Ep 37- Save Money When You Shop Online
Online shopping makes it too easy to spend money and to incur extra fees we are not expecting. It was vital during the pandemic and retailers are keen for us to continue buying from the comfort of our homes.
We are offered big discounts on our first online grocery shop and season passes to get regular deliveries. But you have to make sure that you do not make extra orders to get value from your delivery contract.
You can get 25% off if you spend £70. But you have to make sure that you get the discount and that it does not encourage you to buy more than you should.
Before you order you have to find out what the minimum spend is. Tesco has a minimum spend of £50 or a £5 charge. Sainsbury has a minimum of £40 for free delivery but spend £39 and you pay £4.
And you have to factor in the 10 p charge for each of the 14 carrier bags that the store uses to deliver 14 items.
The charges are constantly changing. Before you buy you need to check what the delivery charge might be. Amazon Prime costs £8.99 a month for free next day delivery or £107.88. There are 13 million UK Prime customers, which means the company earns more than £1 billion a year before any of the customers order a single thing. Don't let the size of the fee encourage you to spend more to get value. You also need to check what returns will cost. Some items are free. Others are not.
The premium online delivery contracts have different rules on how much you have to spend to get free delivery and free returns.
Please send ideas questions, tips and warnings about rip-offs to Mrs Mean through the contact page on her website: mrsmeanmoneyshow.co.uk or to infomrsmean@gmail.com
