17 Best Things to Buy This Fall

To get the very best deal, you have to know when to buy.

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To get the very best deal, you have to know when to buy. Most things are marked down at certain times each year. So planning your purchases to get items when they're at their lowest price can potentially save you hundreds of dollars.

As the temperatures start to drop in the fall, so do the prices on a whole host of goods. September and October bring sales on summer items that retailers are eager to clear out to make room for cold-weather inventory. And November – Black Friday, in particular – is a deal hunter’s smorgasbord.

Here are 17 things that you'll find at their lowest prices of the year in the fall.

Cameron Huddleston
Former Online Editor, Kiplinger.com

Award-winning journalist, speaker, family finance expert, and author of Mom and Dad, We Need to Talk.

Cameron Huddleston wrote the daily "Kip Tips" column for Kiplinger.com. She joined Kiplinger in 2001 after graduating from American University with an MA in economic journalism.