Tuesday, May 26, 2009

More about couponing

So i've just started my couponing adventures and am still figuring things out myself. But i like to go to this website: pinchingyourpennies.com i click on state forums and then on my state, i also check out UT because sometimes they are faster at posting things. every tues. morning they have the albertson's preview which shows you all the great deals that will be happening for the next week starting on wednesday. they also have some utube videos about organizing a coupon binder. i also heard of another website called couponcents or something like that. sounds pretty good, but it costs.
i cut coupons from the newspaper and put them in my binder. recently i've had some huge success just looking at the ads to see what's already on a good sale. then if i don't have a coupon for it but i want it, i go to the website for the product and see if i can get a coupon for it. for example freddy's had an "in-store" coupon for 2 for $3 on kellogg's cereal. which is a decent deal already. but then i went to kelloggs.com found a coupon for a dollar off each box. wal -lah! fifty cents a box. now mind you, i only printed off for the ones that were specifically stated on the in-store coupon.
that's another thing. you can mix coupons. an "in-store" with a "manufacturer's" for example, but you can't use two of the same on the same item. so you can't use two manufacturer's coupons on the same item. but you can do a store coupon and a manufacturer's coupon. and you can use coupons on the "free" item in buy one get one free.
so if you have two manufacturer's coupons. and you are buying one and getting one free, you still can use both coupons, even though technically it's a "free" item. you're taking it home and off the shelf, that's all they care about. and don't feel bad like you're ripping them off. the manufacturer puts out the coupon to get you to buy their product so the store's will order more of their product and the store is getting money from the manufacturer when you use your coupon. it's a win for everyone! so ladies, start your coupon engines!

3 comments:

  1. Oh, now I get it, more. That was a great explanation. But, how come I would use two manufacturers coupons on a buy get one free? Isn't the other one already free? Or do they take it off the price of the first, one, too?

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  2. yes, essentially you would get another dollar off the item you are "paying" for. for example box of chocolates. buy one get one free. cost 9 bucks. i have 2 coupons for $1 off one box. i get two boxes of chocolates for 6 dollars, or 3 dollars for each box.

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  3. woops strike that, i am getting 2 boxes for 7 seven dollars of 3.50 each.

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