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Price-seasonality buying guides for the things you actually shop for — backed by real month-by-month data, not guesswork.

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When Is the Best Time to Buy a Box Spring or Foundation?
Box springs and foundations are cheapest on the same four weekends as mattresses — Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Black Friday — because most of the real discount comes through mattress-and-base bundles. But before timing the purchase, check whether your mattress should sit on a box spring at all: most modern foam and hybrid models want a solid or slatted foundation instead, and the wrong base can void the mattress warranty.
- January: Typical price
- February: Best month
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- May: Best month
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- August: Typical price
- September: Best month
- October: Typical price
- November: Best month
- December: Avoid
Mattress Online vs. In-Store: Which Is the Better Deal?
Online mattresses run roughly 15% cheaper on average than the same tier bought in a store, but in-store shoppers can often negotiate that gap smaller, and the two channels differ more in trial length, return fees, and delivery than in price alone.
- January: Typical price
- February: Best month
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- May: Best month
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- August: Typical price
- September: Best month
- October: Typical price
- November: Best month
- December: Avoid
When Is the Best Time to Buy Jewelry?
Fine jewelry tends to be cheapest during the post-holiday clearance window in early January and around Black Friday/Cyber Monday in late November, but gold and silver spot prices can push costs up or down independent of any seasonal sale.
- January: Best month
- February: Typical price
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- June: Typical price
- July: Best month
- August: Best month
- September: Typical price
- October: Typical price
- November: Best month
- December: Avoid
When Is the Best Time to Buy a Couch?
The best time to buy a couch is January–February or August–September, when winter and summer clearance overlap with Presidents' Day and Labor Day sale weekends, though sofa-specific factors like fabric choice, sectional sizing, and custom order lead times often matter more to the final price than the calendar month.
- January: Best month
- February: Best month
- March: Avoid
- April: Avoid
- May: Avoid
- June: Typical price
- July: Typical price
- August: Best month
- September: Best month
- October: Typical price
- November: Best month
- December: Typical price
When Is the Best Time to Buy Shoes?
For most shoes, timing since a specific model's release date matters more than the calendar month, though January clearance, back-to-school week, and Black Friday still deliver genuine broad markdowns across categories.
- January: Best month
- February: Typical price
- March: Typical price
- April: Avoid
- May: Typical price
- June: Best month
- July: Typical price
- August: Best month
- September: Avoid
- October: Typical price
- November: Best month
- December: Typical price
When Is the Best Time to Buy a Water Heater?
For a planned replacement, water heaters are cheapest during the fall model turnover (September–October), Black Friday, and January's post-holiday clearance — but since most water heaters are bought as emergency replacements, seasonal timing often matters less than simply having a plumber lined up before the old one fails.
- January: Best month
- February: Typical price
- March: Typical price
- April: Typical price
- May: Typical price
- June: Avoid
- July: Typical price
- August: Typical price
- September: Best month
- October: Best month
- November: Best month
- December: Typical price

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