Think Thrifty Thursday: The Coup of Coupon Gathering
Jenn from The Coupon Coup is back this week to share more thoughts on how to get yourself started in the coupon game.
Since I’ve started clipping coupons and shopping deals…I talk about it constantly to anyone who will listen (thus, the blog!). I hear very often from people, “I clip coupons but I can never find anything I can use”, or “I clip coupons but it doesn’t seem worth my time for $0.50 off”. I used to think the same thing! Today I am going to share some insight on gathering your coupons.
1) You can order a Sunday paper. If you don’t already get the paper..you can buy it at a newsstand or order it from your local News company. If you wait for a sale, or ask for a deal… you can probably get it for $1/week. Crystal suggests calling your local paper and asking what they do with the leftover Sunday papers…ask if you can buy or have just the coupon inserts. I haven’t tried this yet but I intend to.
2) Cut ALL coupons. Don’t go through and select what you think might work for you…cut them all then toss them out or send them to military families living overseas (more on this later). It appears that deals often show up 2-4 weeks after the coupons show up in the paper.
3) Visit your local coffee house. I would MUCH rather spend $2 on a cup of tea for myself or a treat for my kids than on a paper that I’m sending straight to the recycle bin after I grab the coupons. I discovered that if I hit my local coffee house around 10am on Sunday…I can purchase a treat and round up all of the coupon inserts floating around. On a good day I can get 3 or 4 sets of inserts this way. Be sure to ask the baristas if they mind you snagging the coupons…its always nice to be polite!
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very excellent thought…u could be mother of the year i guess..lol. i have a blogs about kids too..plz visit it in ur spare time..:)
I need to get the Sunday paper, I keep saying I’m going to but no go. Thanks for the reminder!
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That is very helpful, thank you for sharing.
Ok so I am a big slacker..never responded about my newsletter. I use mailchimp to create my newsletter every week! I actually slacked last week and sent my newsletter on Monday because my weekend was hectic! But yes I use mailchimp.com
Hope u had fun in NY.
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No matter how hard I try or what systems I’ve used, I can never get the hang of couponing. I’m pathetic.
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My wife keeps taking the coupons before I can get my hands on them…
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Girl – my computer has been STUPID today, I finally got on here!!! Great post!!
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I am a coupon queen! (And yes, I know about the nice coupons we can use when we were stationed overseas! I won’t spoil it if you are going to discuss it in a later post!)
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This is kind of a double post, because I already posted about this on your blog Ry, but Julie’s aunt Linda got me into clipping coupons back in the 70′s – still at it (I use manly macho man scissors):)
Hi Julie!
Just stopping by to say “HELLO!”.
Have a great day and TGIF!
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