When you go to the grocery store, are you the person who always reaches for the name brand cereal, orange juice, and pasta sauce? Did you know that when you reach for that Skippy jar of peanut butter instead of the generic kind, you are paying the one or two dollars more for everything that goes into that brand name: the label design, the advertising, and the shelf placement? Is the quality of the peanut butter that much better? Not necessarily.
If you decided to switch from brand name foods to generic brands, you will save more money than you even thought possible.
Depending on the item, you can save anything from fifty cents to three dollars if you purchase a non-brand item.
That type of savings can add up to $25-$50 every shopping trip, and nearly $3,000 every year! That leaves money for a family vacation! Food is just one common place that you find many brand names.
Furniture, however, is another.
Most furniture brand names are not well known unless you are a furniture sales clerk, an interior designer, or have happened to go extensive furniture shopping in the past few years.
Therefore, brand names are not as important and it does not mean that non-brand names are less quality! You can still find, for instance, high quality discount bathroom vanities that are not a brand name.
Going with non-brand furniture is an even better gift to your wallet then grocery shopping; you can save as much as $1,000-$3,000 by investing in a non-brand bathroom sink vanity.
In order to find high quality pieces of furniture that will not cost you an arm and a leg, I recommend that you try one of my favorite shopping places: the internet.
Try to avoid the pricier furniture stores.
Just as you are with the grocery store brands, you are paying for the retailer to have the items shipped to them and for designers to set it up attractively on the showroom floor.
Do not waste you money on these things! Use these stores for reconnaissance only! Once you have a good idea of what you want, check out the discount bathroom vanities online.
The quality is as good, if not better, and you save so much money by not having to pay for all the extra retail store fees.
Start making smart shopping decisions today that keep money in your pocket!