Well, my daughter is back to college in Chicago next weekend. This semester she is sharing an apartment with two other girls, and of course to make things more challenging it comes unfurnished! Since we live on the West Coast I needed furniture that wouldn't break the bank.She actually came up with a great idea, using an inflatable mattress. So I will share my shopping strategy with you. I first researched them on Upromise to see which stores would automatically give my purchase a 1 - 3% rebate. I also needed to learn a lot about different options since I knew nothing about air mattresses. We narrowed it down to 5, then 3, then 1 and the hunt began.
We really liked the Intex Queen Comfort Frame Air Mattress with pump in black. Linens&Things had it for $239.00 with free shipping, so that was my price point to beat. I found the same item at Target for 129.99, but it only came in grey and it wasn't available instock for 2-4 weeks. No good! Taking the brand name, I searched through PriceGrabber.com and found it at three other websites ranging from from 108.99-119.00 shipped. Along the way I found another wonderful comparison website, ShopWiki.com, which I have now added to my "favorites" for shopping. I ultimately bought it at BudgetAirbeds.com because they had the lowest price of $114.74 shipped. The web page offered Google Checkout as a payment option and by opening an account I received an instant $5.00 off, bring the price down to $109.64.
So the end result? I went from $239.00 down to $109.64, a grand savings of $129.36! Now there's more to spend on bedding, a desk, rug and other incidentals. I will update you on how this website performs on shipping the product!
Ta Ta for now...
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| This is the style we ordered, but in black. |
