Saturday, June 18, 2011

Printable BOGO Bob Evans side dish coupon

Hurry over to BobEvans.com and sign up for their email newsletter to recieve a coupon (via email) for 'Buy One Get One free side dish'. You can probably combine it with the recent Sunday newspaper coupon for .35 cents off. Get it on sale - use 2 Sunday paper coupons and one BOGO coupon together!

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Great New Coupons ~ Don't miss these!

Home Made Simple is offering a free coupon book with over $35 in savings on the brands you love. Get it before it's gone!

Get the Coupon Book

Then be sure to head over to Alka Seltzer and get coupons for $1 & $3 off their products!

Save on Alka Seltzer

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Saving time and money on coupons

One thing I have learned early in my coupon dealing exploration is that there are sad coupons (25 cents off) that can always be found for certain categories and some great coupons ($1-$3 0ff) that come out when a new item hits the shelves. There are coupons that expire within 30 days (usually in your Sunday paper) and other coupons that may not expire for 6 months or more. (usually in magazines and on manufacturers sites)

One thing is for sure ~ while you are chilling out with your fave TV show around the middle of the month...rid your stockpile of expired coupons and try to organize your new ones. The trouble and headache it will save you when you have that extra time to find a deal will make all your effort seem so worthwhile.

Call for your interest free agreement!

If you have a store credit card ~ you often receive a promotion in the mail (email or snail mail,)for 6 or 12 months interest free credit on any purchase of XXX.XX dollars.

You are out and about doing your daily shopping and you neglect to take your promotion print-out or snail-mail card with you. If you ask the cashier about the promotion, they may only be able to offer you 6 months without interest but after returning home you may find an offer for 12 months without interest for the same $$ purchase... pick up the phone...or send an email and nail that deal!

Most stores with credit customers aren't going to argue the promotion and every bit of leverage you have to play with your budget is always a plus!

Extreme Couponing Show...Is it really a threat ?

Couponing has become the new rave since the TV show EXTREME COUPONING hit the aire. Even though many couponing sites have been featured on daytime TV shows in the past...nothing ever created such a wave of excitement like Extreme Couponing has.

Many have thought "The show is going to ruin couponing for the rest of us"... I thought the same at first because I was only an occassional coupon user until the gas prices put a huge dent in my budget.

Now, I have a different perspective.

MOST people that have found that they can get something for free or at an extreme discount are just plain lazy (unlike those on the TV show). They pose no threat in the long run. They will play the game for a while but when they find their collection of coupons overwhelming and a REAL JOB to keep up with...they will fade back into their world of online games and social addictions and soon give up the trouble of saving a buck on their anti-itch or headache meds.

These people amount to the many I have seen through the years...they plant a garden every spring...get up at noon and decide it is too hot outside to pull the weeds.

Fear not ~ even though many new couponers may be born...most will never be extreme (I'm not...nor will ever be) and very soon the many of us that put forth an effort to save every month will find some good coupons still available again online.