Despite my level of motivation for my education and my obligations, it is getting increasingly difficult to maintain a mental inventory for the needs of my household. Any opportunity for automation and delegation of these duties to an outside source is a welcomed one. Since I benefit tremendously both in terms of financial savings and also ease, and I don't even have kids yet, I figure you all with significantly busier lives than mine would really love Amazon's Subscribe & Save program.
Amazon's Subscribe & Save is a service that allows you to subscribe to the items you need and use regularly. You set the date you'd like these items delivered, and if you have five or more active subscriptions at a time, Amazon gives you a 15% discount off your entire order. In addition to that, Amazon offers a huge amount of coupons for their Subscribe & Save items.
Let me just tell you that this blows my grandmother's mind. Every month, she gets a box of paper towels, toilet paper, napkins, laundry pods, dishwasher pods, and granola bars. Me and my husband subscribe to deodorant, razors, paper towels, toilet paper, laundry pods, dishwasher pods, Greenies for the dogs, Bully Sticks for the dogs, lavender oil, batteries, espresso, Keurig pods, toothpaste, kitty litter, dish soap, and oh my goodness snacks galore. At the end of each month, I go online and assess my upcoming subscription shipment and can determine if I do need a replenishment of a certain item, or if I need to skip the next shipment because I'm already solid. Then, at the beginning of the month, Amazon assembles your order and gets it out to you in like three and a half minutes (or days, whatever).
If I were to haul my pasty ass around town to actually buy these things, I would have to go all over the place to find what I need. I hate leaving the house, you know this. I generally hate interacting with other humans and I loaaaaaaaaaaathe shopping. I need all of these things, so I can't just avoid the acquiring altogether, so I am grateful for the service that eliminates the need for me to do these things.
The double-whammy best part of this service is that I get everything I need, all at once, without having to leave the house, AND I save 15% off of everything. A box of 60 Petite Greenies for the dogs is $44.99 at Petsmart and $25.59 through Amazon Subscribe & Save. Not factoring in taxes or the fuel used by actually driving to the store, this saves my household $19.40 on Greenies alone each month, or $232.80 per year. Since each and every one of you reading this right now poops, I know you do, 48 double rolls of Quilted Northern Ultra Soft and Strong Bath Tissue (that good good) costs $23.99 at Target, about $23.34 at Walmart, $24.99 at Staples, but $20.39 through Subscribe & Save. Using Target as our baseline, buying toilet paper through Subscribe & Save keeps $43.20 per year. That's like getting a free tank of gas every year, just by utilizing the right resources.
I'm not ever going to be an extreme couponer because I absolutely do not have the time or patience, so this is the best I'm really going to do. It helps me keep tabs of my household inventory, gives me access to snacks and products I wouldn't find out in real life, helps me avoid crowds and traffic and, you know, having to put on real pants, and I'm a hero for saving our house a lot of money.
Try it!
3 comments:
Ok, I'm sold. I didn't know how it worked, and if I'd save money, but you've convinced me. Leaving the house to get groceries can be a total drag.
It absolutely cannot be beat. Especially for people with kids; I imagine you guys have to make trips fast and targeted to avert a total meltdown. I get everything delivered and don't have to unload the car or worry about the dogs running outside. It owns!
I get the impression they're having trouble keeping up with demand, they seem to be out of like, 9 out of 10 Tide varieties for example.
The progeny enjoys shopping but fitting a shopping trip in between nap time, meal time, chores, peak hour traffic, general disinterest in leaving the house, payday (ideally, I shop a few days prior to payday to avoid the crowds) can be a challenge.
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