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Where to Get Free Product Coupons

Getting free coupons or coupons for free items can really reduce your grocery bill. People who practice extreme couponing know where to get and how to use these coupons that get them free groceries. A free item coupon is one that you can redeem at the grocery store for the full cost of the purchase. There are many different ways to get free item coupons. Just make sure that you get them in legitimate ways. There are many counterfeit coupons out there. Sunday Coupon Inserts You can sometimes find free product coupons in the Sunday inserts. They don’t come around … Continue reading →

Trader Joe’s Good Deals

It took me a long time to visit a Trader Joe’s grocery store. One of the reasons was that it wasn’t located conveniently to our home. The other was that I never saw any sales for it. I heard that they sold a lot of fresh and organic products, which made me think they were also expensive. But after a move and a few of their clever fliers, we tried Trader Joe’s, and there are a lot of good deals. Yesterday, I posted about a recent shopping trip to Trader Joe’s, so today, I wanted to share some of the … Continue reading →

Shop Here, We Have Coupons

Walmart has some really great free sample offers this week. Walmart has a free Playtex Gentle Glide sample. A free sample pack of Scott products. A free Nicoderm sample. And don’t forget the free samples of Kotex, Aveeno Nourish Hair Care Collection, and Sun Crystals. Walmart also wants you to try Alexia Crunchy Snacks. So they have coupons on their website for you to print. They’d love for you to try Arm & Hammer Clear Balance Pool Maintenance Tablets, so much so that they give you a link to Arm & Hammer’s web page where you can register for coupons. … Continue reading →

Tricks of the Trade

So there you are, clipping, printing, organizing, and saving. You’re matching coupons to sales at stores. You are finding amazing savings when your purchase generates a catalina coupon at the register, or Extra Care Bucks, Register Rewards, or when you get a product for nearly free and then can submit for a refund. You are doing really well. But wait, there’s more. Did you know that some stores will accept competitor’s coupons? You have to check and see about this – but it does happen. Your results will vary from store to store. Publix is known in some parts of … Continue reading →

How to Have a Frugal Garden

Every year when I talk to my husband about gardening, he gets that look in his eye and says, “You know, it isn’t going to be cost effective.” This is because although growing our own food could in fact cut our grocery bill, all that is entailed with actually starting a garden from scratch could cost money. So in dedication to the love of my life, I thought I would come up with some ways to have a frugal garden. My husband’s biggest concern is prepping an area for a garden. Because of our location, we would need fencing to … Continue reading →

Trading Coupons and Refund Forms

OK, so you clip and clip and clip. And you register for websites such as Everyday Eating.com, Cleanhomejournal.com, mambosprouts.com or madreymujer.com and soon you are receiving coupons in the mail. You have a lot of coupons for diapers – but you don’t have a baby. You have dog food but no cat food. Or cat food but no dog food. And you could use a lot of coupons for your special shampoo or breakfast cereal. Now you have to get involved with trading coupons. On families.com, you can make the list of coupons you have and post it here. Next, … Continue reading →

Using Expired Coupons is Legal at U.S. Military Commissaries

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Let me make something absolutely clear. Stateside (within the continental United States) commissaries do not allow the use of expired coupons. Only overseas U.S. military commissaries can legally allow the use of expired coupons. Of course there is a limit. After a coupon has been expired for six months or more, it is useless even at an overseas military commissary. At that point you’ll need to dispose of the worthless coupons. Beware Scam Artists If you want to send expired coupons to an overseas military family, you should be sure that you are sending them to an actual overseas family. … Continue reading →

Checking Traders Feedback

When someone contacts you for a trade, take a few minutes to check his or her feedback to see what kind of trader they are. If you see they don’t have any feedback, ask them if they have a feedback link from another board. It could be they just signed up with Families.com and haven’t yet established feedback at our board. If they are new to trading coupons and haven’t established any feedback, ask if they have any feedback from ebay or any other site, which might allow you to see they are a trustworthy person. If they don’t have … Continue reading →

Make it a fast easy trade

Don’t be afraid to make your first trade. If you see someone’s wishlist and you have the coupons they are looking for, you also see something they have, and you want it – go for it! Here are some tips on making a fast, easy trade that should get good results. A trade usually shouldn’t take more than 3 or 4 PM’s (between both parties). 1st PM: When contacting someone, you want to fist tell him or her what you have from their wishlist. Type the specific coupons you have for them, including the value, any size restrictions, how many … Continue reading →

Invest Your Time Wisely

“Time is money” is an old saying that is meant to convey the urgency of rushing ahead because any time wasted could be time spent earning money. Many times in our frugal lifestyles, we trade off time in order to save money, such as cooking from scratch instead of going through the fast food line, taking out the time to create a grocery list and clip coupons before shopping, etc. Most of the time these are good choices and have a secondary benefit. The time I spend hanging laundry means saves some money, but it also means that my kids … Continue reading →