Coupons

Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:15 am

Do any of you clip coupons? I’ve been doing it for three weeks now, not so much for the savings as for the challenge of getting something for free (plus our hefty sales tax). I can’t believe I have so much fun doing it.

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Clueless · Post by **Clueless** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:31 pm

I use the restaraunt coupons that come with the paper sometimes. Like Quiznos or Arbys. Yum Yum!

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Chyse · Post by **Chyse** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 5:12 pm

Chris Vogel wrote: Do any of you clip coupons? I’ve been doing it for three weeks now, not so much for the savings as for the challenge of getting something for free (plus our hefty sales tax). I can’t believe I have so much fun doing it.

Wow...really? Coupons? Sounds very boring...

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 1:26 am

Chyse wrote: Wow...really? Coupons? Sounds very boring...

There’s nothing like opening the Sunday paper and realizing that Kroger has salad dressing on sale for $1.49 and that you have 11 coupons for $1.50 off one. And sometimes the deals aren’t even advertised, which is why you have to carry your coupon binder at all times!

(I use Kroger as an example because I love Kroger.)

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Bookworm · Post by **Bookworm** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:30 pm

I saw an article in my newspaper just today that said that coupons are making a big come-back due to the current economy. When I was growing up, my mom had several inches of coupons in a packet in her purse, and we hardly bought anything that we didn't have a coupon for.

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:37 pm

Bookworm wrote: I saw an article in my newspaper just today that said that coupons are making a big come-back due to the current economy.

You can spend more money with coupons if you’re not careful, e.g., buying name-brand items when the off-brand is still cheaper, buying things you don’t even need, etc.

Bookworm wrote: When I was growing up, my mom had several inches of coupons in a packet in her purse, and we hardly bought anything that we didn't have a coupon for.

That was my method at first, but it takes a while to find anything. Now I use a binder with those little sleeves that card collectors use. Coupons are organized by category (cat food, drinks, etc.) and then the duplicates are sorted by expiration date in the same sleeve. When I had fewer coupons, I put all the coupons in alphabetical order by brand, but that took forever.

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