Do you use coupons at the grocery store?
02-07-2010, 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by thequilterslink
years and years ago i use to use coupons and do what they called refunding, sending in boxtops or upc's for free products or money back. Did really well at it, but it lost its appeal when postage started going up. Now i just use store brands on most stuff, and shop at sav a lot or walmart
Shopping with coupons takes me almost twice as long. But a good side is that when I spend over $50, I get 15 cents off per galloni of gas at the next door station.
02-07-2010, 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by SaraSewing
Shopping with coupons takes me almost twice as long. But a good side is that when I spend over $50, I get 15 cents off per galloni of gas at the next door station.
We get 10 cents/gallon off at Giant, but we have to spend over $100 to do it. And it has to be within certain date ranges. They're big enough ranges, but once I forgot to use my Giant card and had over 200 points, and they expired before I realized it. <sigh>
02-07-2010, 04:51 PM
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No coupons, other requirements. Just a total of $50 dollars at a time. It's pretty easy to spend that much, even for just my family of me and my honey. So we fill up two cars at once on the same pump to get a discount. Our gas just raised to $2.89.
02-07-2010, 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Olivia's Gramy
I clip coupons, does that count? I try to use them, but usually the coupons are for things I don't need. I do like to use them for things I've never tried before. I pass them on to friends.
I find that coupons are not as good as they used to be. Most of the coupon section now seems to consist of ads for bras, upside down tomato plants, shoes, dolls, etc. What ever happened to coupons in the coupon section????
02-07-2010, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Lisanne
Another way to save: Some supermarkets have a policy that if they overring you on an item, you get the full amount back for that item. It can be because the item rang up at the full price rather than the sale price, because the shelf price was different, the sign was misleading, etc.
I always check my receipt before leaving the store. Even if your store only refunds the amount you were overcharged, you want that money back. And overrings happen very frequently in some stores. I've gotten some great things that way: bags of shrimp, gourmet cookies, makeup.
I always check my receipt before leaving the store. Even if your store only refunds the amount you were overcharged, you want that money back. And overrings happen very frequently in some stores. I've gotten some great things that way: bags of shrimp, gourmet cookies, makeup.
02-07-2010, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Elisabrat
I do use them and when I lived for a few years in AZ my sis in CA sent me coupons from the papers. They are much higher in value here in CA. Stores dont double out coupons so you can easily get .50 c coupons regularly. I would make the people in AZ drop their jaws with my coupons. Like hey! That wasn't in MY PAPER! I need every penny too. My friends save them for me and I spend one hour a week just poking through them. I shop for what is on sale and that I can use a coupon for at the same time.
02-07-2010, 08:32 PM
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I just did a grocery shopping trip today. I used coupons and the store" discount card and saved $139.00. It is a pain to cut out the coupon and do the comparison as I shop but with results like this...it makes it worth it.
02-07-2010, 08:37 PM
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i shop by unit pricing and i find that at shoprite the house brand is almost always cheapest, even with coupons. but....i don't know if everyone noticed this. tuna cans have gone from 6.5 ounces to 5 ounces. at the same or higher prices. and they say 'net weight' which means without the water. if you weigh it, you'll freak out. i wrote to every single tuna company and complained about this fraudulent practice and said how disappointed i was in them, blah, blah. i wasn't looking for anything - i was just frustrated. all except bumble bee sent me coupons for 5 cans or $10 worth of products or something. it really pays off when you're feeling taken advantage of, to say something to the powers that be. it taught me a lesson.
my store does double coupons up to .50. they won't give you more than $1.00 back on anything. and i do use my card. oh, and before the holidays, they count points for a free turkey or ham or 5 lbs of matzah, which binds you up 'til next passover. just recently i got a 7.5 lb frozen meat lasagna. what holiday was that? my anniversary?
my store does double coupons up to .50. they won't give you more than $1.00 back on anything. and i do use my card. oh, and before the holidays, they count points for a free turkey or ham or 5 lbs of matzah, which binds you up 'til next passover. just recently i got a 7.5 lb frozen meat lasagna. what holiday was that? my anniversary?
02-07-2010, 08:39 PM
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yes yes and yes!!! I just used them today and saved BIG.
I joined Grocerygame.com got a free 4 week trial
I learned that you can easily match coupons to whats on sale, and that site helps you find the sales and those coupons.
I dont go anywhere with a coupon.
I joined Grocerygame.com got a free 4 week trial
I learned that you can easily match coupons to whats on sale, and that site helps you find the sales and those coupons.
I dont go anywhere with a coupon.
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