Drunk clicking, rush shipping, FOMO and other pitfalls add serious expenses to the holiday tab.
By this time of the holiday season, shopping is on a 24/7 loop. So if you get a little loopy, well, you might want to step away from the smartphone, the laptop and the credit cards.
The problem? Shopping when your inhibitions are down means you’re generally not reading the fine print. The necklace, which she ordered in November, didn’t show up in time for Christmas. It didn’t arrive until February. She didn’t pay attention to details like the necklace was being shipped out of China.All sorts of things can throw you for a loop when it comes to the last-minute crunch for gift buying. The 50% off sales are flashing across every single screen — the TV, emails, online websites.
No need to panic. If you miss one of these big sales, you can wait until an item goes on sale again. Big screen TVs? Expect a bunch of sales before Super Bowl Sunday.Roughly a quarter of Americans admit to shopping under the influence, totaling some 53.4 million people, according to a survey released in March by Finder.com, a platform for comparing financial products and finding coupon codes.Collectively, according to the survey, Americans spent $39.
While signing up for emails can help alert you to discounts, those same emails also create a sense of urgency and may create way too much temptation for someone on a tight budget, Shulman said.
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