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Trade Made: Discount scored

sanitasYesterday afternoon I took the Sanitas back to the Shoe Mill in lovely downtown Tempe (for those of you who haven’t been following along, these pain-free shoes are made by the original makers of the formerly glorious Danskos, which are now manufactured in China thanks to a corporate change of hands). This put $129.72 back on the AMEX card. Then I ordered an identical pair from Footprints.com for a total of $79.95.

Tax on the local purchase was $9.72. Shipping for the online purchase was $10. So even though the tax was on a larger amount, I see that as kind of a wash.

My savings on this transaction: fifty bucks.

One thing I’ve discovered over the years is that you can return most things to most stores. If you find a better deal somewhere else before you’ve put any wear on an item, take the thing back to the higher-charging merchant and buy it where you can save some cash. Ditto if you realize you don’t need something after you’ve made an impulse buy. Obviously, you shouldn’t abuse this—buying a dress or a jacket to wear to a wedding and then returning it to the vendor is exploitive and dishonest. But if you haven’t used it at all, there’s no reason not to return it.

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  1. I will have to check these out. I hurt my feet real bad last June and am wearing some lovely men’s casual shoes now (see link for related blog post), which don’t look too horrid. I just got lucky and found them. My feet are healing – I can actually walk around barefoot without excruciating pain, although I’m making a point to only walk with these shoes on. I agree the price is worth it.

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