I admit it. I am frugal. And you know what? I'm okay with that. I like to have nice stuff, but I like to get it as cheap as I can. This means I use coupons, I scan the newspaper every day for sales, I talk to friends about sales going on, I talk to people at the stores I'm buying from to see if they have any inside information on where the cheapest products are (and if they can give me any discount). I do anything to find the best deal.
I don't think I've really put it into perspective the extraordinary lengths I'll go to for a deal, so I've got an example for you. Although this site is about my dealings with garage floor tiles, where to find garage floor tile products, and where to find the cheapest garage floor tiles, I'm going to talk for a second about bamboo flooring. And don't worry, this will all wrap back around by the time I'm done.
About six months ago I decided I wanted to put new flooring in the downstairs of my house. The area I'm talking about is probably about one thousand square feet, when it's all said and done. It includes and entry, a kitchen, a living room, and a sitting room. I knew immediately that I wanted bamboo flooring to go in. Why did on bamboo flooring? Well, much like garage floor tiles, it has all the qualities I'm looking for in great flooring - durable, reasonably priced, great look, and easy installation. Plus, it's really pretty fun to say, and people are pretty impressed by it. Just give it a shot. Bamboo flooring. Bamboo flooring. Sounding more exotic every second.
So, before I bought my flooring I had to figure out how to get the best deal. So I went to the number one place there is for this kind of information - the internet. I Googled bamboo flooring cost and immediately was inundated with a tremendous amount of information. And not only on the different types of bamboo floors out there, but, what I was looking for, cost. One problem existed, however. Almost all of the prices included installation of the floor. I am a pretty handy person, having been involved in numerous home improvement projects, and I enjoy seeing a project take shape, and I already knew how to install bamboo flooring, so I wanted a price that did not include installation.
So I started looking all over the place, talking to people, calling manufacturers to see if I could buy what I wanted directly from them, and generally made a pest out of myself. I went to Lowe's, Home Depot, True Value Hardware, Wal-Mart, and all of the other stores I could think of that might have the flooring I was looking for (these guys already know me really well, as I've hounded Home Depot and Lowe's personnel for months about where to find cheap garage floor tiles - I think they almost hate me over there!) Eventually I had all of the information I thought I was going to be able to get, made a list, and then picked. But, I didn't pick the cheapest one. I want value too. And sometimes value means paying just a little bit more for a much more superior product. So I picked.
This same process should be used when you are looking for garage floor tiles. There are a bunch of different models out there, and with the economy the way it is, there are a lot of sales (both advertised and unadvertised) out there waiting for you. All you need is a little determination, a little elbow grease, and in no time you'll be enjoying your new garage floor tiles!
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