Comments on: Couponing Within Reason

By: What I’m Reading 4/24

What I’m Reading 4/24 — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:01:40 +0000

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By: Carrie

Carrie — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:26:00 +0000

@Cheapchick

Great point about the tax. Here in California it just went up 1% in April so I’m noticing it more than ever. We don’t get taxed on food so that’s not an issue but it doesn’t make a big difference on personal care items.

By: Cheapchick

Cheapchick — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 05:15:00 +0000

I have a couple of rules for couponing: try not to buy too much non-food stuff as those kind of coupons are the most easily obtained but end up blowing the budget. Do I really need 10 razors, even if I got them all for 13 cents? Since I started full on couponing in January of this year I have had to clear out extra space in my pantry as am stocking up on loss leaders plus coupons. I have also had to decide what my maximum amount is of stockpiling ie 1 month of toilet paper as it simply takes up too much room and yes, there is another sale around the corner. Most importantly, if it is not something I would normally buy, put the coupon on my trade pile and move on as I do have a food budget and am sticking to it. In Canada we get way less items for free but still the occasional one so I have to also decide, is it worth the tax to me? Usually yes, sometimes no. Even free has a cost sometimes.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:51:00 +0000

@Erin

yes i have. you might be interested in checking out my grocery deals post from this week Grocery Deals 4/19 which i plan to make a regular weekly series

By: Erin aka Conscious Shopper

Erin aka Conscious Shopper — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:36:00 +0000

My family tries to eat mostly fresh made-from-scratch food and I’ve also been trying to buy more organics. Because of that, I haven’t had a lot of success with coupons, but other people claim to save so much money with them that I’m beginning to think I’m doing something wrong. Have you had success with coupons for natural, organic products?

By: Megan

Megan — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:38:00 +0000

Sounds like a great plan. I try to stick to Kroger, Walgreens, and CVS. I hit Kroger and CVS once a week since they are in my small town, and only shop at Walgreens when there is a super cool deal or I am already going to be in town. Walgreens is in the larger city near my small town and is about a 20 minute drive so I don’t go there weekly.

I am not a fan of Walmart so I don’t hardly shop there and I have yet to use coupons at Target or Kmart. My Kmart never has the super doubles that you hear about. Bummer!

So basically I am a 2 store kinda gal! Keep it simple!

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:59:00 +0000

I’ve been couponing pretty seriously ever since I became a sahm! I used to have a coupon binder – I’d clip each and every coupon from the paper, then file them into baseball sleeves and take the whole thing with me. I consistently got great deals because I had everything with me, and when something I hadn’t planned to buy was on clearance, chances were pretty good I had a coupon that made it free! But, after my second child was born (last summer) I just didn’t have the time to do the binder thing anymore! So, now I keep all my coupons in their inserts and file them by date. I often check Hot Coupon World for what deals are out there, and their coupon database gives the insert and date to find corresponding coupons. I don’t get near the amount of surprise freebies at the stores, but I still manage to bring home some great hauls!

btw – thanks for entering my Nature’s Source giveaway! If you’d like another chance to win, I’ll be giving another Nature’s Source product (in the form of a free coupon) away for the Bloggy Carnival, May 2nd – 8th!