Saving Money with Cell Phone Discounts
No more browsing through the paper or using price comparison websites to save money on your purchases? There is a crop of new applications for cell phone discounts that is hoping to replace our current money-saving tactics.
Coupons
Maybe many of us have memories of our mothers combing through the Sunday paper for useful coupons to clip, but have any of us really used coupons in our own adulthoods? The availability of printable coupons online should have made it easier, but searching online for coupons still requires a fair amount of effort (and foresight). Judging from the lack of success that online coupons have generally had, a lot of people agree on this point.
Some new cell phone applications are betting that we’ll find it easier to use coupons if we can get them on a cell phone. These applications allow you to scan for deals that are near your current location or search for merchants you’d like to receive coupons from on your cell phone. There is even a service that will text you a coupon when you bring your cell phone into the vicinity of the applicable store. According to reviews, however, the offerings on all these cell phone applications are presently a bit measly. Getting coupons on a cell phone still requires some effort, but at least it takes the foresight requirement out of the equation.
Price Comparisons
Getting even more press are cell phone applications that allow you to scan product codes in a store and immediately see prices available for that same product on the web. It’s probably pretty common for people to check something out in person in a brick-and-mortar store and then retreat home to research other prices on the internet before purchasing; these new applications take out that middle step and allow you to do it right in the store.
Amazon is also offering a new service called Amazon Remembers in its Amazon Mobile app that allows you to take a photo of an item and send the picture to Amazon’s freelancers, who will attempt to identify the item and match it up to a product Amazon offers.
The New Savings Weapon?
All interesting possibilities, and getting your cell phone to pay you back a little bit of what you spend on it every month in savings is a pretty attractive concept.
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