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Topics => TEOTWAWKI => Topic started by: John Florida on June 11, 2011, 08:52:39 PM
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I happened to be up late the other night(because of daughter) and ended up watching something called extreme couponing and watched what seems to be impossible to me. Women buying 1800 bucks worth of groceries and spending under 100 bucks for it all.
Now I know some of it had to be total bull but if it evenends up being half true I figured it would be worth a try. So today I start doing something I have never done in my life. I'm starting to clip and actively hunt down coupons and tomorrow the Sunday papers come out and getting serious abut couponing.
I have no idea if it's worth the time but I'm giving it an honest try. Hell some of the women showed what they had in their storage areas and one had 20K worth of grocery items from shampoos to papertowels and so on. Since were all about this subject I figured I would give you all a chuckle and see what comes of it.
I even found a couponing for beginners web site.
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The more you spend the more you save ::hysterical::
Hey, that's not funny. Yes, I do grocery coupons and use the grocery store credit card [::pandora scream::] and they track my purchases and every month the send me coupons related to my purchase and also cash credit checks and discount my fuel purchase from them and if a buy a lot more food I get a bigger fuel discount. This is not even counting the clipped coupons.
Speaking of TP and paper items and other missile lainious items and some food items (ice cream, salmon, jello) Walgreens, if you are diligent and patient will cut some good coupons. There is one route I make that passes 4 and if the trip and the coupons hit at the same time it's coming and going times 4.
Eager to hear what you discover.
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More power to ya, CO. Because I won't/don't do it doesn't mean y'all shouldn't.
http://www.shopathome.com/Discounts_And_Coupons/Affiliate-Grocery.aspx?refer=92126&src=AFECXX (http://www.shopathome.com/Discounts_And_Coupons/Affiliate-Grocery.aspx?refer=92126&src=AFECXX)
http://supermarketgiveaways.com/grocery/index.v1.php?lid=::add-13410_grocery_NONE&add_offerid=4342852&addomain=rscounter10.com&addomain_id=66&uniclk=true (http://supermarketgiveaways.com/grocery/index.v1.php?lid=::add-13410_grocery_NONE&add_offerid=4342852&addomain=rscounter10.com&addomain_id=66&uniclk=true)
I do not vouch for these sites as I haven't tried either, but they came up easily with "coupon website" in a search engine.
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http://www.livingwellspendingless.com/beginners-guide-to-coupons/thebeginners-guide-to-coupons-2/part-two/ (http://www.livingwellspendingless.com/beginners-guide-to-coupons/thebeginners-guide-to-coupons-2/part-two/)
That's the one I found that breaks it down step by stp and she also has utube vids.
Publix Coupon Shopping 11-11 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aoEmu9ELNM#ws)
This is just one ant it's gets you to where she has other vids.
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I've finding using coupons to be hard--hard in the sense that it's not in my nature to spend time on something like that. I don't find it fun. However, about 3 months ago I decided that since there were few ways for me to gain money I should try to save more (not that I wasn't in other ways already) especially since gas is high.
I refuse to buy a paper but my mom gives me her Sunday paper.
After my first trip out with a list and coupons in hand I spent $78 and saved about $78. So 50% ain't bad. Couple of days later one of my kids says hey, you should watch this show about coupons. A show on coupons? ::hysterical:: I watched it--it's not really a how-to. It's Hoarders for couponers.
Anyway, these folks get these bargains because 1) their store allows for the doubling of coupons, 3) some places like walmart will allow you to use a coupon even if its value is greater than the product--the difference is applied to your order or given in change, 4) they buy dozens of papers or print out dozens of coupons by using several different computers, 3) they live in areas where there are bargain grocery stores that also accept coupons.
I live in area that has a high cost of living so there's no way I'll ever save nearly 100%. No stores here double coupons. One woman on the show has 4000 coupons. another spends 60 hours a week, every week on her coupons, another spends $2000 a year on newspapers. A lot of them buy stuff to get the overage (see above walmart example--especially lucrative if there's a rebate form too). They also buy stuff I don't use or need.
Walgreens has register rewards and CVS has EBCs---basically a coupon for a dollar amount off your next purchase. You earn these by purchasing designed products. The trick is to use coupons to make the cost of the product go down and get the RR or EBC. The other trick is to only buy products you use--hahahaha.
A few weeks ago I had four $1.00 off Honest tea coupons. CVS had them on sale for $1.00. Yeap, got 4 free. Now my kids like honest tea but it's not something I'm going to usually buy at 1.89 a pop. A lipton teabag works for us. But it was free and will be a nice surprise in their lunch at camp.
I only buy stuff we use or I can get free or nearly free.
At CVS you have to use a store card to get the EBCs. They will email coupons for % off total purchases or $5 off of $20 and stuff like that too. I set up a gmail account to use just for the couponing (often need an email addy to get online coupons)
This website posts updates all day everyday about coupons and ads. I use this site to match up sale ads with coupons. She usually covers Target, walmart, walgreens, cvs, rite aid, safeway and a few others regional to her:
http://myfrugaladventures.com/ (http://myfrugaladventures.com/)
this site is also useful--she was on that couponing show: http://mylitter.com/ (http://mylitter.com/)
I'm curious to hear how it goes for you, JF.
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I won't go any further than the loyalty card which is good for the instore discounts and for $0.10/gallon off on gas. As it is, though, I almost never buy anything that isn't on sale. As a serious diet soft drink consumer, for instance, I always buy the 2-liter bottles but I never spend more than $1 for a Coke/Pepsi product...usually less.
Occasionally there is one of those coupon printers at the register that shoots out a particularly good coupon (free RedBox rentals are always appreciated) but for the most part I can't be bothered with the whole thing. No double or triple coupons where I live. Not ever.
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LOL, some of these "extreme couponing" people sound like people who spend all day mining gold in online games like World of Warcraft, to then sell (for real money) to other players. I even read an article about how various governments were seriously looking into ways to establish a revenue presence in these online worlds to tax virtual "earnings". I kid you not.
As for those loyalty cards every place seems to use these days, I've managed to acquire them without filling out the forms. So when I use them they're not getting one bit of useful demographic data. Whatever happened to just putting stuff on sale?!?! ::oldman::
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I've finding using coupons to be hard--hard in the sense that it's not in my nature to spend time on something like that. I don't find it fun. However, about 3 months ago I decided that since there were few ways for me to gain money I should try to save more (not that I wasn't in other ways already) especially since gas is high.
I refuse to buy a paper but my mom gives me her Sunday paper.
After my first trip out with a list and coupons in hand I spent $78 and saved about $78. So 50% ain't bad. Couple of days later one of my kids says hey, you should watch this show about coupons. A show on coupons? ::hysterical:: I watched it--it's not really a how-to. It's Hoarders for couponers.
Anyway, these folks get these bargains because 1) their store allows for the doubling of coupons, 3) some places like walmart will allow you to use a coupon even if its value is greater than the product--the difference is applied to your order or given in change, 4) they buy dozens of papers or print out dozens of coupons by using several different computers, 3) they live in areas where there are bargain grocery stores that also accept coupons.
I live in area that has a high cost of living so there's no way I'll ever save nearly 100%. No stores here double coupons. One woman on the show has 4000 coupons. another spends 60 hours a week, every week on her coupons, another spends $2000 a year on newspapers. A lot of them buy stuff to get the overage (see above walmart example--especially lucrative if there's a rebate form too). They also buy stuff I don't use or need.
Walgreens has register rewards and CVS has EBCs---basically a coupon for a dollar amount off your next purchase. You earn these by purchasing designed products. The trick is to use coupons to make the cost of the product go down and get the RR or EBC. The other trick is to only buy products you use--hahahaha.
A few weeks ago I had four $1.00 off Honest tea coupons. CVS had them on sale for $1.00. Yeap, got 4 free. Now my kids like honest tea but it's not something I'm going to usually buy at 1.89 a pop. A lipton teabag works for us. But it was free and will be a nice surprise in their lunch at camp.
I only buy stuff we use or I can get free or nearly free.
At CVS you have to use a store card to get the EBCs. They will email coupons for % off total purchases or $5 off of $20 and stuff like that too. I set up a gmail account to use just for the couponing (often need an email addy to get online coupons)
This website posts updates all day everyday about coupons and ads. I use this site to match up sale ads with coupons. She usually covers Target, walmart, walgreens, cvs, rite aid, safeway and a few others regional to her:
http://myfrugaladventures.com/ (http://myfrugaladventures.com/)
this site is also useful--she was on that couponing show: http://mylitter.com/ (http://mylitter.com/)
I'm curious to hear how it goes for you, JF.
There's no double anything here either. But I saw this thing and it seemed that laundry soaps and paper goods were the most frequent free bees. What we spent on papaer towls around here is just nuts.I'm trying to cut down on what we spend on the crap that gets thrown away so I'm starting slow but as soon as I get some of it figured out I'll report back in.
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I went out on little test flight and ended up spending 11.97 including taxes on a 26.91 tab.Now that would have looked better if they werren't out of an item that sells for 4.99 and I have two 5.00 coupons for it would look like 11.97 for36.91 tab.
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Some stores will have a limited amount of sale items.
It's best to hit them as soon as possible.
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Some stores will have a limited amount of sale items.
It's best to hit them as soon as possible.
This was more like a blind taste test more than anything else.But you are right of course.Fortunately most of the players are within a 5 minute ride from me so going back on Monday is no problem. But I am just starting to clip and pile up coupons and learning how the game is played. But one thing is for sure that I will not buy anything I don't use as a rule and if something that I do use has the right price I will buy it when I see it needed or not.
Today what I got was all cleaning products that we do buy as a rule and buy them when were out and pay full retail that's one of the big things that needs to change.
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One of the big coupon hooks is to move the customer into buying something wouldn't ordinarily buy. No way, buying something one
doesn't use at half price is a 100% loss.
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One of the big coupon hooks is to move the customer into buying something wouldn't ordinarily buy. No way, buying something one
doesn't use at half price is a 100% loss.
The only things Iwill pick up that I normally don't buy are the ones with a free attached.
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One of the big coupon hooks is to move the customer into buying something wouldn't ordinarily buy. No way, buying something one
doesn't use at half price is a 100% loss.
The only things Iwill pick up that I normally don't buy are the ones with a free attached.
Ditto. Bartering items.
And, as someone else wrote, I use the "loyalty cards" only because/when my info isn't attached, as in "we'll give you the card now, you fill out the information and return". "Uh, yeah, okay, right."
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My wife does a good job using the Sunday Boston Globe (Yeah, yeah, I know...yecch!), and it more than pays for itself. She regularly saves 25-40% on our rather large grocery bill. Every week, so I'm a believer. It's time well spent, I think.
Unfortunately, the CFO is now insisting I use coupons when stockpiling. Can't argue, but I'm not the type to cut coupons either.
But I know a losing argument when I give one.
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I caught a couple episodes of this "Extreme Couponing" show when my wife happened to be watching it.
"Haorders for couponers" is about right. It's a trainwreck of another kind. These people have no life.
The only way they can do what they do is because they obsess over it. They freely admit that it takes over their lives - not just the pursuit of a good deal - as in everything for nothing - but it takes over their homes as well. Their existence is built around procuring free/cheap goods, organizing them, and storing them. It takes as much time as a full-time job. The few sane ones looked at their couponing as exactly that - their contribution to the family finances.
But let's get real. If this catches on and starts some kind of couponing craze, the retailers will be forced to discontinue couponing, double-couponing, loyalty discounts, and everything else. These hoarders walk into a store and walk out with $1000 worth of goods for $7. I even saw one episode where the person got done shopping and the store owed HIM money for taking hundreds of dollars of items from their store.
No business can maintain that kind of bleeding. Coupons are meant as a marketing tool, not as a way for people to walk out of the store with carts full of freebies. At the first hint of copycats, they'll shore it up and make it much tougher for everybody to save money with coupons.
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I caught a couple episodes of this "Extreme Couponing" show when my wife happened to be watching it.
"Haorders for couponers" is about right. It's a trainwreck of another kind. These people have no life.
The only way they can do what they do is because they obsess over it. They freely admit that it takes over their lives - not just the pursuit of a good deal - as in everything for nothing - but it takes over their homes as well. Their existence is built around procuring free/cheap goods, organizing them, and storing them. It takes as much time as a full-time job. The few sane ones looked at their couponing as exactly that - their contribution to the family finances.
But let's get real. If this catches on and starts some kind of couponing craze, the retailers will be forced to discontinue couponing, double-couponing, loyalty discounts, and everything else. These hoarders walk into a store and walk out with $1000 worth of goods for $7. I even saw one episode where the person got done shopping and the store owed HIM money for taking hundreds of dollars of items from their store.
No business can maintain that kind of bleeding. Coupons are meant as a marketing tool, not as a way for people to walk out of the store with carts full of freebies. At the first hint of copycats, they'll shore it up and make it much tougher for everybody to save money with coupons.
This stuff not a new thing it's been out there for years but with reality shows being all the craze it will gain in popularity for a while and then die out slowly. But as for the stores and coupons being a problem I'm not sure they are because the stores get all their money back from the manufacturers and a handling fee also.
But if it only covers paper goods and laundry products I'm happy with that.
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I believe it's only around 3% of coupons actually get used. People don't bother or they forget them at home and buy the stuff any way. A lot of stores do have restrictions in place so it's hard to actually cart away $1000 of goods for $10.
For example--At walgreens you can't have more coupons than items. So if you have a store coupon and a manufaturer coupon for one thing you can't use both unless you have a second item of something (doesn't have to be the same thing).
Yikes...I actually know this stuff.... ::facepalm:: (there's nothing like standing in line at walmart or target and have to explain their own store coupon policy to the cashier....)
My pattern lately is to make the rounds every two weeks--about when I run out of toilet paper. lol (I try to buy it on sale with coupons--a reasonable amount not like the woman my daughter saw on the show that has 3000 rolls stocked up)
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I believe it's only around 3% of coupons actually get used. People don't bother or they forget them at home and buy the stuff any way. A lot of stores do have restrictions in place so it's hard to actually cart away $1000 of goods for $10.
For example--At walgreens you can't have more coupons than items. So if you have a store coupon and a manufaturer coupon for one thing you can't use both unless you have a second item of something (doesn't have to be the same thing).
Yikes...I actually know this stuff.... ::facepalm:: (there's nothing like standing in line at walmart or target and have to explain their own store coupon policy to the cashier....)
My pattern lately is to make the rounds every two weeks--about when I run out of toilet paper. lol (I try to buy it on sale with coupons--a reasonable amount not like the woman my daughter saw on the show that has 3000 rolls stocked up)
How big was he butt??
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LOL
Based on her usage she apparently has enough for the next several decades
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The savings of LV and JF are consistent with my experiences. The time/benefit of taking a little time (about a cup of coffee) Sunday and around here Wednesday to go through coupons can easily knock 20% off your bill. You've got to play the store to score. Pantry people will do the best. When the add is worth it buy, buy, buy, and store it. Then, sit with your coffee until it presents itself again.
Why spill 20 or 30% of your money?
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The savings of LV and JF are consistent with my experiences. The time/benefit of taking a little time (about a cup of coffee) Sunday and around here Wednesday to go through coupons can easily knock 20% off your bill. You've got to play the store to score. Pantry people will do the best. When the add is worth it buy, buy, buy, and store it. Then, sit with your coffee until it presents itself again.
Why spill 20 or 30% of your money?
When you start talking saving that kind of money and still being able to ad to the preps it a twofer.
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LOL
Based on her usage she apparently has enough for the next several decades
That's a whole lot of being regular.
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Why spill 20 or 30% of your money?
That's what finally got me motivated. If with a little effort I could save $10, 20 or 40 a week why should I "let" the store have it?
The stocking up on sale really helps too even without coupons. I have about a dozen bottle of laundry soup in the basement. The kids do the laundry and wondered what was with all the detergent. And the added benefit is they can't tell me they can't so the laundry because we're out of soap! haha
Yeah, it also hurts less to double or triple whatever for preps.
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Why spill 20 or 30% of your money?
That's what finally got me motivated. If with a little effort I could save $10, 20 or 40 a week why should I "let" the store have it?
The stocking up on sale really helps too even without coupons. I have about a dozen bottle of laundry soup in the basement. The kids do the laundry and wondered what was with all the detergent. And the added benefit is they can't tell me they can't so the laundry because we're out of soap! haha
Yeah, it also hurts less to double or triple whatever for preps.
That's the stuff all those couponers had in common laundry soap and paper goods so I'm giving it a fair shot to see how much time and effort and what the payback is.
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People must be more patient than I, the logistics alone of organizing coupons and where they can/cannot be used, expiration dates and chasing the stuff down and getting 16 year old clerks to run the damn things through properly without hiccups indicates to me a range of variables where I would be guaranteed to want to rip someones head off. Honestly I don't think I could handle it. Good luck JF!
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A big chain grocery and a big chain pharmacy is all you need.
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People must be more patient than I, the logistics alone of organizing coupons and where they can/cannot be used, expiration dates and chasing the stuff down and getting 16 year old clerks to run the damn things through properly without hiccups indicates to me a range of variables where I would be guaranteed to want to rip someones head off. Honestly I don't think I could handle it. Good luck JF!
You have the time since online poker is gone, no?
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People must be more patient than I, the logistics alone of organizing coupons and where they can/cannot be used, expiration dates and chasing the stuff down and getting 16 year old clerks to run the damn things through properly without hiccups indicates to me a range of variables where I would be guaranteed to want to rip someones head off. Honestly I don't think I could handle it. Good luck JF!
I said the same thing for years.
Here's my organization:
I keep the red plum and smart source inserts from the Sunday paper in a stack. I date each one and that's it. I don't cut them out until I need them. I go to the site I mentioned above a few times a week--that tells me what coupons to match up at target or walmart, etc. (It's easy--they'll tell you the dog food coupon from the red plum 6/12/11 can be used at walmart this week cuz that brand is on sale) I do read thru the inserts to see if there's one for something I know I'm buying that week whether there's a sale or not on it. I don't print out internet coupons unless I'm using them that week so there's no problem with having to store them.
I don't usually use too many at one time--I think the most I've had at one checkout was 8. You do have to keep an eye out though. Last week the woman only scanned 7 of my 8--almost cost me a $1 but I was watching so I pointed it out to her.
If you have certain products you like you can sign up for the emails from that company and a lot of them will send you coupons--some even have them on their site to print out without signing up. So if I have a name brand product I know I need I check their website for coupons before buying.
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I might stick a couple CostCo coupons in my pocket, any more than that I will screw up and forget them. Usually the latter, as that would explain the little wads of crud I find in my pants from time to time...
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Extreme Coupons: TV Show Draws Extreme Backlash (http://financiallyfit.yahoo.com/finance/article-113020-10125-1-how-to-get-the-most-from-coupons?ywaad=ad0035&nc)
Industry watchers say TLC's popular reality show, Extreme Couponing -- which depicts coupon-obsessed men and women spending 30 to 40 hours a week cutting coupons to net pounds and pounds of groceries for pennies on the dollar (exhausted yet?) -- may be causing more harm than good in the real world.
On the retail front, some big retailers -- wary of couponing copycats -- are pushing back on former coupon allowances for ordinary shoppers...
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Since I posted the original start to this I have been playing the game down here and it's a little harder than they show on TV as Florida does not have many of the policies that make some of it possible.
But I have been suddenly spending about an hour a week doing research and clipping away and to track it I set up a shelf that only holds what is bought using coupons and I have to tell you I'm building up a nice little pile of goods that we always bought before but now it's a lit cheaper because I only buy it when it's on sale instead of not planning ahead and having to buy when my back is to the wall.
What it's teaching me to do is to have certain things always in the house and not get caught in a panic buy.IE my wife uses anything with the name Lysol on the label.
IE Lysol Tub and tile cleaner normally costs 3.69 here but the store had a buy one get one free sale so I bought 2 and got 2 free and had 2 one dollar coupons so my cost dropped by quite a bit I ended up paying 2.69 for 2 of them which ends up being 1.35 each.
My son uses Dove body wash normally 4.00 each on sale for 3.00 and I had a coupon for 3.75 so I only paid the taxes and it cost me .20 cents. Those are just a couple of examples.
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Did those coupons come in your newspaper insert or did you hunt for the coupons? I've never done the online thing, coming here is my limit of online exposure, so my couponing consists of a cup of coffee and scissors Sun. Wed. & Thur. Guys, I estimate it takes zero time from my life because that cup of coffee and I is quite time and clipping a coupon is pretty quiet.
And like you I only buy items I already use, therefore if it's on sale I buy it and either use it now or later. Some of the paper items the good deals can be more than 6 weeks apart. Anyway, inflation is coming so it goes in the pantry or attic or where ever (stock pile). Even now with "no" inflation it's as good or better than a 6% CD.
The scissors: I know the store floor plan, I cut the coupons, put them in order to the route I walk through the store, paper clip and there she goes.
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Did those coupons come in your newspaper insert or did you hunt for the coupons? I've never done the online thing, coming here is my limit of online exposure, so my couponing consists of a cup of coffee and scissors Sun. Wed. & Thur. Guys, I estimate it takes zero time from my life because that cup of coffee and I is quite time and clipping a coupon is pretty quiet.
And like you I only buy items I already use, therefore if it's on sale I buy it and either use it now or later. Some of the paper items the good deals can be more than 6 weeks apart. Anyway, inflation is coming so it goes in the pantry or attic or where ever (stock pile). Even now with "no" inflation it's as good or better than a 6% CD.
The scissors: I know the store floor plan, I cut the coupons, put them in order to the route I walk through the store, paper clip and there she goes.
Both,there's a site I go to that goes by my zip code and what it does is it lays out the local coupons and leads me to where I can find coupons that aren't in the papers and it also give you the coupon policies of the stores I shop and even does the coupon overlaps from store to store. If you like I can send post a link.
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For sure, I can afford to gain another 6%.
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For sure, I can afford to gain another 6%.
http://www.livingwellspendingless.com/beginners-guide-to-coupons/thebeginners-guide-to-coupons-2/part-two/ (http://www.livingwellspendingless.com/beginners-guide-to-coupons/thebeginners-guide-to-coupons-2/part-two/)
I did the reading and went to work and it's working for me.
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Thanks JF for the link. It looks similar to a couple of others I've used.
I haven't done anything with coupons other than stack the newspaper inserts. Haven't been home much. Hopefully, this weekend I can catch up.
I did give my husband 2 Dove's mens shampoo+body wash for father's day--normally costs $3.19 at Target and I had 2 $3 off coupons so his gift cost .19 each!
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Thanks JF for the link. It looks similar to a couple of others I've used.
I haven't done anything with coupons other than stack the newspaper inserts. Haven't been home much. Hopefully, this weekend I can catch up.
I did give my husband 2 Dove's men's shampoo+body wash for father's day--normally costs $3.19 at Target and I had 2 $3 off coupons so his gift cost .19 each!
Yesterday I watched a woman got through the lines and she had a 90.+ dollar total and pay out 22.dollars. That shocked me Till then I thought it was not possible here. But I went through and total was 110.+dollars and I paid 60. dollars so it wasn't bad at all. And what pisses me off is that for all these years I would not even look at a coupon.
Today I bought Dove men's body wash and it was in sale for 5.99 from 7.99 and I has coupons for buy one get one free and one for 3.75 off and CVS gives you sore buck or coupons with a CVS card so I hit the machine and it gave me a 1.00 dollar coupon on top of it so I paid 5 bucks for three bottles and the register gave me a 5.00 coupon when I paid out so I already have 5.00 off anything I boy later which you can bet will be on sale and have coupons.
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Thanks JF for the link. It looks similar to a couple of others I've used.
I haven't done anything with coupons other than stack the newspaper inserts. Haven't been home much. Hopefully, this weekend I can catch up.
I did give my husband 2 Dove's men's shampoo+body wash for father's day--normally costs $3.19 at Target and I had 2 $3 off coupons so his gift cost .19 each!
Yesterday I watched a woman got through the lines and she had a 90.+ dollar total and pay out 22.dollars. That shocked me Till then I thought it was not possible here. But I went through and total was 110.+dollars and I paid 60. dollars so it wasn't bad at all. And what pisses me off is that for all these years I would not even look at a coupon.
Today I bought Dove men's body wash and it was in sale for 5.99 from 7.99 and I has coupons for buy one get one free and one for 3.75 off and CVS gives you sore buck or coupons with a CVS card so I hit the machine and it gave me a 1.00 dollar coupon on top of it so I paid 5 bucks for three bottles and the register gave me a 5.00 coupon when I paid out so I already have 5.00 off anything I boy later which you can bet will be on sale and have coupons.
I used to not bother with a coupon either. One here and there didn't seem to be worth the effort. But now that I get the whole matching coupons etc it's like a game. It's fun to play.
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Thanks JF for the link. It looks similar to a couple of others I've used.
I haven't done anything with coupons other than stack the newspaper inserts. Haven't been home much. Hopefully, this weekend I can catch up.
I did give my husband 2 Dove's men's shampoo+body wash for father's day--normally costs $3.19 at Target and I had 2 $3 off coupons so his gift cost .19 each!
Yesterday I watched a woman got through the lines and she had a 90.+ dollar total and pay out 22.dollars. That shocked me Till then I thought it was not possible here. But I went through and total was 110.+dollars and I paid 60. dollars so it wasn't bad at all. And what pisses me off is that for all these years I would not even look at a coupon.
Today I bought Dove men's body wash and it was in sale for 5.99 from 7.99 and I has coupons for buy one get one free and one for 3.75 off and CVS gives you sore buck or coupons with a CVS card so I hit the machine and it gave me a 1.00 dollar coupon on top of it so I paid 5 bucks for three bottles and the register gave me a 5.00 coupon when I paid out so I already have 5.00 off anything I boy later which you can bet will be on sale and have coupons.
I used to not bother with a coupon either. One here and there didn't seem to be worth the effort. But now that I get the whole matching coupons etc it's like a game. It's fun to play.
I'm using them to build up our preps.
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(http://lppool.catalogsites.net/lf?set=type[1],brand[PR],size[900],productid[R14047]&call=url[file:potpourri/resize900.chain]&scale=size[900]&sink=expires[-%201%20min],if[(!%20global.wasimg1there)]&sink=if[global.wasimg1there])
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Wrong color smart azz! ::angry:: ::slapfight::
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::hysterical::
Oops. No laughing!!
Wasn't for you anyway; it was for Lady Virginia. So ... nyah.
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::hysterical::
Oops. No laughing!!
Wasn't for you anyway; it was for Lady Virginia. So ... nyah.
My 22 yo absolutely doesn't want to hear about "couponing". So I like to say after she eats something she likes ..."you probably won't want that any more. I used a coupon to get it." ::rolllaughing::
I've started to see coupons as money. Free money. ;D
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You said no laughing, right?
I recently got a Groupon for 6 laser hair removal treatments for the price of 1. What normally would cost $600 only cost me $99. Hopefully I'll never need to shave the bikini area ever again! I'm not sure how that helps come Teotwawki though. I guess when the razors run out I'll be able to don the bathing suit without terrifying small children.
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You said no laughing, right?
I recently got a Groupon for 6 laser hair removal treatments for the price of 1. What normally would cost $600 only cost me $99. Hopefully I'll never need to shave the bikini area ever again! I'm not sure how that helps come Teotwawki though. I guess when the razors run out I'll be able to don the bathing suit without terrifying small children.
Sorry, but... ::rolllaughing::
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You said no laughing, right?
I recently got a Groupon for 6 laser hair removal treatments for the price of 1. What normally would cost $600 only cost me $99. Hopefully I'll never need to shave the bikini area ever again! I'm not sure how that helps come Teotwawki though. I guess when the razors run out I'll be able to don the bathing suit without terrifying small children.
A well kept hedge is all part of survival,after all are we savages. ::hysterical:: ::hysterical::
Hey I saved you 500. that's a hell of a lot of money for a little work. Good for you!!!
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You said no laughing, right?
I recently got a Groupon for 6 laser hair removal treatments for the price of 1. What normally would cost $600 only cost me $99. Hopefully I'll never need to shave the bikini area ever again! I'm not sure how that helps come Teotwawki though. I guess when the razors run out I'll be able to don the bathing suit without terrifying small children.
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Dayum, girl! You done good!
Guys, the following disclosure is meant for ladies only, so if you'd click off now, it'd be much appreciated. Ok ~~ 1, 2, 3, NOW! Buh-bye.
Ladies, as for me? Some days I'm tempted to let it all go to hell and just French braid "the hedge" into my leg hair all the way down and tie a ribbon on it around my ankle. Except it would make my gold ankle bracelet redundant.
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You said no laughing, right?
I recently got a Groupon for 6 laser hair removal treatments for the price of 1. What normally would cost $600 only cost me $99. Hopefully I'll never need to shave the bikini area ever again! I'm not sure how that helps come Teotwawki though. I guess when the razors run out I'll be able to don the bathing suit without terrifying small children.
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Dayum, girl! You done good!
Guys, the following disclosure is meant for ladies only, so if you'd click off now, it'd be much appreciated. Ok ~~ 1, 2, 3, NOW! Buh-bye.
Ladies, as for me? Some days I'm tempted to let it all go to hell and just French braid "the hedge" into my leg hair all the way down and tie a ribbon on it around my ankle. Except it would make my gold ankle bracelet redundant.
::falldownshocked::
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Pan, I just woke the kids laughing!
Sorry, I had to peek!
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Pan, I just woke the kids laughing!
Sorry, I had to peek!
Sorry you woke the kids, Danny, but any laugh these days is a good one, no?
At least you 'pologized. JF eavesdropped, with no shame, and then passed out. Serves 'im right!
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You said no laughing, right?
I recently got a Groupon for 6 laser hair removal treatments for the price of 1. What normally would cost $600 only cost me $99. Hopefully I'll never need to shave the bikini area ever again! I'm not sure how that helps come Teotwawki though. I guess when the razors run out I'll be able to don the bathing suit without terrifying small children.
I made the mistake of ordering some music gear through Amazon.com. Now I'm on their damned mailing list.
Yesterday I got a coupon for 20% off bikini waxes.
;D
edit: altard proofed
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You said no laughing, right?
I recently got a Groupon for 6 laser hair removal treatments for the price of 1. What normally would cost $600 only cost me $99. Hopefully I'll never need to shave the bikini area ever again! I'm not sure how that helps come Teotwawki though. I guess when the razors run out I'll be able to don the bathing suit without terrifying small children.
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Dayum, girl! You done good!
Guys, the following disclosure is meant for ladies only, so if you'd click off now, it'd be much appreciated. Ok ~~ 1, 2, 3, NOW! Buh-bye.
Ladies, as for me? Some days I'm tempted to let it all go to hell and just French braid "the hedge" into my leg hair all the way down and tie a ribbon on it around my ankle. Except it would make my gold ankle bracelet redundant.
::thumbsup::
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Ladies, as for me? Some days I'm tempted to let it all go to hell and just French braid "the hedge" into my leg hair all the way down and tie a ribbon on it around my ankle. Except it would make my gold ankle bracelet redundant.
My Wife started with TMI, and now its cascading ( yeah,I peeked too)
Now Say it with me : "Neo-Hippie"
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Ladies, as for me? Some days I'm tempted to let it all go to hell and just French braid "the hedge" into my leg hair all the way down and tie a ribbon on it around my ankle. Except it would make my gold ankle bracelet redundant.
My Wife started with TMI, and now its cascading ( yeah,I peeked too)
Now Say it with me : "Neo-Hippie"
Definitely.
As if I'd be able to stand it, but it gets a laugh every time.
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http://www.howtoshopforfree.net/ (http://www.howtoshopforfree.net/)
I happen to see this woman's book at the library yesterday and she has a website. Covers more than coupons--she posts when stores are having clearances, special deals, etc.
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This thread.... This thread.... ::lalanotlistening::
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http://www.howtoshopforfree.net/ (http://www.howtoshopforfree.net/)
I happen to see this woman's book at the library yesterday and she has a website. Covers more than coupons--she posts when stores are having clearances, special deals, etc.
Good find I need printer paper!!
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This thread.... This thread.... ::lalanotlistening::
::saywhat::
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This thread.... This thread.... ::lalanotlistening::
hahahahaha
The author claims she saves $60,000 year by shopping for deals on everything. Not a bad income.
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http://www.howtoshopforfree.net/ (http://www.howtoshopforfree.net/)
I happen to see this woman's book at the library yesterday and she has a website. Covers more than coupons--she posts when stores are having clearances, special deals, etc.
Good find I need printer paper!!
That was a nice thing to see when I first clicked on her site. I like that she doesn't write a whole bunch about the deals, sales, etc.
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This thread.... This thread.... ::lalanotlistening::
What? What?
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This thread.... This thread.... ::lalanotlistening::
What? What?
He's just grumpy tonight.
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This thread.... This thread.... ::lalanotlistening::
At least it is in the correct category. End of the world as we know it, indeed.
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This thread.... This thread.... ::lalanotlistening::
At least it is in the correct category. End of the world as we know it, indeed.
::rolllaughing::
I know one thing-- I never expected to talk coupons at a conservative forum.
But then it's less time spent reading about that man currently occupying the White House.
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This thread.... This thread.... ::lalanotlistening::
At least it is in the correct category. End of the world as we know it, indeed.
::rolllaughing::
I know one thing-- I never expected to talk coupons at a conservative forum.
But then it's less time spent reading about that man currently occupying the White House.
Scored today 8 good old fashioned light bulbs for Zip. And Toothpaste for .39 a 6oz tube. Fun is.stocking the stash on the cheap.
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This thread.... This thread.... ::lalanotlistening::
At least it is in the correct category. End of the world as we know it, indeed.
::rolllaughing::
I know one thing-- I never expected to talk coupons at a conservative forum.
But then it's less time spent reading about that man currently occupying the White House.
Scored today 8 good old fashioned light bulbs for Zip. And Toothpaste for .39 a 6oz tube. Fun is.stocking the stash on the cheap.
Between Target and Staples I stocked up for the school year--pencils, pens, paper, glue, etc free or nearly free. Got two pillows at Target for .50 each. hahaha Ok they were 2.50 each -not the best quality probably but with $2 off coupons a pillow is a pillow
For my birthday dinner I wanted Chinese carryout. I went to the restaurant's website to view the menu and checked the tab marked "specials". There I found a 15% off coupon for carryout. Yippee!
A few weeks ago my mom said she wanted to take the kids to Friday's for dinner over the weekend so I signed up for their emails and within 24 hours received an email with a coupon for a free appetizer which she used when they went.
Between my daughter feeling sick and running her around for additional tests and the other kids' activities I haven't had much time to devote to this as I'd like. But some savings is better than none though.
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If you use Amazon and have a twitter account :
If you link your twitter to amazon you can get $5 credit to use @ amazon to rent or buy a video on demand.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000714001#?ie=UTF8&tag=heyitsfree-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957 (https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000714001#?ie=UTF8&tag=heyitsfree-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957)
I have fake twitter account i never use but there is a way to unlink the twitter account after you get the credit.
My daughter sent this to me. Free. I like free.
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You're killing them. I'm using most of my time looking for prepping stuff. So far I've gotten my hands on 40/50/60/100 watt lights in four packs for zip nada nothing.
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You're killing them. I'm using most of my time looking for prepping stuff. So far I've gotten my hands on 40/50/60/100 watt lights in four packs for zip nada nothing.
Good going there! I have to get back to it but my summer was filled with taking care of my daughter. Once school starts we'll be back to a regular routine and I can spend time on the coupons.
But as I paid med bills yesterday I realized that I need to cut even more. So for the $5 credit I can buy the kidlets a couple of tv shows, pop some corn and earn some mommy points. :)