Today’s guest post is from Jim, lover of wine, and hunter of deals.
Now, more than ever, people expect more, for less.
Vouchers, deals, offers.
Whenever I’m ordering food, buying a book, or shopping for electronics I always (ALWAYS) search for a voucher code or special offer before I complete the checkout. Why not? There are many websites set up for the sole purpose of providing vouchers.
But did you know it doesn’t end with these?
I’d never even considered buying wine online until recently, when I realized that most of the purchases I made where either online on my computer, or online via my smartphone.
I started by searching online for wine and was met with the usual retailers offering middle of the road wine at reasonable (reasonable, though not ideal) prices. A quick search for wine deals revealed interesting results.
Not only can you sign up for price alerts via email, but you can also compare prices on your favorite wines and get exclusive voucher codes for Laithwaites, Tesco, Virgin, Waitrose and more.
The important thing to remember is that sometimes, these deals and vouchers aren’t for a percentage off, so spending more isn’t always the best way to get the best deals. For instance, there was a $40 off when you reach a $100 spend. This means that you can spend up to $100 and have the price drop to $60, but obviously, spending over $100 still only ever gives you $40 off.
There are also ‘latest deals’ sections on these websites. These show you the regular price, the deal price and then any further discounts that you can get with a voucher on top. There are often ‘quick buy’ buttons that take you straight to the retailer’s product page so you don’t have to find the bottle you want again on the retailers website. One website even had a supermarket loyalty card points calculator, which I thought was pretty cool, as more points means more savings later on!
I suppose the only downside is that you tend to find yourself purchasing from many different suppliers and merchants in order to use the best codes and get the best deals on wine. But thinking about it, I normally check multiple sites when buying online anyway, so this hasn’t really affected me that much.
One interesting stat I heard is that towards Christmas, supermarkets tend to do deals on wine at up to 60% off the year-round price…BUT many other smaller wine merchants consistently have up to 30% off throughout the year. This is just another reason to use deals, vouchers and comparison sites, as you can work out the best place to buy your wine at any one time.
Jim is an amateur wine enthusiast. He knows what he likes and is prepared to take that little bit longer finding it if he can get it that little bit cheaper.
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