subject: Using Price Comparison and Voucher Codes to find the Very Best Prices for Home Technology [print this page] Using Price Comparison and Voucher Codes to find the Very Best Prices for Home Technology
If your washing machine breaks, or yourlaptop has gotten so slow and cumbersand that you've decided it's about ready for an upgrade, or you've moved house and have a great new kitchen which you want to finish off with a flashy american style fridge freezer then you may be tempted just to pop down to your local retail park and take a look at your options.
Whilst we would not be against that trip to Currys or Comet, or whichever store you choose, we would suggest it should only be a research trip during which you can pick the model you want. We would then recommend taking a note of the model number of the product you've chosen and and then visiting a price comparison website such as PrudentPanda.co.uk where you can enter the product code and will be shown a full list of all the online retailers in the uk which sell that product. You will then probably be quite suprised by the range of prices offered by the different merchants, especially at the savings you can make compared to the prices at the retail park.
Whats more, you will also be even more suprised by the fact that the price shown for at the online version of shop you had previously visited will probably be less than the price you saw in store. This is because not only do the retailers often sell for less online but also because there's a high chance the price shown will include a voucher code. These voucher codes, or promotional codes as some retailers call them,are released by the retailer in order to give specific discounts at specific times, to shift stock or to quickly inflate their sales figures over a particular week or weekend.
These voucher codes are normally only valid for online purchases but for most of the big operators you will be able to make your purchase online and then pick the item up from your local store, if you so wish. So then you can trot back down to Currys or Comet and ask for your item and then give the attendant a wry smile as you feel like you've conned them out of a good wedge of cash. But of course you haven't, you've just used your brain and found the best bargain online!
