TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - The line between shopping on-line and in person is getting blurred.
These days you find a lot of people cyber shopping on their phones, as they walk through the stores. Often if you find a bargain on line you can get a store to match it.
Shoppers have a universe of bargains as close as their computer.
But some people still want to get out in the stores and see and feel a product for themselves.
If you do like bargain hunting in person, most of the biggest chains give you a chance to buy in the stores and still pay the best prices you can find on line.
Best Buy says it's so confident it has the best prices it does not price match from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday but it does price match the rest of the year.
Price match policies can vary so widely you really need to study the store websites but here are some requirements almost all stores will have:
--Bring strong proof like an ad flyer or a print from a website. Some stores let you show your proof on a smartphone, some don't
--The item must be a precise match
--Closeouts usually don't count
--Many stores only price match against their major competitors and list which ones.
--In many cases if you find a better price later a store will refund the difference. But stores differ on how many days can go by before the deal's off.
All that makes some shoppers think price matching is not worth the trouble.
Matt Harper says: "I don't know if it's worth the extra maybe couple of dollars I'll save. I'd rather just get a good deal as opposed to the absolute best deal."
Gwen Lisa thinks: "It's too much work, basically and I'm a simple shopper. I see what I want and I get what I want."
That effort, and the perception that stores are so competitive their prices are about the same, may be why some studies suggest only about 10 percent of shoppers even try to price match.
