Or another thought… why use coupons at all?
Over the years I've gone both ways. Use coupons a lot. Don't use them at all. Use them sometimes. For me, I find they work best sometimes.
I didn't go nuts and join the extreme coupon craze but I will admit
I like watching the show. I felt for
those poor cashiers, especially when shoppers lost it because things didn’t ring
up how they thought it should or they had miscalculated.
But in the real world where I prefer to eat real food extreme
couponing would never have worked for me.
I don't like to eat all the processed stuff.
My favorite coupons are store issued coupons that come in their
weekly sales fliers. I find I use those
the most. And Fred Meyer is kind enough to
send me coupons in the mail from time to time too.
Sunday mornings I like to read the Fred Meyer and Walgreen's
ads. Then if I go and check out coupons.com
to see if they have any coupons I might use to pair with sales. Sales repeat often enough that I can usually
plan on one coming up in time to use a coupon before it expires.
I print them off in sets of three off in sets of 3 because that is
how many fit on a sheet of paper. Lately
I've been using scrap paper so I am saving just a little bit more that
way. Even though there is printer ink
involved I still feel I'm saving more over paying $2 a week for the Sunday
paper.
With the Sunday paper it's more like playing roulette anyway because
sometimes there aren't coupons in the paper or they aren't ones I would
normally use. In that case it is a
complete waste of money, not to mention paper.
Selecting and printing them online means I can be more selective and
quite I can print 2 or 3 of the same one before I max out my limit.
I too, like to print my coupons. I use to buy the Sunday papers, but as you said, You never know whats in it?
ReplyDeleteIf I print coupons. I can choose what coupons I will actually use.
Seems to work better that way. :)
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