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well we had a we had a little bit about up trouble with us in the array before
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arm I don't think that there's an ice storm coming out California right now
right now but we can work right through it because really what the people are
here for a while you're gorgeous Stevie
are they're not here to actually see you day here to listen all
the phone rang rather I
but what they are you drawer there you go
arm but they're here to hear what you have to talk about so
let me just do I'm Stevie Wilson cause you can see her lower third right now
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Murray's impossible is just another term
for something that hasn't been done yet so ladies and gentlemen please welcome
Steve you will CNN's TV
big way thank you how to make this a how
hi everybody now that we started the holiday season and you are out there
shopping hopefully we're trying to figure out what you can do about
shopping which is
always my thing is when am I going to my people actually have to think about what
people want to hatch
and I make a list Apple who need to borrow by four
and also what kinda ideas than what I wanna spend what they may be interested
in touch
so basically which kinda have to do is maybe talk about other people in touch
with the people about what they might want
or talk to people who are and friends or family and those people
and I retain this if you have a a large list to people that are
are extended family or extended friends
in colleagues you might wanna do a mass gift
which is always an interesting thing but the biggest things to stay on task
an eight-year if you go shopping and you're finding that each
parking lot is packed it you might want to rethink
going to that place simply because it's gonna be crowded
and you can get no way in tired in Hasselt you want to have this
inning a pleasurable experience sheesh not when it makes you wouldn't
I'm to use of or somebody else who still to cart
word just the parking spot for it also
you want it up to talk and check about different and emails a website and find
out what's going on
I always have a lot of different sales like for Black Friday I think I'd
world's longest list
and what to buy we went to go see online
in it was really interesting because when you do something like that
she and you can actually pick a better coupons
better things and you can talk to other people who've been to the sale
ask them what's it like did you buy anything what was the great thing and
then going in
and scuba just those items and stay focused get a very narrow focus
what you doing and that's really important she is just a focus go and buy
it get the heck outta Dodge
one of the things I like to do is look for unique
and different places to go shopping so that's
often local craft bazaars she hears sample sales
on I'm always known for hitting sample sales I think
if I can spend less and my a great something
whether it's clothing or gadgets or whatever I'm out for saving money
whenever possible
me it's really really important to do that on
so is worth it if that if you got samples as around you
or big brands are having
big sales in your area because there are some protein samples as it goes through
the country
sheesh or even if you go to big box stores look at what you're going to buy
for school
online look at their website and start checking prices because
price matching price comparisons are really huge right now so it's really
important for you to do that
you might wanna check out I'm bargain stores like
Marshalls TJ Maxx rice those kinda places because those
are greatness is to say the least someone is usually best at least 30
percent off and sometimes it's up to 65 percent
but check the clearance aisles to because in sometimes you can find things
that people
don't really wants or they just alder
been sitting in the store a lot longer so that's a a way to get
a really bigger discount on something and asked to register
is the best price you can get pretty women small mom
our pot store a smaller change you might be able to do that
I'm is worth asking simply because what else
if I'm gonna buy more what can they do for you
also with getting social net sales in shopping online and in your reelection
i would tell you if you and your friends are going to go shopping at different
times
you can ask them to text you and text them when you're out shopping is a hey
this is what I found here
and is anybody need anything and pick up things
X extra somebody had since they can eat back in a size small at least tell them
a bacon
find whatever size or product they get they want
in the size they require silicon chip client torch were
you are and cooking said or something like that books
just so that they know that if they need to get over there right away or keep
picking up for that would be great and then
people all they have to do is on email use it when each
that you pick out or e-check you Ange
Ste basically it's one of the biggest things and look at because as you get
closer to the holidays
this the sale prices are going to come down i knows that
I love the places that I shop online presses when a
immediately on Tuesday on some have are keeping them
arm lower in terms of their small business
and for the whole week but the big chains have already dropped
those sales in a back to almost regular prices so you wanna look at what
they're doing for the weekends and critically as you get closer to the
holidays
but using there's that trade-off can you get it in time
can you get it's gonna be sent you can you get it in time
can that person get into is that where the two keepers extra for shipping
games like that just say that you can happen within time for the
great day you not sit and wait not clean I'm pretty good for kids:
and and having them shipped to you so the kids don't find them
because you can't beat boxes then they can't open them up
so that's always a plus bed I would say that
the one thing i would tell you on all shopping things save your receipts
absolutely save your receipts a key part
on this is that it somebody has to return something if you got the receipt
you written and what it is
where these middle and list with these things are
it's so much easier creative locate that receipts
if you know exactly what its with the price tag is on the bottom a ***
what day it is and that way you got on easy wait for people to
on you return something and the net when you're not stack
with doing it or they're not stuck with something that doesn't work so
pretty much that's about it I'm it reads like
escort hits it's definitely export and just for the record
I you know I would like to say that you shouldn't kill anybody when you go
shopping
I are you shooting kill yourself I
are but you know it's so true especially
went when you're out there and issue if you're not a little bit organize like if
you don't do what
all the other speakers said a little bit before you get a self-organized like
Stacey was saying you know have have you list together get get your
your ideas for you how the practica there might use a get a list together of
the things that you wanna buy for the different people in your life
if you don't have that list together you wandering around aimlessly
n you know for some reason any hundreds of thousands millions of people do it
they're shopping at the last minute
and we've all been to the mall with we don't plan on going to the mall
the day before Christmas or or you know honecker kwanza whatever anybody
celebrate you don't plan on going there
and then what you think is like your normal every day trip to the mall for
you know 15-20 minutes the park you go when you get out he turns into a two- to
three-hour ordeal because not only can you not find the spot
but it takes like an extra 15 minutes to actually get into the whole mall parking
lot and it takes time
jacket had it there and yet you're walking around aimlessly like what am I
gonna get
you doing your impulse buying and you're wasting your money wasting your time in
you just you're wasting too much arm and
the other thing I want to say also which I thought was a great tip
a great piece of advice was when you're at the register
you should you should ask for a discount I've been doing that more and more
on a regular basis just me personally and you'd be surprised how many times
I the cashier will say oh I have an extra coupon or I could give you a
manager is this camp because you're buying more than one
item and they just like not advertise sales in its basically found money in
your pocket
so for sure yeah I mean what was so it can mean exactly what are the things
that you can expect to get a deal on
and at the register you did get a surprisingly happy deal
and for me I was really surprised
out when I was in the gap and actually I do this with a lot of things
I'm online particularly I went in looking for
and i actually went hunting for people online in facebook
I'm part several groups was looking for
people are posting on coupon codes and I was really
have surprised at how sharing everybody was in terms of giving the information
that 8 catch and so I was able to go ok age
and have some I would say does does the store how this and they go together
should be enough left and right cool
she and I went in and in did a great job
at places like 24 and at the gamma I was actually
in a gap and went shopping next door because
we've got some other little stores around and then I did Small Business
Saturday
Small Business Saturday for me is a huge deal on
your local stores are are really card parcel your community
when you have the ability to shop local the ***
the recognize you and they appreciate it and sometimes they're willing to give
you an extra like five percent on for 10
NetIQ offset the tax it's worth it
right right and of course access to be paid everywhere so we're not encouraging
anybody had to pay for tax
yeah this corner lawyers but but he certainly saves you a couple bucks in
your pocket
exit no doubt about it and I'm and that's true you know I've noticed
more especially this year for Small Business Saturday
I you know cos small businesses that they're hurting all over
for the country the world are but they're hurting everything that goes on
with the internet and and I think I read a recent study that says that
about 70 percent that the money that you spend at a local business
stays within the community so it's it's really important to support those
smaller shops as well
as you doing all your holiday shopping so I'll totally great
nearly cry I love doing Small Business Saturday
I'm a huge fan about I usually put a block on separate going to post a lot on
Facebook and Twitter batch
participating and I when Inge american express supports insert just shopping
locally in talking to people
whether it's Christmas trees are research candles orch
baked goods and we have this really cool I'm its
in our area is when the very few bakeries laughed
and this one is really stunning catch mean these
the things that the maker just amazing ands
picking those up in San people's kisses something a pre she
you go with the next time you go in there snag a couple shots thrown up on
your blog post let's get that thing pinned up on Pinterest
and the city is a basic an accident at great idea
a give those guys a real nice boost and so on
alright well I you know CV I can't thank you enough
um I'm so glad that we got the opportunity to meet you know a few
months back into working together on this
I'm sure if your video popped on Jonah know about it on the back and bite it's
been a pleasure looking at your avatar
the past 15 minutes and more important listening to what you've been talking
about
armed so I thank you you know shopping is important everybody we all buy each
other
they the ones we love the ones we don't love we've been buy presents for when it
comes this time year so
the tips that you pointed out they're out there good
and they should really help people you know minimize
there there there their shopping habits into a condensed form in and get it out
there and just get it over with and
and enjoy yourself and that's where the focus is all about enjoying yourself for
the holidays
so everybody around applies for Stephen Losey
thank you %ah