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Two weeks from today is Christmas, so (with) time running out, our financial advisor1 Ray Martin is here with tips for shopping that go beyond just looking for a good deal. Good morning, Ray.

 Hey, Maggie, great to see you!

 Love your tie. Thank you! Very festive2!

 Right, ‘cause it's the season.

 All right, you have some questions, you said these are the most commonly asked questions that you got from shoppers. No.1: what do I need to know about gift cards this season?

 Well, yeah, on consumers' minds right now are if I buy a gift card and it doesn't get used later on and the merchant goes out of business. Wow, what happens here? And you know, you're really unprotected with, you know, the closing of Tweeter, Sharper Image, Linens3 'n Things and so on, It's really important to buy the gift card that person will use quickly, things for food, clothing, fuel so for that reason right there alone. Also you know you want to look at the fees, er, and make sure you don’t buy gift card that has monthly fees or that will expire later on. And buy a gift card that's tamper-proof.

 What does that mean?

 It means the security code on the back has that masking that has to be scratched up, hasn't been tampered4 with.

 Ah, I never knew that existed.

 Yeah, look at the back of the card, it has, it should be masking the card number, or you buy a card from behind the counter where a thief hasn't been able to write down the number, and later, try to steal your money off, when they stay in the rack of it.

 So once you find that the Drugstore (coupon5) hanging on the shelf, may not be the best ones.

 And if the card number is exposed, don't use that card.

 All right, No.2 and my favorite, how do I find promotions6 and coupons7?

 Yeah, there's no reason to be paying full price for anything right now, ok, and this is a great tip from power shoppers.

 First, let's say you are online, ok? And you are on your merchant's website, er, and you are getting ready to check out (and) buy a backpack, Dick's Sporting Goods, for example. It says, are you using a promotional code? You'll say "well, I don't know, I don't have one." Or instead, open, don't check out yet, open a second tab of your browser8, go to Google for example, type in here, for example, Dick's Sporting Goods promotional codes, OK. And make sure I got that all in there. And, then hit the search, and when you do that, you'll quickly see a website with lots of different links, to various providers that may have promotional codes, and for example if you go down to one of these sites here, you might see the promotional codes that you can use to buy the item...

 And look, up to 50%, see, this is not small potatoes.

 Right, and you might see the website code like 'DSP ALL 15'. You type that in Promotional Code (awesome) and get discount right away! (All right.) Also, for coupons, if you're gonna go to Wal-Mart, Target or wherever, go to websites like coupon.com, couponcabin.com and fatwallet, go and print on their website printable coupons and then take those to the stores where you go shopping and you get the coupons and use them right away, you know, 5 dollars, 20 dollars, 20% off and that kind of thing.

 This is I how I saved huge the other day. (Absolutely.) I actually went to the store's website, and right there it was a little section 'print coupons here', it was almost too easy.

 Perfect.

 Thank you. Ray

 Oh, you're welcome.

 Good to have you.


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1 advisor JKByk     
n.顾问,指导老师,劝告者
参考例句:
  • They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
  • The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。
2 festive mkBx5     
adj.欢宴的,节日的
参考例句:
  • It was Christmas and everyone was in festive mood.当时是圣诞节,每个人都沉浸在节日的欢乐中。
  • We all wore festive costumes to the ball.我们都穿着节日的盛装前去参加舞会。
3 linens 4648e87ff7e1f3115ba176cfe4b0dfe2     
n.亚麻布( linen的名词复数 );家庭日用织品
参考例句:
  • All linens and towels are provided. 提供全套日用织品和毛巾。 来自辞典例句
  • Linen, Table Linens, Chair Covers, Bed and Bath Linens. Linen. 采购产品亚麻布,亚麻布,椅子套子,床和沭浴亚麻布。 来自互联网
4 tampered 07b218b924120d49a725c36b06556000     
v.窜改( tamper的过去式 );篡改;(用不正当手段)影响;瞎摆弄
参考例句:
  • The records of the meeting had been tampered with. 会议记录已被人擅自改动。 来自辞典例句
  • The old man's will has been tampered with. 老人的遗嘱已被窜改。 来自辞典例句
5 coupon nogz3     
n.息票,配给票,附单
参考例句:
  • The coupon can be used once only.此优惠券只限使用一次。
  • I have a coupon for ten pence off a packet of soap.我有一张优惠券买一盒肥皂可以便宜十便士。
6 promotions ea6aeb050f871384f25fba9c869cfe21     
促进( promotion的名词复数 ); 提升; 推广; 宣传
参考例句:
  • All services or promotions must have an appeal and wide application. 所有服务或促销工作都必须具有吸引力和广泛的适用性。
  • He promptly directed the highest promotions and decorations for General MacArthur. 他授予麦克阿瑟将军以最高的官阶和勋奖。
7 coupons 28882724d375042a7b19db1e976cb622     
n.礼券( coupon的名词复数 );优惠券;订货单;参赛表
参考例句:
  • The company gives away free coupons for drinks or other items. 公司为饮料或其它项目发放免费赠券。 来自辞典例句
  • Do you have any coupons? 你们有优惠卡吗? 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 口语
8 browser gx7z2M     
n.浏览者
参考例句:
  • View edits in a web browser.在浏览器中看编辑的效果。
  • I think my browser has a list of shareware links.我想在浏览器中会有一系列的共享软件链接。

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