Saving with Coupons

Posted on November 06 2007

The key is to combine coupons with sales.

Rather than buying things just when you need them, look for the intersection of a sale price and an available coupon and stock up on the item. This is known as “stockpiling” and works well for non-perishable items that are used every day: toothpaste, toilet paper, etc.

Then when you run out, you’ll have a bargain supply to use.

When using coupons, buying small sizes may be better than buying larger sizes. The coupon applied to a small item on sale may bring the price down to zero!

Try to collect multiple coupons. That way you can magnify a good deal by buying a larger quantity of items at rock-bottom prices.

The coupons that print on the back of your shopping receipt are called catalinas. They are also good to match with sale items.

Check out the following websites: hotcouponworld.com, the grocerygame.com, couponmom.com.

Shopping Tip

Walmart allows you to do three returns in six months without a receipt. If you want to return Christmas gifts and don’t have gift receipts, bring all the returns in on one visit, and it will only count as one return.