How I Saved 50 Percent by Using Kmart as Its Own Showroom

Date: Dec 12 2012

Filed under: Sears Holdings, Amazon.com, Retail, Saving Money, Shopping

Last weekend, I decided to head down to my local Kmart (SHLD) to buy a new slow cooker so that I could make some chili. I found a Hamilton Beach model that looked good, but it was a bit on the pricey side (relatively speaking), with a sticker price of $34.49. So like any savvy shopper, I used one of the barcode-scanning apps on my smartphone (in this case, eBay’s RedLaser) to see if I could find a lower price on, say, Walmart.com (WMT) or Amazon (AMZN).

But the lowest price wasn’t to be found…

How I Saved 50 Percent by Using Kmart as Its Own Showroom originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-12-12T14:00:00Z.

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