We are all searching for a bargain, but experts agree value is more important than overall price when it comes to getting a good deal.
Queensland Consumers Association president Cherie Dalley said the best way to get a good deal was to research the product before shopping.
“Know exactly what you want to buy,” she said. “It’s very easy to get talked into purchasing the product that the store wants you to buy, rather than what suits your needs.”
Ms Dalley also warned consumers to be cautious about “value adding” on products, such as extra insurance.
“If you’re offered an extended warranty on a fridge, look at the service that you’re already getting most fridges already have a warranty of at least a year,” she said.
“Before purchasing an extra five years’ warranty, you have to think about the lifecycle of your fridge. You may well move to another house before then, where the fridge won’t fit in the space.”
Shopping at smaller businesses often has advantages with customer loyalty being rewarded, according to Dr Rebekah Russell-Bennett, of the Queensland University of Technology.
Dr Russell-Bennett, from QUT’s School of Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations, said: “Restaurants, for instance, often go the extra mile to reward loyal customers.
“They’ve been suffering in the current financial climate, so loyalty counts for a lot.”
Ms Dalley’s and Dr Russell-Bennett’s comments come as Quest Community Newspapers launches its latest Live Local Shop Local promotion in which readers can share in $24,200 worth of prizes.
As part of that prize pool, one lucky reader will win a $5000 grand prize.
Simply cut out and complete an entry form appearing in your local Quest newspaper for the next six weeks and place it in an entry box at a participating local business.
Not only will you have a chance at the $5000 cash, each participating Quest newspaper has two $100 shopping vouchers to give away each week.
To find out where you can spend the vouchers, look for a full list of participating businesses throughout the promotion.
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FULL TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
The competition is open to all readers of Quest Community Newspapers, who fully complete an entry form and place the completed form in any one of the entry boxes at participating LIVE LOCAL, SHOP LOCAL & WORK CITY, SHOP CITY retailers.
Entry forms can be found exclusively:
• In editions of Quest Community Newspapers
• At selected partner business premises
• Online at any of the participating Quest Community Newspaper Websites.
Each submitted entry enables a customer to enter the weekly prize draw for the masthead in which their partner store is located as well as the overall grand prize draw.
Entry forms will be available each week for 6 (six) weeks in the following sixteen (16) midweek Quest Community Newspapers and online at:
• Albert & Logan News (Wednesday edition)
• City North News
• City South News
• City News
• Redcliffe & Bayside Herald
• Pine Rivers Press (Inc North Lakes Times)
• Caboolture Shire Herald
• Westside News
• North-West News
• Wynnum Herald
• Ipswich News
• Logan West Leader
• Southern Star
• South-East Advertiser
• South-West News (Inc Springfield Edition)
• Northside Chronicle
Competition Timings
Each weekly competition will run from 9am each Thursday to 5pm the next Wednesday. Each weekly draw will then be conducted the following Monday at 9am.
Multiple Entries
Entries are limited to 5 per household per week per Masthead into the Live Local Shop Local Competition.
Entrants submitting more than 5 entries per week will have additional entries removed from the draw.
Competition Terms & Conditions
The competition is called LIVE LOCAL, SHOP LOCAL & WORK CITY, SHOP CITY.
Terms and Conditions of Entry
The promoter of the competition is Quest Community Newspapers
(a Division of Nationwide News ABN 98 008 438 828) of Shand Street, Stafford, Qld.
All information on how to enter the competition forms part of the competition conditions - Entry into the competition is deemed an acceptance of these terms and conditions.
How the Competition Works – Weekly Prizes
The competition is called LIVE LOCAL, SHOP LOCAL & WORK CITY, SHOP CITY and offers readers of Sixteen (16) Quest Community Newspapers the opportunity to win weekly prizes of vouchers. Available vouchers are determined by the newspaper masthead and there will be two (2) of each voucher type per masthead per week.
The competition is open to all readers of Quest Community Newspapers who meet the general terms and conditions of entry found at www.questnews.com.au and fully complete an entry form and place the completed form in any one of the entry boxes at participating LIVE LOCAL, SHOP LOCAL & WORK CITY, SHOP CITY retailers.
Entry forms are found:
• In editions of Quest Community Newspapers
• At selected partner business premises
• Online at any of the participating Quest Community Newspaper Websites.
Timings
Each week for six (6) weeks from Thursday October 14 2010 to Wednesday November 24 2009 a competition per newspaper masthead will run from 9:00 am Thursday to 5:00pm the following Wednesday.
The entries collected in each draw period will be collated by newspaper masthead and winners drawn at random per masthead at Quest Community Newspapers HEAD offices at 9am on the Monday following the competition closure.
The person named on the first (1st) fully completed prize draw entry form drawn at random will win:
• A $100 voucher to spend at a participating retailer from the publication of entry.
The person named on the second (2nd) fully completed prize draw entry form drawn at random will win:
• A $100 voucher to spend at a participating retailer from the publication of entry
How the Competition Works – Grand Prize
The competition is called LIVE LOCAL, SHOP LOCAL & WORK CITY, SHOP CITY and offers readers of sixteen (16) Quest Community Newspapers the opportunity to win one overall $5,000 prize.
The competition is open to all readers of Quest Community Newspapers who meet the general terms and conditions of entry found at www.questnews.com.au and fully complete an entry form found exclusively in their Quest Community Newspaper, and place the completed form in any one of the entry boxes at participating LIVE LOCAL, SHOP LOCAL & WORK CITY, SHOP CITY retailers.
Timings
Each week for six (6) weeks from Thursday October 14 2010 to Wednesday November 24 2009 a competition per newspaper masthead will run from 9:00 am Thursday to 5:00pm the following Wednesday.
The entries collected in each draw period will be collated into a grand prize draw to be held at Quest Community Newspapers Stafford office at 12:00noon on Wednesday 1 December 2010.
Winner Notification
Winners will be drawn in line with the competition schedule and notified by in writing and in paper. Names will also appear in the next available edition of their local masthead newspaper. Photocopies of official entry coupon will not be accepted. Prizes are not redeemable for cash. Entries will not be used for marketing purposes. For more terms and conditions visit www.questnews.com.au
The Prizes & Prize Description
The weekly prizes are as follows, two of each per masthead per week:
• $100 Retail voucher
The overall grand prize is as follows, one for all mastheads:
• 1 x $5,000 cash
Total Prize pool: $24,200
Prize Draw Dates – Weekly Prizes – All Titles
The Prize Draw Schedule is as follows:
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Prize Draw Dates – Grand Prize Draw
The Prize Draw Schedule is as follows:
General Terms and Conditions of Entry
Employees and immediate families of Quest Community Newspapers and partnering/participating businesses are not permitted to enter.
The winner from each of the competition draws will be the first eligible entries randomly drawn.
The judge's decision is final/no correspondence will be entered into.
The prize is not transferable or redeemable for cash.
If any winner of a prize is under the age of 18 years, the prize will be awarded to the winner's parent or guardian.
The winner will be notified by telephone and mail shortly following the random draws. If any winner is not contactable or does not claim their prize within seven days of the draw date, another finalist / winner will be drawn in the same format.
By entering this competition the entrant agrees to Quest
Community Newspapers disclosing the personal contact information submitted on the entry form to the relevant third party prize giver on the condition that the relevant third party prize giver only use and retain that information in order to deliver the relevant prize to the rightful winner.
Any additional expenses incurred by the finalists or prize winner in accepting and partaking in the prize/competition will be the responsibility of the finalist / prize winners.
Quest Community Newspapers reserves the right to modify these terms and conditions at any time and to cancel or amend the competition at any time without notice or further recourse to the entrants.
The Promoter accepts no responsibility whatsoever for late, misplaced, lost or ineligible entries. The Promoter makes no representations or warranties as to the quality, suitability, or merchantability of the prize. To the extent permitted by law, the Promoter is not liable for any loss or damage whatsoever which is suffered (including, but not limited to, direct or consequential loss) or for any personal injury (including death) suffered or sustained in connection with entry into the competition or acceptance of the prizes. This paragraph is not intended to exclude any liability, which cannot be excluded under Australian consumer protection laws.
Live Local Shop Local Retail Voucher Terms and Conditions of Use
Live Local shop local vouchers must be used at a participating retailer within the newspaper masthead distribution area. Winners can select the partner retailer at which the voucher may be used, however the full transaction amount must be spent in one retailer only.
Partner retailers will be published in the relevant Quest Community Newspaper each week and listed on the prize winners voucher.
The $100 voucher value must be completed in a single transaction.
If the transaction value is greater than $100 the balance must be paid by the winner at time of purchase.
No change will be given if the transaction is for less than the prize value of $100.
THIS VOUCHER CANNOT BE REDEEMED FOR CASH
Vouchers valid until 28 February 2010.
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