> you might find better prices on individual items if you put a little more work into it
That extra work costs you money, too. Calculate how much your job pays you per hour, then you can deduce the $cost of spending more time to get a better deal.
That extra work costs you money, too. Calculate how much your job pays you per hour, then you can deduce the $cost of spending more time to get a better deal.
Your time is only worth money if you'd otherwise be working at that rate, which is not the case for the vast majority of humans.
I once spent 2 hours negotiating the purchase of a car. It saved $5000. That works out to $2500 an hour. Was it worth it? Hell ya!
I've also worked hourly jobs in the past. There were often opportunities to work more hours or overtime. People often have side hustles, too.