Jan
22
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If you are a frequent letter/postcard sender, you’ll want to take note of the United States Postal Service changes that are set to take place on January 26th, 2014. On this date, the price of Forever Stamps will increase from 46¢ per stamp to 49¢ per stamp. In addition, you can expect the following changes… Read More
Jan
6
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Casual couponers browse their newspaper coupon inserts, clip the coupons they think they’ll use, then place the rest in the recycle bin. But as an Extreme Couponer, keeping all the coupons has great advantages!
I recommend that you keep all or the most of your coupons until they expire. You don’t necessarily have to clip every coupon. Many Extreme Couponers clip coupons for the products they are likely to buy and file the rest of the inserts into sheet protectors or gallon zip bags marked with the date of the inserts. If a stellar moneymaker comes up and the coupon isn’t clipped, find it by the insert date listed in our matchups, and cut it out while you make your shopping list.
Holding on to coupons, even for products you don’t personally use, can be beneficial. You can donate items you get for cheap or free, like glucose monitors to retirement centers, toys to shelters, non-perishables to food banks, soup kitchens, or needy neighbors, pet food to animal shelters, etc. Also, swapping coupons with friends or family for products you don’t use benefits you both.
Dec
19
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There has been some confusion lately on the ethics of Buy One Get One Free (BOGO) coupons and coupons that list multiple items, so we’re here to set the record straight!
Almost all coupons are accompanied by the phrase “limit one coupon per purchase” (or something similar), meaning one manufacturer coupon is allowed per item purchased. For example, if you are buying one toothpaste and have a $0.75/1 manufacturer coupon, you may not use another manufacturer coupon on this item. If you have a coupon for $1.00/2 toothpaste, you may only use one coupon per two items purchased because the coupon attaches itself to both products. Got it? Okay, now on to BOGO and multiples!
Buy One Get One coupons come in different forms, such as “Buy ‘Product X’ and Get Another ‘Product X’ Free,” or “Buy ‘Product X’ and Get ‘Product Y’ Free.” These coupons are similar to $1.00/2 in that they attach to BOTH products, and therefore another manufacturer coupon CANNOT be used when only purchasing two products. By attempting to use a second manufacturer coupon on one of those two items, you are breaking the “one coupon per purchase” rule.
There are also B2G1 (Buy Two Get One) and coupons that list several items, and the same rules apply here: the coupon attaches itself to all products listed. Therefore, additional manufacturer coupons CANNOT be used when only purchasing those products.
Dec
19
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Attention Target shoppers! If you made any credit or debit purchases in-store between November 27th and December 15th, you may want to check your bank or credit card statements very closely. It appears that unauthorized access to Target’s payment card data during that time period may have allowed suspicious charges affecting millions of credit and debit cardholders. Keep in mind that this breach only happened in-stores and did not affect any online purchases. Head on over here for more details on how it may have affected you.
Dec
10
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Due to some issues (due to the fact that I recently had to get a new website because Blogger decided to delete my old one 🙁 ) the previous email subscription you were subscribed to is no longer working. You may have noticed that you are no longer receiving daily emails from me with a listing of my latest posts. I now have a new subscription method involved, but unfortunately, you will need to re-subscribe. This is actually an enhancement; you will now receive one daily email around 6-7pm EST of all my posts from the day.
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Dec
1
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Love printable coupons? Did you know that most Internet printable coupons allow two printouts per coupon per computer, getting you double the savings? The majority of coupons on Coupons.com, Target.com, SmartSource.com, Hopster.com, CouponNetwork.com, and RedPlum.com and those available at individual Facebook pages can print out twice. You can do this by either hitting the back button or going to the original link and opening it up again. However, some coupons at those sites or ones like Stonyfield.com have a limit of one printout per coupon. Remember, it is ILLEGAL to copy any coupon.
To get additional printables, try these tips:
Remember: Even if you can only print one or two copies of each coupon, that’s okay! You should be growing your stockpile slowly, most of the time adding just a handful of items each week.
