Martin Lewis has shared a shopping basket technique that retailers such as Argos, Currys and Morrisons reportedly dislike. During an appearance on This Morning, the Money Saving Expert founder discussed his top tip with presenter Dermot O'Leary.
Dermot asked: 'The first point you want to raise is people are abandoning their shopping baskets. What do you mean by that?' Martin explained that the initial step involves creating an account with the online retailer. He said: 'So if you have a membership of a store that you shop at, so you want an account, you always need an account. What you do is you go in, you put in what you want to buy, and there's still time to do this, so you put in the things that you want to buy, and then you don't complete the transaction.'
Dermot responded: 'Oh, they hate that. You walk away. They do hate it, cos they then email me going, you looked at this.' Co-host Christine Lampard added: 'They bombard you as well.' Mr Lewis continued: 'But what they do is they often email you and say you looked at this, would you. I'd like to buy it, here's 10% off to help you complete the transaction. Here's 20% off to help complete the transaction. I would normally wait 48 hours. I did a big survey on this last year, Argos, Currys, Morrisons, lots of other stores are doing this.'
He added: 'Chris got in touch with me. Thornton's Chocolates did this. I left my basket and they sent me a 10% code, and the day after they offered me free delivery. So you still have time. Time to play the abandon your basket trick, put your stuff in, walk away for a couple of days, as long as you're still in the free delivery period, see whether they offer you anything.'
Viewers backed up the suggestion. Sylvia on Instagram said: 'Do this all the time. They almost always offer discount couple of days later.' Another viewer added: 'I used for Dell laptop and I have been offered 5% the next day.'
