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Hit those Labor Day Sales and know what you’re looking for!
Jennifer McClelland | RSS | Thu, Sep 03 2009 | 0 Comments
Fall is almost here! Labor Day less than a week away and it’s time to stock up on some of those Summer essentials so next year you won’t have to buy them at a premium. Now is the time to start looking for the deals you can get.
Here are a few deals that you may be able to dig up by month starting this month!
September:
- Holiday airfare. If you’re planning on traveling for the holidays you can’t forget how close they really are and that you should buy ahead of time to get the best deal. You should remember that flying on Wednesdays is typically cheaper and Sundays are the more expensive. Also, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving is the busiest travel day of the year, so keep that in mind as well when you’re booking your travel.
- Health Insurance. Fall begins open enrollment for some health plans so now is the time to decide if you want to switch plans or go to a different provider.
- New Cars. September starts the season where car dealers are trying to get rid of “last year’s models.” You will likely not only have plenty of selection this year, but will also find a good price as the dealers try to clear out the models for next years’ models.
- Appliances. For the same reasons that car dealerships give better deals on cars at the end of the year, appliance stores do too. The retailers are trying to make room for the newer and more expensive models so they’ll likely be willing to give discounts on the outgoing models.
October:
- Grills. It’s the end of grilling season and demand has fallen, so retailers are looking for that floorspace to go to something that will likely make them a bit more money during the down season.
November:
- Candy. Yep, go to the store and stock up on all that clearance Halloween candy if you want. You’ll usually find it 50% off on November 1st and sometimes a lot of it will make it to 75% off by the end of the first week of November.
- Baking ingredients. A lot of times grocery stores start putting baking ingredients on sale so that everyone will buy it when they’re figuring out the best Christmas cookie recipe. Stock up on sugar, flour, chocolate and butter (chocolate and butter freeze well).
All Season:
- Travel. Traveling to places across the world are usually less expensive throughout the fall. This includes trips to resorts and cruises.
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Tags: grocery stores, baking ingredients, busiest travel day of the year
Well that didn’t last long: Government to suspend “Cash for Clunkers” program
Jennifer McClelland | RSS | Fri, Jul 31 2009 | 2 Comments
When I wrote this post, the news was just breaking, but it looks like (and the AP is reporting) that the Cash for Clunkers program was enough of a success that the government is cutting it a bit short.
If I’m not mistaken, it just started and has only used around $220 million of the $1 billion set aside for the program. The reason for the suspension of the program is that it is afraid that it may use up the funds too quickly. Early Thursday morning Transportation Department officials called lawmakers to tell them that they want to suspend the program.
It was just last month that Congress approved the Car Allowance Rebate System known as Cash for Clunkers. It was intended to boost sales of new cars, which have been quite sluggish since the recession began last year. It has been heavily advertised by the car dealerships and companies and this move is likely to anger the dealerships who have put a lot of money into their advertising. The program was supposed to last until November 1st. The program JUST started last Friday.
Through Wednesday night 22,782 cars had been purchased with the assistance of the program and $96 million had been spent from the CARS program.
A survey of 2,000 dealers by the National Automobile Dealers Association found about 25,000 deals had not yet been approved by NHTSA, or nearly 13 trades per store. It raised concerns that with about 23,000 dealers taking part in the program, auto dealers may already have surpassed the 250,000 vehicle sales funded by the $1 billion program. -AP
“There’s a significant backlog of ‘cash for clunkers’ deals that make us question how much funding is still available in the program,” said Bailey Wood, a spokesman for the dealers association.
Suspending the program seems like a bad idea to me. They did not suspend the voucher program for the digital TV transition when it ran out of money (and they let it run out of money before they did anything else about it). I just don’t think that this is a good move for the government to make especially when it comes to car manufacturers and dealerships that are already hurting, and now have thrown all their ad dollars behind a program that is no longer going to be functioning.
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Best buys of the fall
Jennifer McClelland | RSS | Tue, Jul 28 2009 | 1 Comment
With summer coming to a close in just over a month, some of you might be getting geared up for Fall. I know all the parents out there are surely ready for the school year to start.
Here are some of the things you should be looking out for as good buys for the Fall (September, October, and November):
September:
- Holiday airfare. If you’re planning on traveling for the holidays you can’t forget how close they really are and that you should buy ahead of time to get the best deal. You should remember that flying on Wednesdays is typically cheaper and Sundays are the more expensive. Also, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving is the busiest travel day of the year, so keep that in mind as well when you’re booking your travel.
- Health Insurance. Fall begins open enrollment for some health plans so now is the time to decide if you want to switch plans or go to a different provider.
- New Cars. September starts the season where car dealers are trying to get rid of “last year’s models.” You will likely not only have plenty of selection this year, but will also find a good price as the dealers try to clear out the models for next years’ models.
- Appliances. For the same reasons that car dealerships give better deals on cars at the end of the year, appliance stores do too. The retailers are trying to make room for the newer and more expensive models so they’ll likely be willing to give discounts on the outgoing models.
October:
- Grills. It’s the end of grilling season and demand has fallen, so retailers are looking for that floorspace to go to something that will likely make them a bit more money during the down season.
November:
- Candy. Yep, go to the store and stock up on all that clearance Halloween candy if you want. You’ll usually find it 50% off on November 1st and sometimes a lot of it will make it to 75% off by the end of the first week of November.
- Baking ingredients. A lot of times grocery stores start putting baking ingredients on sale so that everyone will buy it when they’re figuring out the best Christmas cookie recipe. Stock up on sugar, flour, chocolate and butter (chocolate and butter freeze well).
All Season:
- Travel. Traveling to places across the world are usually less expensive throughout the fall. This includes trips to resorts and cruises.
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Tags: car dealerships, travel health insurance, busiest travel day of the year
