With the recession continuing to bite, more and more retailers are turning to vouchers and money off coupons to entice new and old trade in.
It’s unsurprising really, since so many businesses have gone bust in recent months, as they just can’t survive without seeing at least some customers coming through the door. This year really has been the year of the coupon, with people increasingly hunting for vouchers to make sure they get whatever they’re after at a bargain price.
Websites have sprung up rapidly in the past few months, offering vouchers and money off coupons for anything and everything you could possibly imagine. The idea of actually paying full price for something seems like a ridiculous concept nowadays, when you can almost always find something with a discount either in a magazine or newspaper, or on the internet.
The reality is that it’s a case of people keeping an eye on their family finance. When times are tough, the last thing everyone wants to do is spend money. But with vouchers and coupons around, they have the chance to treat their family, without paying a small fortune to do so.
There’s no suggestion that UK consumers will become like US ones just yet, desperately hoarding money off vouchers and stocking up on every item they can get their hands on. Extreme couponing, as it’s known, has really taken off in the States, with people stockpiling everything from toilet rolls to dog food, as long as it’s on offer!
While that’s obviously at one end of the scale, it does make sense to try collecting money-saving vouchers, as you never know when they might come in handy.