No need to spend hours clipping, sorting, and checking out with flimsy pieces of paper — you can save tons of money with basically no effort at all.
Before ordering something, make an account that claims your birthday is that day.
A lot of places will offer you a discount. (This Reddit thread also offers advice on how to make a vanishing email account to sustain all that deception.)
When shopping online, try leaving your items in your cart for a couple of days.
According to Reddit, there's a chance the retailer will email you offering a discount.
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(Or you'll just get creepy emails like this.)
