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How do I begin to coupon? Question: My husband and I are moving to lawrenceburg in tennessee. We can afford the house and everything, but it doesn't give us much money to work with. He works in Franklin. Lawrenceburg is near the Alabama boarder and franklin close to kentucky. with the nearly $400 monthly payment for it and his car payment plus the gas it costs to go back and forth, i figured I'd maybe have $50-$75 a week to work with. between the two of us, that isn't all that much food. I was flipping through the channels the other night, and came across a show on TLC called extreme couponing and i found those women amazing! I by no means want to do what they do. I don't want to get like seven carts full for three dollars or anything, but I was wondering where did they begin? How do I start couponing so that i can feed my husband and myself on the small amount i have to spend? Answer: Different people have their own personal definition of "extreme couponing". Some people see extreme couponing as having a hugh stockpile in their home through couponing and other people including myself see extreme couponing as getting items extremely cheap or even free through couponing. Here are some basic concepts of extreme couponing. 1. A couponer always waits for a sale and then uses their coupons. 2. Match high-value coupons to low-priced sales. 3. Match coupons to sales ads. 4. "Multi-Stack" (Multi-Stacking) on BOGO sale items by using one (1) manufacturer's "Cents-Off" coupon (Cents Off / 1 coupon : Example: $1/1 coupon) and one (1) manufacturer's" Buy-One-Get-One Free" (BOGOF or BOGO) coupon together and even an in-store coupon with the other two coupons if store has store coupon on BOGO sale items and taking advantage of any additional deals that store might offer. 5. "Multi-Stack" (Multi-Stacking) on Non-BOGO sale items by using manufacturer's coupon and in-store coupon together on Non-BOGO sale items and and taking advantage of any additional deals that store might offer. 6. Use a store where there is not a limit on the amount of items that you can get. 7. Use Rainchecks for any sales items that might be out of stock. 8. Send in MIR forms to various manufacturers of various products and you will get money back from the "Rebates" for using the products. 9. Use a store that doubles or triples the coupon value. Example: If you have a store sale item that costs$1.50 and you have a coupon for .50 cents and if the store triples the coupon value, then you will only have to pay the sales tax only but not the retail price of the item. 10. Try to use coupons in such a way that results in the store paying you overage on a sale item IF the store has a store policy that allows overage to be paid and use the overage on the total of the sales bill when checking out. 11. Use Rolling Catalinas. 12. Do multiple transactions in order to maximize savings if there is a transaction limit. 13. Forget brand loyalty. 14. Send away in the mail for free samples of various products. 15. Buy in bulk to only last you to the next sale. 16. Buy from the clearance aisle/clearance self and apply coupon(s) on the discounted items. 17. Use Happy Birthday Coupons and take advantage of Happy Birthday promotions at various businesses. 18. Buy cheap "Filler Items" that are on sale to put you over the sales threshold in order to get the sales discount on your entire purchase during an Instant-Savings deal or Catalina deal. 19. Do comparison shopping to see which store has the cheapest sale price for the items that you need. 20. Shop at discount dollar stores because there are various discount dollar stores that do take manufacturers coupons and offers in-store coupons and possible additional deals that store might offer. 21. A store loyalty card gives an additional discount. 22. Use coupons on the smallest size in order to pay the least amount of money or results in free product. 23. Use coupons on "Freebate" sale items (TMF items / FAR items) which results in the purchase sale items being "free" and even a "Moneymaker" for you through rebates. 24. Sometimes a coupon will give you a choice by saying "FREE" which results in free product or a certain amount of money off like $1.00. 25. Sometimes a manufacturer will have a product that states on the package that if you buy the product and send in the receipt and/or UPC to the company, they will send you a coupon for other free products. 26. Use a "catalina" coupon for a certain amount off that can be used in another transaction for any item that matches the dollar amount on the "catalina" coupon which will result in a free item. 27. Send in complaints or compliments to manufacturer(s) about a particular product which can result in a coupon for a discount on a product or even a coupon for a FREE product. 28. Sometimes manufacturers will promote a product and will give you a coupon for a FREE sample of the product. Here are some various ways that extreme couponers get coupons. 1. Coupon Clipping Services 2. Multiple Newspapers Subscriptions 3. Printable Internet Coupons 4. Dumpster Diving 5. Ask other people (friends, neighbors, etc.) for coupons. 6. Ask local stores for unused newspapers at the end of each week. 7. Coupons found in magazines. 8. Use weekly Grocery ads coupons. 9. Coupon Booklets 10. Home Mailers Coupons 11. Get coupons directly from companies. 12. Manufacturers Coupons 13. In-Store Coupons 14. Instant Redeemable Coupons (IRCs) also known as "Peelies". 15. Tearpads Coupons 16. Catalinas Coupons 17. Hangtag Coupons 18. Blinkies Coupons 19. Digital Store Coupons 20. Social Media Promotions Coupons 21. Off the back of product package or from the inside of product package. |
