![]() ![]() Some women I met through the workshop even had regular coupon swaps to exchange the coupons they didn’t need or want, like baby food and diaper coupons, and others used couponing to help buy items for food banks and shelters. I would not say that my couponing habit was ‘extreme’ like some showcased on the TLC hit series, but I did have a pretty good stockpile of dried goods, paper products, and junk food at one point. But, when you do the math, if you save a minimum of $200 a month by using the stockpile-coupon method and you are only investing 3 hours per week, then you are paying yourself $16.67 per hour.A number of years ago I took a couponing workshop to learn how to save a lot of money on everything from groceries to clothing to furniture. I’m busy too and there are weeks where I just cannot breathe let alone look in the direction of my coupon binder. But, if there are items I need that are not on sale elsewhere or perhaps that I just notice on the shelves, the prices are crazy high compared to the rock bottom sales prices which come available at other stores every six to eight weeks. When I can go and match sales ads from other stores to make a one-stop shop, it works. I have tried over and over again to go to Walmart and snatch a deal. I will just shop at Walmart because they always have the lowest price so who needs coupons! Of course, a coupon matchup list works best for a person who organizes their coupons inserts by date. She even has a Coupon Database for finding the coupons which might not be listed through the matchups. Personally, I use Southern Savers and would not go to the store without checking there first. Did you just say that you match the sales advertisements to the coupons yourself? Save yourself some time and energy by using a website which offers coupon matchups. ![]() Matching the sales advertisements to the coupons is too much work. But, watch for the next sale and restock your pantry. Now, if your stockpile is low, you need something NOW, and it is not on sale, check the price per unit and pick up the generic if it is a better value. If a brand name item is at a rock bottom sales price and you can use a coupon on top of that price, you will save a large percentage in comparison to the generic product. This is a HUGE myth but some people refuse to believe anything else. Generics are cheaper than name brand products even when I use a coupon. ![]() Still, just from that selection, our savings are significant. Our family does not eat convenience foods and our cleaners are homemade so my coupon use is limited to coupons for personal products and toiletries, dairy, cereals,diapers, and pet care items. (Check out my COUPONS tab for a long list of online coupon websites or DAY SEVEN of the Online Coupon Workshop for more information about where to find coupons.) Maybe you just do not know where to look. Whether organics, produce, dairy (I have a coupon for milk on my printer as I type this)… coupons come available for almost everything eventually. I apologize for the sarcasm, but these days, with the popularity of coupons, you can find coupons for just about anything. Really? You don’t bathe? Use shampoo? Deodorant? There are not any coupons for what I use. So, I decided to tackle some of those misconceptions. Beliefs that coupons are not worth the effort.
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