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First mini attempt at "extreme couponing"...
I know someone made a post about that show and we watched it this weekend and thought "How the fuck do they do that???" so I looked into it and me and
the wife tried a mini run...
$50 worth of stuff...
4 Jars of Peter Pan PB, 4 Boxes of Kix, 10 Philly Cooking Cremes, and 8 Yoplait Yogurts all for $11.99!
Not bad for a first attempt!
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so...break the deal down for us!
nice thing is that it's all stuff you'll use within a reasonable timeframe. might be eating a lot of peanut butter, though.
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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"Sadly", the Peanut Butter will be the first thing gone. We are both PB junkies. We had Thai Peanut chicken (withc extra PB) for dinner and then a
slice of PB chocolate cake for desert.
As for the breakdown, the trick is combining sales and coupons (or double coupons). One store in the area doubles coupons and their is a site that
lists items on sale and if they have any coupons for the items (most you can print right off of websites).
I can't remember the yogurts but the Cooking Cremes are usually $2.99, on sale for $1.49 and we had a $1.00 coupon (the store only doubles coupons
below $1.00 though, but still got them for $0.49). Kix were on sale for $1.99 a box, printed $0.50 coups and doubled them.
We will make use of all the stuff and are giving a few of the cooking cremes to some friends.
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I'll get you photos of some of our scores. We just landed over $80 in stuff for just over $8 and i am not bullshitting. We have a tally since the
beginning of the year and our estimated total is for things is huge. I have all the receipts and we are going to spreadsheet them soon. MY WIFE IS
COUPON CHAMPION!
My suggestions
Shop at STAPLES, get emails from em and buy all stuff from STAPLES. We get all computer paper, tape, pens, ink, batteries etc for nearly free. So far
I have a full box of paper= 10 reams and i spent maybe $8 for.
Shop where places double or triple. Look for adds and print out coupon that end in #5. You can use them on any product said company offers. Also, It
take s some time, but it pays off. It really does.
Shop at RITE AID or CVS Pharmacy's. They are coupon friendly. DO NOT shop at WALGREENS they are not coupon friendly. Coupon Pharmacy shopping has
amazing deals. Even on soap, hand soap, body wash and anything else you can think of that a pharmacy sells.
TARGET- fucking rules as well. We get some awesome deals on cleaning products, detergents, soaps, toothpastes. I'll take some pics of our scores and
show ya.
If you work somewhere where you can print online coupons use it. You will be printing a lot of them.
Off top of my head I will guess we would have spent maybe $683.00 total on everything since the beginning of year and would have spent well over
$3,000. We get a lot for free. Just because of doubling coupons.
Keep in mind a lot of this is stuff we don't need and we have stocked up. We are planning at the end of the year donating some stuff near expiration
dates and I have chosen a local woman and children shelter. They don't know it, but that is where I will take some of this stuff.
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Nice! Deffinetly post up your haul! What stores do you go to that double? Target, Staples, Rite Aid and CVS don't, right?
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GIANT EAGLE- they double and sometimes triple. Never tripled yet though. They will not give you money back so if your coupons owe you money your out
of luck. WALMART however, they will give you money back. Today I would my 5 year old a nice Rawlings t-ball stand for Easter that was $20.00 and only
paid $8.63 because we used coupons on other items that ended up being free and owed us money. So WALMART gave us $11.37 just to shop.
Do want you can and go online to read up on websites. I'll get a list of sites my wife uses tomorrow. Also, check out ebay. People will compile a shit
ton of coupons of single items and you buy them from them. We have over 60 tubes of toothpaste and 60 toothbrushes. I know what your going to say.
Same with soap. We got soap bars, body wash, lotions, toilet paper and all kinds of shit. It is amazing what you an save and acquire with using
coupons.
Side note:
I was going to hit up CRREED about his GROUPON thing in another thread, but I'll do it here. What is that? I read you used it for your lasik.
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Walmart doubles coupons???
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Each one is full of something. One is toothpaste and toothbrushes, another is feminie products for the lady, another is just handsoap/dispensers,
another is batteries and various items like tape, pens etc, another is laundry detergent.
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We have over 15 boxes of cereal right now that we paid like .30 each for. Its amazing. Also, granola and fiber bars out the ass. Pun intended.
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these deals don't happen in Canada.
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my biggest question is what the fuck is a cooking creme??
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HONUS-as much as i can't stand a great deal of what you really like (for my own reasons that i would never hold,nor impose,against you),YOU FUCKING
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YOU,HONUS,IS WHAT MAKES THE "EDGE" COOL.
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Yeah I've never even heard of cooking creme, sounds like it's health food? lol...
Glad I'm hearing donate...we watched an episode of that show...those people are sick...hoarding all that food just for the thrill of getting it almost
free? Waste.
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I think I'm gonna need to stat looking into this myself. My rent just doubled, and I need to save every penny I can and probably get a second job. I
need to stop throwing those circulars away...
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| Quote: | Originally posted by XHonusWagnerX
my biggest question is what the fuck is a cooking creme?? |
It is a new item put out by Philly. It is used in recipies and the wife can make some amazing stuff with it. Pasta dishes, quesadillas, and a bunch
of other stuff. Pretty much loike cooking with cream cheese.
And speaking of donating, I fuckin HATE mustard but have some coupons to pick up 2 bottles for free just to donate. Those people on the show are
indeed sick! I am all set on giving up a room in my house for this but I wouldn't mind keeping the pantry fully stocked, hook up some friends, and
donate some food all for less than it would cost me normally.
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ok... post up the sites
| Quote: | Originally posted by REV.PAULIE
HONUS-as much as i can't stand a great deal of what you really like (for my own reasons that i would never hold,nor impose,against you),YOU FUCKING
RULE!
YOU,HONUS,IS WHAT MAKES THE "EDGE" COOL.
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somebody should tell homeless shelters how to do this.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by XHonusWagnerX
ok... post up the sites |
The one I use is http://www.mavenofsavin.com since they list up Shaws (which is in my area) and they also list up Rite Aid and CVS which I need to "learn" how to
do.
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Awesome! The stuff I wind up with way to much of I donate to my friends. I typically have people over at least once a week to have dinner, it's not
unlikely that they leave with a bag of stuff like cleaning supplies, toothpaste ect.
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That's the only reason my man doesn't get mad if I come home with to much stuff. He fears I'll become a hoarder.
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I didn't know Peter Pan Peanut Butter was still around. I haven't heard about that stuff in years.
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Clevo, seeing those toothpaste deals makes me wonder what difference it makes when toothpaste expires....I looked at a bunch of my half used tubes a
few months back & noticed they all expired over a year ago
record collectors are pretentious assholes
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I am almost out of toothpaste so I plan on finding a way thru Rite Aid or CVS to get it for free.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by XnMeX
Walmart doubles coupons??? |
^^^^^^^^ No they don't. That is why I listed them separate. What they do that GInat Eagle doesn't is Walmart will give you back money if they owe you
because a coupon was more value. I used the exta to get a tball stand for my boy.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Blackout Colin
Clevo, seeing those toothpaste deals makes me wonder what difference it makes when toothpaste expires....I looked at a bunch of my half used tubes a
few months back & noticed they all expired over a year ago |
^^^^^I looked it up and toothpaste can expire and not go bad. However when you donate most places will not take expired items so I will donate some b4
they are done. Sunday the wife picked up 12 more colgate for free. We could have gotten .10 back for each but The Eagle doesnt refund money.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Discipline
I didn't know Peter Pan Peanut Butter was still around. I haven't heard about that stuff in years. |
^^^ Ya its always on sale with coupons. Smuckers natural is tough to find though.
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