Buy Supplies on a Budget

By Nicky Jackson

Employees are finding that their company is paying for less and less office supplies. If you need to buy your own pens, this article will help you save some money.

The local office supply store is where we all start, but unless they are having a sale, they can be much more expensive than the neighborhood department store.

For certain supplies, even grocery stores will sell them. Apart from the convenience, the prices are good too.

When sales occur, even pharmacies would have good deals on pens, paperclips and staples etc.

Shopping clubs and stores that sell salvaged material undercut the competition.

Of course, few stores can compete with online stores that seem to know how to tweak sales so that their prices are just under everyone else's.

The online stores that have physical locations are great, because you can go pick them up even if they charge shipping to deliver.

Check out the weekly deals of the specialty stores to see if there are good deals. Get them when they are on sale instead of buying them when you run out.

Pens especially seem to have legs. Just buy the cheap brands that work and forget about buying good ones because people take them anyway.

I actually reuse paper, but I also buy the cheapest paper that my printer can use without the rollers malfunctioning. Paper is paper. There's really no need to buy expensive ones.

Ink is not the same as paper. If possible, just buy the original brand because the third party brands just aren't the same in terms of quality.

Never buy something just because it is inexpensive. There is nothing that can spoil your day like a faulty office product.

Save those coupons and you will save a lot of money. Learn to keep track and organize them to save lots of money.

The big office supply retailers will always have their own brands, use them because they are cheaper.

Never order in bulk. With office supplies, the more you have readily available, the more you will end up wasting so always create an artificial sacristy. - 30243

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