How to Keep Your Coupons Organized

When your coupons are organized, you’ll naturally save more. There is no more buying something and then finding the coupon later, forgetting you even had a coupon or missing out on getting items for free because you didn’t have a coupon to do a store match up. Here is how to keep your coupons organized. There are several methods for keeping coupons organized and readily available. Filing Whole Inserts Filing away whole inserts is probably the easiest way to organize coupons. You keep the Sunday inserts in tact and then file them by date. There are several websites out there … Continue reading

Technology Greets Couponing

Technology is catching up to our couponing world. America Online has teamed up with your favorite grocery store to add coupons to your store club card. Is this the coupon clipping of the new generation? The free AOL service is called Shortcuts.com. Instead of having to clip coupons, you can load them onto your store savings card. Take the card to the store, choose your groceries, and swipe your card when you arrive at the register. The computer will automatically take the coupon savings off the grocery bill before you pay. As a kid, I have fond memories of helping … Continue reading

Using the Coupon Database

A great feature of Families.com is the Coupon Database. This resource is for you to find what coupons exist, make your list of what you have and what you want, and share your finds with others. Searching the coupon database is easy. First, specify if you want coupons that are not expired, expired, or you don’t care. Go to the search box and enter the word you want to search on. You can make this a partial word or a full word. Next, from the drop down menu, list the category. Are you looking for coupons just from newspaper inserts, … Continue reading

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

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

What is the Coupon Database?

What is the Coupon Database? The Coupon Database is a huge collection of coupons, rebates and other coupon related forms and mail in offers, which families.com members have found and entered. These coupons can be from various stores, Sunday inserts, winetags, blinkies, MIR’s, TMF forms, along with internet printed coupons. What can you do with the Coupon Database? Families.com members are able to use the Coupon Database to search through thousands of product specific coupons and mail in offers. The Coupon Database is a very useful tool, which can be used to do many different things. Some of the things … Continue reading

How do you search the Coupon Database?

The Coupon Database search box has many different features to help you define your search. Following, are some of the features of the search box and how to use them. Expires: This feature is very helpful in many ways. To maximize your search, choose one of the following options below and do not enter anything else. Click on ‘Search’ and the database will give you a random search of various coupons. Do not hit enter or the search will not work. Not Expired: Choose this option it will search for any coupons which have not expired. Expired: If you are … Continue reading