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03-11-2008, 06:54 PM
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 UPDATED w/more Tips for New Couponers I feel like I have ARRIVED!  A friend just emailed me and said "Please tell me how you save so much on groceries" so I typed out this long email reply, then thought "I should just post that at AFC for the newbies, and see what other tips the REAL pros have to offer!" This was written for someone who has never couponed before... So here's what I came up with. Please add your own tips! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anything that you buy a lot, or just like - call the 800 # or email the company (just Google the name) and compliment them (or complain, if something was wrong with a product) and ask if you can get coupons for their products. Last week, I got about $39 worth of coupons in my mailbox. 6 for free flour tortillas from Mission, free POM juice, free Amy's pizzas (2 of those @ $6.95 each), free Coffee Mate, $3 off any Campbells products, and lots of other $1 off coupons. That's how I got the $38 or so dollars worth of groceries yesterday for less than $5 - most of it was those free coupons. Print coupons from: Smartsource.com coupons.com Boodle.com and of course, the AWESOME coupon database here at AFC includes these and MUCH more! Just click on Coupon Menu, then "Coupon Database" or "Huge List of Printable Coupons"! To get two of each coupon...after they print, hit the "back" button, then refresh, it'll print two of each that way. After two, it'll usually say "Sorry, you've printed the maximum number allowed." If you really want to get more coupons to print, download Mozilla Firefox (it's a browser like Internet Explorer - I use it at home more than Internet Explorer myself). You can print from the same sites twice on IE, and twice on Firefox. ***NOTE: Enable your "Print Preview" so you can see how the coupons will print on the page. Most times, you can print one, flip the same paper over and print another on the back - saving paper/money!***
Once you learn your way around Afullcup - you can "trade" for coupons you want. For instance, Lowes Foods here has Propel water on sale for $1 a bottle. They double up to 99¢ coupons, so I traded someone else for a TON of 55¢ off coupons... I have gotten free water for all of DD's softball games and plenty left over for home. They actually PAY ME to bring it home - 55¢ doubled = $1.10 off each $1.00 bottle of water --- I make 10¢ on every bottle we buy.
It's a fun little hobby - and like having a 2nd job because you save SO much money. The first week I really got into it - I cut our grocery bill from about $150 to around $65. I was almost crying when I left the store, I was so happy! **UPDATE: Coming up on my 1 year anniversary at AFullCup and I have a chest freezer AND fridge/freezer crammed FULL of good food, a great stockpile built up of toiletries and cleaning stuff - and I don't have to buy anything but milk and eggs and bread (all of which I have coupons for, of course) for at least 3 months! I  AFC! Oh, last but most important - NEVER EVER LEAVE HOME WITHOUT YOUR COUPONS! You never know when you'll run into a great deal and there's little worse than finding something you could get for free or pennies, if only you had the coupons with you.  Have fun! Enjoy  and be prepared for your friends and family to start saying  --- a lot! Last edited by mpayne; 08-26-2008 at 06:20 AM.   |
). It's fun, you'll get addicted to CVS! I have enough shampoo, soap, body wash, Q-Tips, Johnson Buddies soap, toothpaste, etc to last us 6 months - most 100% free or close to it. It's also good to save your ECBs in November/December to get those great last-minute gifts for FREE, or the After-Christmas SALES on wrapping paper, bows, etc. They will be marked down to pennies on the dollar by the end of the year. ECBs DO expire, though, so be sure to keep up with the dates!
At Target - shop the perimeter of the store (next to the walls) - that is where they put the endcaps with clearance items. Match up your coupons with those items and you could get a lot of freebies or near-freebies!| The Following 228 Users Say Thank You to mpayne For This Useful Post: | ||
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. Thanks. I will go back and get more. |
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you got vista too? I've got vista and mozilla and what I found is... when it comes up and tells you to click on the here button, hit the tab button to highlight the word here, then hit enter. If that's not it, sorry I don't know |
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03-12-2008, 05:40 AM
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| Glad to help! As for Firefox, it's hit & miss on Bricks coupons. Sometimes it'll print them, sometimes not - always best to try though! You can always just have "bricks" coupons mailed to you - click on "Help" and get one for yourself, DH, DD, DS, whomever!  Example: Unsupported Platform Try it - it works! jenlovestoteach - Bricks is a program that a lot of companies use to print their online coupons. It's very finicky sometimes! Sometimes they will print, sometimes they won't. Just try in both IE and Firefox... usually IE is better with bricks. Last edited by mpayne; 03-12-2008 at 05:50 AM. |
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