Buying Big Ticket Items in today's economy is still possible

Gas prices are going up, inflation is eating up our buying power, and when you cross the Atlantic Ocean, the dollar is worth close to nothing. You try to save money by cutting down on the Starbuck's coffee and carpooling with co-workers. When it comes to birthday gifts, parties, and wedding presents, you really don't have much opportunity to cut costs, do you?

Now more than ever is group gift a concept to take advantage of. Group Gifts enable people to spend less money and still buy awesome big ticket items. While it is not good etiquette to buy a group gift for every occasion, there are times when it can definitely be of value.

If your friend's birthday is coming up, you can use Advance Giving to create a birthday event and invite friends to contribute towards an MP3 player or a smart phone. Other good occasions for a group gift include retirement parties, father's day, mother's day. Valentine, probably not the best time for a group gift.

How does it work? Use Advance Giving's group gift application to create a group gift and send out an invite to participants that might be interested in participating in this group gift. They will get an invite from Advance Giving with a picture of the gift you selected and they may or may not contribute money towards the gift. Either way, you don't have to worry about collecting all the money as Advance Giving takes care of this.

While your wallet is shrinking and you are cutting corners wherever possible, you can still get your friends big ticket quality items without spending more money.

For more information, please visit http://www.advancegiving.com