Thrifty Shopping in Montreal Tips Part 2 💰💵🤑 (Beyond Groceries)
21 Dec 20221. Apps for E-Commerce Enthusiasts
There’re two apps / websites I’d like to recommend if you usually shop online for clothings/electronics and stuffs.
a) Student Price Card (SPC)
This is a website that offers coupon codes for brand-name products exclusively for students! Any student can register for a basic membership account (if you have a student bank account at CIBC, you are also eligible for the SPC+ membership)
b) Rakuten
I’m also putting my referal code here in case you’d like to try it out! (thanks so much haha with lots of love❤❤❤❤❤❤)
You can use the app / browser extension / webpage to search for brands that collaborate with Rakuten, and earn cash back when placing an order under the link you got from rakuten.ca (or the app / extension).
2. In-Store Shopping
These are places for thrifty shopping beyond food/groceries! Clothes, boots, electronics, board games, furnitures and more and beyond - Stuffs that are on liquidation sale (or from dotation/secondhand source) but good and sturdy.
a) Winners
The all-time classic, brand name clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, fine jewelry, beauty products, and housewares for less price! Look for their branches on Google Maps😄 (each store may have different collections of products though)
b) Renaissance
Thrift stores that offer a vast selection of clothing, shoes, home accessories and more. (Several friends from my French course recommended it - they shopped for clothes/ winter boots or board games there and really liked the experience)
c) Village des Valeurs
I haven’t visited this one (since it’s not close to where I’m at) but have heard about it
d) The Salvation Army Thrift Store
Same as the above - haven’t visited this one (since it’s not close to where I’m at) but have heard about it
e) Recommendations on Places for Getting Shoes/Boots
Earlier in fall, I was looking for stores where I might get winter boots at a cheaper price, and got the following recommendations from another fellow student in the Francisation course. (These stores seem to be located in Verdun, so might be quite far away from downtown; also you might have to pay in cash, since they might not accept debit/credit cards)