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9:00 p.m. but a little tip the least crazy time the early morning, before work. hello parking spot. and you ll make better buying decisions. maybe you are wishing you could just buy on line. why didn t i fire up the old browser earlier? you missed the shipping deadline but not to worry. i ve got ideas. first, lots of online retailers have same-day delivery on christmas eve in about 11 cities. next, lots of online retailers offer something called ship to store. you buy it on the internet and pick it up in the store. you avoid the crowds in the aisles and impulse buys. get in and out. what if gifts need to go to folks in another city? yeah, you should have ordered those a while ago. you can buy an e-gift card. can be e-mailed or posted to
that. we are falling for it. # out of 10 are buying on impulse. 20 percent are buying things for ourselves. it is costing the average consumer an extra 200 a month. so no more impulse buys. shop on-line. just say no. what should we say no to? jewelry is a big no no. it is expensive this time of year. watches expensive this time of year. lex tron nielectronics are pric. you see better deals around super bowl time. is it because women and men are waiting for the last minute. women are buying men the electronics add and men are buying jewelry. jewelry from october to september because the demand is there you can get away with it. that s when people are going to buy it. you say shop smart. what do you mean? couple hundred dollars a year they don t take advantage of price adjustments best buy has
aisle and buy that pack of gun and need energizer batteries for the flashlight i never use. alisyn: this is the important part of the story, 71% of the people who do impulse buy regret it, they have buyers remorse. i don t know if there s a lesson for our country and lawmakers in terms of impulse buying and thinking these things out, but maybe there s a connection. coming up on the show, send this in. do you agree with the impulse buys and have you bought one this holiday season. it s your constitutional right, but could the white house use recent take aways to own a gun? then, have you ever been the victim after regift like this one we re about to show you? and no. wait a minute, this and the other gift no-nos you should be aware of before you do your christmas shopping. you ll have to explain this.
displays loaded with impulse buys. now loyalty program. my local grocery store lucky has one people like. instead of a break on your groceries you purchases get you gas discounts. next secret, 30% of the purchases we make at grocery stores are impulse busy. ooh, pinwheels. and studies show the bigger the grocery cart, the more impulse purchases you make. the antidote, put the kibosh on the cart and get a basket. i m just too lazy to fill this up with heavy stuff that s not on my list. okay. last secret. since 2003, the number of men doing the household shopping has doubled. so some stores are creating man aisles full of impulse buys that appeal to the dad shopper. don t we already have that? it s called the bacon section. becky worley, abc news, oakland, california. bacon. do love that bacon section. amazing the marketing that goes into the layout of a grocery store. shopping for my family. all fresh produce you notice. right.