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Less is More for U.S. Couples When Buying Valentineâ??s Day Gifts
People are planning to shop for deals when buying for loved ones this
Valentineâ??s Day. According to PayPalâ??s fourth annual â??Canâ??t Buy Me Loveâ?
survey, nearly half of shoppers plan to spend less than
Valentineâ??s Day, compared to 2008, when 75 percent of shoppers planned
to spend more than
Saving money is a priority for shoppers in 2010. Forty-two percent of
couples surveyed say their partner spends too much money year-round. To
help cash-strapped couples, PayPal and Bill Me Later today announced
great deals and special offers on Valentineâ??s
Day gifts for couples and singles. Shoppers can receive up to 25
percent off purchases from major retailers, including
Zales.com and ProFlowers
by visiting paypal.com/shopping.
â??Couples are committed to saving money this year but the good news is
that there are plenty of great gifts at great prices out there,â? said
â??Invest some thoughtfulness and take advantage of great online deals â??
itâ??s the easiest way to feel the love without breaking hearts or the
bank.â?
According to the survey, money continues to be the leading cause of
arguments among couples, more than in-laws, sex and work. The 2009
survey found that 27 percent of people have experienced some sort of
significant financial change in the last year, causing more frequent
arguments related to money.
Valentineâ??s
and Bill Me Later
Beginning
members can take advantage of discounts from top retailers. Sample deals
include:
20 percent off and a free vase at ProFlowers
25 percent off on gifts
atRedEnvelope
$50 off purchases of$300 or more at Zales.com
10 percent off at Blue Nile
20 percent off of a 6-month subscription from eHarmony
Up to 55 percent off retail rates from Hotwire
For more information about the 2010 PayPal Valentineâ??s Day promotions
and to see a full list of participating merchants, visit paypal.com/shopping.
For a complete list of Valentineâ??s Day deals from Bill Me Later please
visit shopping.billmelater.com
or follow @ShopBillMeLater on Twitter.
Find the â??PayPal ValenTypesâ? for Cash
Prizes and Giveaways
On
and rewarding participants with incredible giveaways including netbooks,
diamond necklaces and a year of free flowers
from ProFlowers.
Shoppers who follow @PayPalShopping will receive tweeted clues to secret
locations in
the PayPal ValenTypes will be rewarding the lucky Twitter super-sleuths
with big prizes from select merchants.
Click here
to follow @PayPalShopping on Twitter.
Survey Findings
PayPalâ??s fourth annual â??Canâ??t Buy Me Loveâ? survey, conducted by
examined how personal finance issues affect couples and singles in the
U.S. The survey found:
Money is the number one cause of arguments among U.S. couples (37%).
It beat out household chores (24%), in-laws (15%) and sex (13%).
A quarter (27%) of respondent families experienced significant
financial change in the last year. Of these couples, at least one
partner had to take on an additional job, or the primary breadwinner
had to change jobs.
Only a quarter (22%) of couples surveyed maintain completely separate
bank accounts, compared to almost half in 2008 (46%).
This year, twice as many respondents said that they want their own
bank accounts so that they could have their own spending money. (47%
of respondents in 2009 compared to 20% in 2008)
Two-thirds (65%) of singles would not want to date someone with
significant debt.
Most people (79%) have given cash as a gift to a loved one, so that
the recipient can purchase what they want.
About the Survey
The PayPal "Can't Buy Me Love" Survey was conducted by
panelists. The total sample size was 1,000 adults in
About PayPal
PayPal is the faster, safer way to pay and get paid online. The service
allows members to send money without sharing financial information, with
the flexibility to pay using their account balances, bank accounts,
credit cards or promotional financing. With more than 81 million active
accounts in 190 markets and 24 currencies around the world, PayPal
enables global ecommerce. PayPal is an
made up of three leading online payment services: the PayPal
global payment service, the Payflow Gateway and Bill Me Later. The
company's open payment platform, PayPal X, allows developers to build
innovative payment applications on multiple platforms and devices. More
information about the company can be found at https://www.paypal.com.
About
Definitive Guide to Exceptional Online Shopping, which publishes annual
resource guides for online shopping. The fourth edition is currently
available in bookstores nationwide and is published by
Warner Book Group
the specialty books covering maternity through toddler shopping online,
made its arrival. The next specialty editions of thepurplebook were
released in January â??08 and are entitled thepurplebook Wedding and
thepurplebook Green (an eco-friendly online shopping guide). In
addition, Mendelsohn launched a corporate consulting division of the
business, which covers everything from white papers, Web site
development for retailers, outsourcing service solution providers,
investment companies, and venture capital firms. Specializing in
end-to-end consumer experience, her clients include
Newgistics, I4Commerce (BillMeLater), Chase Paymentech,
Shopping.com, in addition to other e-commerce related technology and
retail.
Source: PayPal
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