Saving Money in Australia
Some of the things Australians do to save money are not quite the same as in the US. I mean, there are the general, “take your lunch to work“, etc that of course is pretty much the same everywhere, but there are some things that are quite a bit different.
There are no coupons for example! That’s right, no coupons for grocery shopping. This, I think, my send some people around here into cardiac arrest.
But, they do advertise sales frequently and do things like mark down fresh items substantially right before closing on certain nights. I wish we had something like that. I would make a routine of it and stock up my freezer on marked down bread or whatever.
This site here has more of what some people do in Australia to save money. I found it very interesting with some good links for things like watching movies for free (still don’t see how it’s legal, but whatever), and the Australia version of Freecycle and another site called Freagle where you can also get things for free.
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08/23/2009 | Australia, Money Management.
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August 23rd, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Coupons are pretty scarce here in The Netherlands too. I always feel a little jealous of everyone posting about their amazing coupon deals, but overall I think food here is less expensive so maybe it evens out in the end!
August 23rd, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Personally, I’m crap at the coupon thing. If I do find any coupons for the food that I buy, then I usually forget them when I go shopping. Sometimes I get on a roll, but for the most part I do better just stocking up at sale time.
August 23rd, 2009 at 10:48 pm
I never noticed there were no coupons here– wait I think my husband uses one for the dry cleaner??