Naturally I chose Rubios because I could also get a delicious smoothie and drink it on the way home!
ReplyDeleteLike every other girl in the world shopping is my worst habit. I really wanted this gray leather jacket but at a $98 and 9% sales tax made me think otherwise. After only at the beautiful price of $75 and I had a VIP account with 5% off every purchase. My incentive for waiting to buy the jacket was saving about $50.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to buy some Adidas Samba shoes and they where at the mall for 55 dollars. My friend told me they where at Khol's for 50 plus a 25 percent discount, so i ended up buying them their.
ReplyDeleteI was looking forward to attending a b-day party this weekend. My best friend had plans to go to the party as well, but something came up and she called me during the day telling me she was not going to go after all. So,I decided not to go.
ReplyDeleteI was debating on whether to take University Drive to campus or take the alternate route right off the freeway that led to Kendall and finally Little Mountain Drive. I was debating on which way would get me to school faster. At the time, University Drive was backed up so I took the alternate route. It ended up getting me to class on time.
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ReplyDeleteFor me when it come of buying grocery. I prefer going to Walmart where I can find the cheapest prices.I do the same thing when I buy textbooks I make sure to buy the books online so I save money. Positive incentives like this help me in saving money.
ReplyDeleteI am international student, so I came from Korea. Because of this fact, sometimes I miss my family, friends, and hometown like homesick. However, I found iphone 4 which has function to do facetime. Through facetime in iphone 4, I can do videotelephony. Of course, there are other videotelephony system like facetime in other smart phone. But I think facetime's quality is better than any other system. Because of this incentive, I chose buying iphone 4 instead of Android or prepaid phone.
ReplyDelete(.................but....Actually,,, I lost my iphone afew weeks ago)
Bummer on the iphone, dude!
ReplyDeleteI was just at Macy's the other day in order to buy some summer sandals. I was only planning to buy one pair, however they were having a sale. If I purchased one pair of shoes, they would be 15% off, two pairs would be 20% off, and three pairs would be 30% off. Obviously I bought three new pairs of amazing BCBG sandals at a 30% discount.
ReplyDeleteI was deciding which fast food restaurant I wanna to eat at the other day when I realized I had a coupon book for carls jr. So I decided to go there I was able to get $10.00 worth of food for $4.00.
ReplyDeleteThe other day I was trying to decide whether I should buy a book for this class when I had previously heard it wasn't necessary. Yet the teacher told the class that there was extra credit involved with the book. I ended up buying the book which wasn't terribly expensive in comparison to others.
ReplyDeleteI just recently just took a trip to Vegas to go shopping. When I was at the outlets I ran across this watch at the Michael Kors that I wanted and it was on sell. Then I thought about this Fossil watch that I wanted. So decided to go there before I made my decision on what watch I should get. Once I went to the Fossil store they had more of a watch selection and they were on sale. So I pretty much forgot about the Michael Kors watch and brought a shirt, and 4 watches that cost about the same price as that Michael Kors watch.
ReplyDelete-Kayla Snipes
The “Incentive Matters” is truly one of the major roles played in my life when I make a decision. To illustrate two examples, there is a time when I find a hard time to make the decision to whether go to a friend’s invitation to the party or stay at home to review the materials that will be tested tomorrow. After thinking for a while, I decide to stay at the home to review for the tomorrow’s exam because comparing the difference between the two opportunity costs, I find to stay at home for review’s opportunity cost, which is to have the fun in the party, is less than joining in my friend’s party’s opportunity cost, which will absolutely descend my grade for the tomorrow’s exam. Therefore, the incentive to have a better grade and less opportunity cost lets me make the decision to stay at home instead of going to the party. Another example is that when I go to the supermarket to buy the conditioner, there is a promotion on the one kind (large size) which is discounted to six dollars compared to the original price eight dollars. At the aside, there is a smaller size of the same brand and kind of conditioner sold at 5.5 dollars without promotion. In the final decision, I choose to buy the larger one with the promotion because it is more profitable than the one with smaller size when comparing with the tidy difference between the costs and almighty difference in sizes. Therefore, the incentive to buy a more profitable one lets me choose the six dollar one in the end.
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ReplyDeleteMy example of how incentives play an important role in my life, has to do with eating out. Since eating out is generally always more expensive than cooking and eating at home, my girlfriend and I almost never eat out anywhere. The only time we do eat out is usually when we are at school late and don't have enough time get home and make dinner before needing to go to bed. Where we go, then, depends on price, and we generally only eat somewhere that has a dollar menu or that we have coupons for. The incentive for us to eat where we do, if not obvious already, is wherever the cheapest option is.
ReplyDelete-Matthew Miller
I've applied this incentive when I'm driving home or back to college. I live in Palm Springs and I usually go home on the weekends and when I'm driving I always have a debate about taking the 215 then the 210 and the 10 to my way home or take the 215 and the 10 all the way home. I feel like taking the 215 and then the 10 is faster but because of construction I end up taking the 215 then the 210 to the 10. So once the construction in the 215 is done I'll probably take the 215 all the way to the 10.
ReplyDelete-Robert Arnold
A couple of days back, my friends and I were contemplating on which fast food restaurant we should go to. The wanted to got to the more expensive ones like Carl's Jr or Burger King, but i had a Baker's gift card so i wanted to go there. Thats my example of how incentives matter.
ReplyDeleteIncentives really do matter even if we don't notice everyone does it. For example every student in our econ class considers their incentives when buying books for the school every quarter. Take me for example every quarter I go around trying to find the cheapest price possible on the books i need for my new classes. This quarter i had the choice to either rent my books or buy ebooks. i decided to get ebooks for 3 of the four classes im taking so i save money and i dont have to carry the sometimes heavy books in my bag. The incentives for me was the extra cash in my pocket, and i dont have to carry the books everywhere i just have to bring my laptop.
ReplyDeleteI went to Victorias Secret and planned on getting a perfume for my friend as a birthday gift. They have this special offer where if you spend more than 60 dollars, then you get a free gift. Therefore the perfume was 58 dollars and I decided to buy a lipgloss for less than ten dollars and ended up getting the free gift which was a very bright pink bag. I was content with the choice that I had made. Basically it gives people the incentive to buy more things because in the long run it keeps the company running successfully.
ReplyDeleteEvery single week I go do my grocery shopping in Ralphs, and every time I want to buy some snacks, I end up buying 2 or 3 packages instead of 1, just because its almost the same price to buy 2 than to buy 3....
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ReplyDeleteI walked in a restaurant on the high way when I was driving to the bay area a long time ago and I was planing to buy 1 meal and I looked on the menu and I realized there is an offer that If I bought two meals there will 2 others and all of them will be full meals with 4 drinks and a French fries and with the same price . So the incentive is adding another meal to my order and get 4 . It was a great and a delicious meal so I had to eat 2 meals and the other two I past it to my friends .
ReplyDeleteSometimes when we walked in a mall. We can always heard some stores tell us today can buy one get one free. I would like to do that. Because when I shopped in a mall, I always with my friends. If we can buy something more than 1 that can share other one with my friend. That would be nice to our friends. or we can go fifty-fifty for one thing pirce instead of tow things pirce, that is really cheap for us students.
ReplyDeleteI was at the corner store buying beer, and I had to decide whether to go for import or domestic. quality or quantity. The Coors was less expansive, but less enjoyable than the Modelo and Blue Moon. hmmm...what should I do? I thought that I could find a situation that made sense both ways, and I did. I chose 12 Coors and 6 Modelo and 6 Blue Moon. The incentive of being cheaper was not quite strong enough to persuade me and neither was the quality. I walked out happy because I got the best of both incentives.
ReplyDeleteWell, I was hanging out with my friend one day, and my friend happened to leave the room for a bit and left his taco there with me. Big mistake! I looked at the taco and thought: hmm...I am still hungry... I thought about whether or not to eat it. On the positive side, free taco! On the negative side, my friend would probably give me a good punch and he would be complaining the rest of the day as well as looking for opportunities to get back at me. Even though the negative incentives outweighed the positive, I still ate his taco. And I don't regret it.
ReplyDeleteThis spring break I was looking around to buy a new television. I waited for a television and looked around for a fair descent priced television. I found 3 televisions that met my price range and was on the line of deciding. I decided to purchase the television that would offer me a better incentive . The television I decided to buy was at a store named SAMs club because they offered me a free extra year of warranty because of my membership status. The incentive of buying the television at SAMs club than another store is that I would receive an additional year if warranty at no charge.
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My girlfriend and I were recently debating on which restaurant to go to. We were debating between TGI Fridays and Olive Garden. Although we love both restaurants, we decided to go to Fridays because we had a buy one entree get one free coupon. The coupon served as an incentive for us to go there versus Olive Garden because we would be spending less money.
ReplyDeleteI agree with this idea because this is a good way to let people grow up. when people get some gifts or rewards, they will have more power to do another things. For example, when I live in China, my parents want to me study how to swim, they said if you study well, they well take me to travel. this is a good way to help me study swim.
ReplyDeleteI want to buy some skin care products several days ago. I didn't decide which shopping mall I would go. Untill I recieve a macy's gift card I went to macy's mall to buy some products of Chanel and Clinique. That gift cards help me save money. I just use the least money to buy many products.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in Japan, I was wondering weather going to Macdonald or coco's with my friends. We decided to go to coco's because that coco's was just opened a business. We can get free drink. Therefore, we were able to save our money. The fact that getting free drink motivated us to go to coco's.
ReplyDeletewe always can see some brand do some discount in store. For examle, if you buy two clothes, you can get free one. last time, I went to AF to buy some clothes, when I saw if we spend $200, we can get $50 gift card. So I bought more clothes in AF. I'm sure "Incentives Matter" is imfortant for business.
ReplyDeleteI work in customer service for a retail store and let me tell you, the incentives when making decisions when people try to return our items... oh my gosh! We get a lot of ghetto customers (please no one take any offense) where people think they can return items such as clothes smelling like B.O., perfume bottles that have been halfway used, shoes already worn, etc. and to top if all off, they DON'T have a receipt. I have to make that decision to tell them we can't return it no matter how crazy or loud they yell... I have to tell them NO, I am not going to return your nasty already worn clothes!
ReplyDeleteAt the beginning of last year I was faced with a predicament in deciding whether I should rent out an apartment by campus or purchase a house. After some careful though and consideration I decided that the incentives in purchasing a house outweigh the other. Not to mention the incentive the government was giving to first time homebuyers at the time. By having roommates live in the house rent and bills turn out to be a lot less expense that what I had calculated in living in an apartment near campus.
ReplyDeleteToday I went to little Caesars for some pizza. The cashier informed me they were only taking cash. I went to Ralphs to get money out, however the ATM they had would have charged me 2 dollars extra. So instead I chose to buy a 25 cent gum and get cash back. Therefore, saving 1.75.
ReplyDeleteWell generally I tend to be a sort of thrifty like shopper, so I usually don't buy things unless I need them and if I so happen to have some sort of gift card I tend to shop at those places to be able to save money towards my purchases. Like the other day I had an appointment a couple hours after I was finished with school so I went over to Target and picked up a few things and paid with some gift cards I had received, and the reason I chose to go there was because I had money that was from there.
ReplyDeleteI hate babysitting my little sister but my mom offered to pay me $100 if I did so this past Spring Break, so that she and my dad could go celebrate their 19th anniversary. My mom said I had to feed her, play with her and put her to sleep at 9 PM. She’d also ask my little sister for a review the next day. Clearly, I made sure my little sister would give my mom a review convenient for ME, therefore I did anything possible to keep my sister happy and pleased. If it weren’t for the money and the fact that my mom would ask my sister, I probably would have just made sure she had eaten and handed my annoying, 10 year old sister to my younger brother.
ReplyDelete1 year ago, I've been to the amusement park with my friends. Actually, there were many places to go, but there was a critical reason that we decided to go there. At that time, I was a soldier, and there was another soldier friend among the group. The amusement park, which was the best in my country, gave a privilege to soldiers, it was very fascinating for us. Because of this reason, the friend and I persuaded other friends, and we all spent great time in there. What was the privilege? That was the free tickek. In that day, the soldier friend and I didn't pay for anything at all. Everything was free for soldiers. That was the privilege. How wonderful it was!!
ReplyDeleteSorry about the lateness, for some reason blackboard wouldn't let me on when I got off work last night. An example of a time were I reacted positively to an incentive was actually when I worked Last night. I'm a waiter for a restaurant/dinner called Bob's Big Boy and one of the biggest incentives I have is to be an awesome waiter so I can receive a decent amount of tips at the end of the night. So I make an effort and go out of my way to get extra refills or whatever a customer may need to enjoy their meal and hopefully they leave me with a good tip so I can afford my micro econ book this quarter and all the other expensive things cal state wants me to pay for. Good thing i'm pretty good at what I do. haha
ReplyDelete-Matthew Smith
This quarter I had an option of moving closer to school or, continue living in Barstow. The incentive of being closer was saving gas and not being so tired when I got home. So, I decided to move this week. It has been exhausting but will be worth it in the long run.
ReplyDeleteBefore I started school I had to decide whether to work to get a car or live on campus. Having a car would be great but that would have meant I would have to worked over summer to buy a car. Also I would have to be able to pay for insuarance and gas. The incentive of living on campus would mean I would not have to commute and everything would be more convenient.
ReplyDeleteI was taking this online class here at CalState and I was gonna take it with my friend. We were thinking about dropping the class because it was pretty inconvenient and the course's program wasn't going to work on my computer. The only thing that sucked was that we were going to be down 4 units from 19 to 15 which I really didn't want to do. So we decided it would be easier just to drop the class and spend more time working on other classes so we could get better grades in the classes we had.
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I was enrolled into an online Info 101 class here at school, at first it seemed like a good idea since i was taking it with one of my roommates but after a couple of set backs and realizing we wouldn't be very motivated to do the work we both decided to drop it thus saving 100+ dollars and still being full time students without the hassle of an online course
ReplyDeleteToday like any other sunday I had to pump some gas. I choose to pump gas at Vons because it is close to my house and I get 3 cents discount off every gallon.
ReplyDelete^Jonathan Cuevas.
ReplyDeletei was face with the drastic measure of choosing between buying a Nintendo 3DS or saving my money for an emergency. Having Nintendo 3DS would be great but then i would be left with no back up money so i decided to keep my money for an emergency. so now i have extra money i could use for things that are necessary.
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I know my example is a little lengthy but wanted to share my experience with everyone. Since 2006 I have been working in the Banking Industry between Wells Fargo and Bank of America. I have learned quite a bit from the finance industry, and during my first at Bank of America I was able to successfully invest money through the market company stock and through my 401k investments. I had a fair amount of money, descent credit, and a stable job. What to do with this money? I decided to continue my focus towards investment and began to look into all the federal government incentives and rebates being offered during the economic meltdown. I had heard about the $8,000 Federal Income Tax Credit for First Time Home Buyers, but had missed the opportunity to qualify by the time I was prepared to begin the process. My real estate agent turned to a State tax rebate, to keep me interested in the process. I was a bit skeptical but found the State’s $10,000 tax credit disbursed over the next 3 years was very appealing and decided I had found my incentive. I was able to close on a home and moved from the San Gabriel Valley to Rialto, changing my school destination to CSUSB and yet continued to work at Bank of America in Orange County. It has been a tremendous sacrifice in terms of commuting; both in gas and car maintenance, but I realize my expenses help restablize the economy. However, recently I was informed by The Franchise Tax Board of the state California that the $100 million allocated for rebates has ran out, and although I made it within the deadline, I will NOT be receiving any kind of tax credit for being a first-time home buyer. I see now, how the government provides incentives for people to stimulate the economy. I learned firsthand how scarcity even applies to the incentives and although I am bitter I don’t get a tax rebate I am still happy to be a young investor and homeowner.
ReplyDeleteOn the break my family and i wanted to go on a little family trip to six flags but because i have a younger sister who is only ten years old we knew that she would not be tall enough to make most of the rides so we had to go to Knotts Berry Farm instead
ReplyDelete(curse my little sister:/)
I went to the mall to buy shoes and ended up with two pairs but i only had enough for one pair both cost the same. One pair was gray and the other black. I bought the black pair because they match with more outfits.
ReplyDeleteCSUSB has a program which called ridesharing. And I chose this program because I will get $140 incentive gift card from the program even through carpool sometimes is not very convenience. So this case, $140 gift card is incentive affecting my decision.
ReplyDeleteHooray for ride-sharing! Black shoes are always a great deal, and Steve: so impressed with your wisdom in processing the circumstances surrounding your home purchase! Good job, so far on blog #1...
ReplyDeleteOf course we will. According to sales psychology, even if the things here isn't cheap here, but we have the discount card we will still be at this restaurant. Because we will feel here cheaper.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was trying to find schools to transfer to from a JC, I was very stressed because of the opportunity cost of giving up my hours at work to attend school, along with the pressure to meet the deadline for CalGrants. Deciding between attending CSUSB, Cal Poly, UCR, Univ of LaVerne, and possibly Cal Baptist was difficult. I (obviously) decided to come to CSUSB because my friends attend this school, and especially because my best friend allows me to ride-share with her. This incentive was one of the primary reasons, along with lower tuition costs and distance that I decided to pursue my education at this institution.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to go visit family in Pittsburgh for spring break but I didn't have enough money. So I emailed my cousins, telling them I wanted to come spend time with them. One of my cousins called me & told me that she had a gift card or something from Southwest Airlines and that she'd be willing to get the ticket. So I went to Pittsburgh, only having to pay the difference of the price of the ticket & the gift card amount
ReplyDeleteyup that is basically the deciding factor of my life, depending on what coupon gives the most, thats where i will most likely purchase said item or service
ReplyDeleteMy ex and I have season passes to Disneyland. We used to go all the time with his sister and boyfriend and by the end of the day we would spend so much money. Although we get discounts from the season pass itself, it still isn't much compared to the fact that everything that we buy is timed by two. After we realized that we've been spending so much money, more then we had intended, I suggested that we bring food and water from home. Since Disneyland allows outside food to be brought into the park, we did. I'm really happy that they let us because most parks wouldn't. Since then, when we don't want to spoil ourselves by eating at the park, we would bring food from home. Most of the time, its enough and we don't give into temptations to spending money. Overall, we save money by bring food and snacks from home rather then spending money for food inside the park which is ridiculously expensive :)
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