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Old 10-30-2009, 05:05 AM

RE: I can help a few newbies!

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Because the site is so big, sometimes the easiest way to start is to start with one store. Just do one store for now and "work your way up".

Click on Forum on the blue bar at the top of the screen and look at the list of stores. Pick the one that you shop at most. Read only the posts for that store.

For example. We only have a few stores here so WalMart is my usual grocery store. I scroll down Forum to WalMart, click on that, and all the WalMart posts are there. Lots of posts about the deals people have found. There is a "GDA" (good deal alert) thread that is new every month where members have compiled a list of roll-backs or low prices, most of which can combine up with a coupon. Not every WalMart has the exact same stuff at the exact same time, but it does give me a heads-up on things to look for.

The Walgreens and CVS forums are very active and will really explain the good deals for the week. The grocery stores that have weekly fliers will have posts about the sales that week and how to combine them up with coupons to get the best deal.

Usually in any of those threads, if there are coupons involved, members will post where the coupon came from or link to the website if it's an IP. That way you can print out just the stuff you need without printing out every IP in the universe.

Pick your store and read up just on that one store. Start with one. Starting with 5 or 6 it will be too much. That's something that most of us did when we got here, tried to do too much too fast. It's a big website with lots of info and it can be overwhelming. You're probably not going to walk out of your first shopping trip with a cart-full of groceries that cost you twenty cents, but you'll make progress each time you go.
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