I don't look at prices or special offers, am I lazy?

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Are you like this ..

1) I bought 2 bottles of shampoo and got to the checkout and the girl said 'Where's your third bottle?'. Turns out it was 3 for 2 but I hadn't even bothered reading the special offers board so just picked up 2. This has happened before a few times. Also I honestly couldn't tell you whether the shampoo I use costs £1, £2, £3 or £6 as I've never bother looking. I don't know whether my bog-roll costs £4 or £14 I just chuck it in the trolley :(

2) I had a token for 30p off yoghurt. She couldn't scan it, and went to call the supervisor (who knows how long that would have taken). I said 'don't worry about it' and just grabbed the token and chucked it away. If I see 10p on the floor I can't be bothered to pick it up although more than that I might :(

3) I've never asked or cared about the price of a pint in the pub. Does anyone say 'How much is Fosters? Oh, that much? Well how much is Bass? Now, what do your crisps cost compared to the pork scratchings so I can make a value judgement?'

4) Whenever I read 'free mobile phone/holiday/windows/alarm clock' I don't even bother reading the offer details as I am 100% sure it will turn out to be a ripoff demanding I use their services more or something.

5) APART FROM STEAM - I never even register the word 'SALE' on any shop front. It doesn't make me buy/not buy/investigate anything. The word, as far as my shopping goes, may as well not exist.

6) In a restaurant I order what I want, always. I have never thought 'steak £17? Screw that I'm having the fish its only £12.40'. What about you?

So, am I ultra-lazy? Or is such behaviour quite normal? I've got a sneaky suspician I'm going to be insulted quite a lot for the rest of this thread .. but I don't mean the above as arrogant I'm quite serious I hope I'm not alone in such behaviour ...?


When prices get to above about £20 for a single item, I start taking note. But whether a cinema ticket costs £6.50 or £9.50 I don't even care remotely
 
I'll avoid buying certain products in certain supermarkets because of the price difference. Sainsbury's does the best offers on meat because of buy one get one free deals or similar, for example.

As for shower gel, I won't spend much and will typically go for what's on reasonable offer.
 
Nope, don't bother myself. I always chuckled when people on here post 'special offers' they sniffed out on line where you get something like a free glass, or a teddy bear, can of Fanta, etc. Soon a 10+ pages thread follows with happy people getting their wine/beer glasses or tins of Fanta. For myself I never bother with coupons, tokens, buy one get one free's (if I happen to notice it whilst picking up the item I'll chuck in another one) or any other offer that might send people into frenzy.
Same goes for when I'm shopping or eating out, I buy/eat what I want and never ever look at prices. Naturally that changes when items start getting a bit more expensive around £100+, but for the daily bits and pieces shopping, never.

I think I've become so desensitised against 'SALE NOW ON!' signs that I haven't noticed one in a long time. :p
 
I am kind of the same.

I buy what I want, not what is on sale or part of an offer. If what I am buying is on offer anyway, then yes, I will take advantage of any 2 for 3 or BOGOF offers.
 
I tend to keep an eye. Some things cost what they cost, like pints, but on big purchases I usually shop around or wait for the sale. I'll never buy something while it's brand new and still got heaps of novelty tax applied to it, for example.

I think ultimately how low your cut-off where you start price checking is a factor of how much money you've got and how much time you've got. When I had loads of time on my hands I could shop around for everything and life was dead cheap. Now I'm working all the hours under the sun I have less time and have to soak up the fact that I have to just buy stuff sometimes, even if it's not the best deal.
 
1) Occasionally go for special offers if its something nice and doesn't require buying a ton of it.

2) Most tokens are a bit naff, the decent ones require you to be in a loyalty scheme (mind you I have a colleague card so :p)

3) Can't say I've ever asked for a price list of pints :/

4) Don't like baited offers either. A free wossit worth £5 if you spend £500 is neither here nor there when you're looking at spending £500.

5) Depends, sales can be good.

6) Neutral - used to do that... then considered that spending £20-odd on a meal compared to a couple of quid if I just go home... kinda adds up. Haven't gone out to eat for a while now, spent the money on another computer :D
 
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I hate paying over the odds for stuff so I always check. I don't like handing people/companies money they don't deserve, I can spend it better.
 
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I find the special offers can be confusing... and as a guy I go in know exactly what I want to buy and just want to get in and get out... so I don't spend time looking at the offers and working out what applies to what, etc.

I'm similiar in many ways and ironically I think its actually easier to keep control of your finances and stay within what you can afford.

I do keep an eye on the OcUK weekly offers tho :D
 
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Biohazard said:
seems a bit silly to not care about money, no matter if it is a few pounds.

i'm not skint by any means, but I like keeping money where I can.
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What Biohazard says!

Me and the wife are comfortably well off (not quite port and slippers but getting there) and we shop like bargain kings and queens.
 
I tend to be exactly the opposite, I'm a total sucker for deals and almost everything I buy will be reduced or BOGOF or other such variety :p
 
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