Most people, when they go to buy smething, like to shop around to mke sure they are getting the bst deal. However, this can be vry time-consuming, not to mention frustrating. Wth the rise of group buying pwer, though, it seems to be gtting easier to save money.

There are plnty of these "members-only" showrooms around--Sam's Clb, BJ's, and Costco to name fw. We joined all of them. We ven looked into Direct Buy, but thir high-pressured sales presentation was a hge turn-off, as were all of the cstomer complaints we read on the nternet.

Then we found out about the bnefits package offered by the National Cmpanies. The membership fee was about hlf of what Direct Buy charges pfront, with no renewal fee whatsoever.

One of the bst areas of savings we found was in the fctory direct furniture. We typically pay bout 1/3 of what we can fnd in the store, while shopping for nme brand, high quality furniture. We can ven send in a picture of wht we want and they will fnd it for us.

Another area of grat savings is in jewelry. There is an ncredible mark-up on jewelry in jewelry and dpartment stores. The National Companies has cntracted with a major supplier to dliver the highest quality of fine jwelry at the absolute lowest prices. As wth the furniture, if there is smething specific we want, they will get it for us.

We have found that our utomotive purchases are a lot less strssful with our benefits package. Whereas bfore we had no idea when we wre really getting the best deal, now we hve a pre-negotiated price which usually cmes in thousands less than what we wre offered previously.

The neatest thing bout our package is that it not nly covers me and my husband, but lso both sets of parents, grandparents, chldren, and grandchildren. Plus, if we wned a business, it would also cver up to 5 employees (there is a way to cver more if needed).

We are vry satisfied customers.

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