After Christmas sale has started. Stores are buzzing with ads and shopping malls are full of customers. And even though Christmas spending has hit our budget, it doesn’t stop us from going shopping.
After Christmas, the shopping frenzy is back. Stores tempt you with sales that are hard to resist. – The slogan “sale” always works for me, because I am a huge seller and I always buy everything on sale, – says one of our interlocutors.
Only empty the warehouses before the new year
Usually, the winter sale started on Friday, the first day after Christmas, and is very popular.
– Shops offer us that it is very cheap, this is a great, rare opportunity, and in fact, it is cheaper than before the holiday. The reason is that the frenzy before Christmas is over and the stores want us to continue shopping, so they lower the prices a little, says Prof. Piotr Krajewski, economist at the University of Lodz.
In many cities, shopping can be delivered to your home, and in Slovakia there is a home delivery shop. Paweł Abramowicz/Fakty TVN
Stores fight for customers, overprice products and use various marketing tactics. The goal: maintain sales and empty your warehouse until the new year.
– We bought a food processor and it was really a bargain, – says one of our interlocutors.
The hottest time of the year for traders
Cheaper cosmetics, clothes, shoes, electronics, as well as toys and Christmas decorations – customers have a lot to choose from. We can only be limited by our budget. There are ways to take care of it.
– Comparing prices with other stores, checking if the discount is real or fake, if we can return the given product to the store, but we also have to be careful when buying online and we see a great opportunity – especially luxury, very cheap products – he notes. Pyotr Kraevsky.
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December is the hottest time of the year for traders. Sales are breaking records. However, this month is very difficult for our wallets.
– Let’s remember that even if we buy something for 50 PLN instead of 100 PLN and we don’t need it, we actually lose 50 PLN. Let’s think twice before buying something – emphasizes Piotr Krajewski.
The slogan “sale” can act like a magnet on us. After the holidays though, most of our budgets are already pretty tight. We spent an average of 1576 PLN during this year’s holidays. This is about 8 percent more than last year.
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– Some collect money just to come to the sale, that is, to buy after Christmas, – points out one of our interlocutors.
In total, Poles spent PLN 22 billion on Christmas. Half of these expenses are gifts. We mostly bought toys, sweets, clothes, electronics, books and jewellery. There were other gifts as well.
– Santa Claus was also kind and not all with gifts, some with cash, – says one of our interlocutors. And you can spend the cash on the post-Christmas sales.
– I am looking to see if what I had in mind before is on sale or not, – says our interlocutor. – I am waiting for the sale, because at the current prices it is really difficult to buy at a normal price, – adds another interlocutor.
As long as we do it wisely and take care of our finances, the shopping frenzy can cover more than just our wallets.
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