Acquiring a stockpile for the purpose of reselling it at a profit is always a controversial subject among couponers. Some say it’s an unseemly way to take advantage of the system, while others say the products are theirs to do with as they please, especially if they obtain everything honestly through savvy couponing. It’s when stockpiles are obtained less than[Read More…]
If you’ve ever come across a cashier or manager who misinterprets or makes up their own rules about coupons, your best defense is a printed copy of your store’s coupon policy. That can clear up any confusion real quick. But now, one grocery chain’s coupon policy is causing more confusion than it’s solving lately – because it’s vanished. And store[Read More…]
Those pesky pieces of plastic cluttering your keyring or wallet have become a little less annoying lately, as more stores allow you to enter a phone number or alternate ID in place of scanning your loyalty card. At CVS, for example, you can get the advertised discounts and earn ExtraBucks just by providing the phone number associated with your account.[Read More…]
Maybe if the way companies name and categorize their products wasn’t so confusing, their coupons wouldn’t be quite so confounding either. The latest company to issue a coupon that’s generating excitement, befuddlement, controversy and even outright greed among some couponers is the maker of Rachael Ray Nutrish dog food. Some couponers are cashing in big time, as the company tries[Read More…]
Well, Kroger has certainly conditioned us to take the bad along with the good. Recent announcements unveiling “new lower prices” in various regions have been accompanied by corresponding announcements that double coupons would also be ending. So it was with that in mind, that Giant Eagle shoppers approached their store’s own recent “new lower prices” announcement with a bit of[Read More…]
You might think the elderly crowd is most into coupon-clipping, since they’ve been doing it for decades. Or maybe it’s moms, who have families to feed and fewer dollars these days with which to do it. But would you believe it’s the young crowd that’s among the most into coupons? And not just those newfangled digital ones, either – we’re[Read More…]
For every Kroger shopper who’s vowed never to return to a store that’s ended double coupons, it appears there are many more people who are happy to keep on Krogering. In its newest quarterly earnings report, the supermarket chain said it raked in $317 million in profits this summer. Must be nice. So how much did you make this summer?[Read More…]
Here’s a savings tip – if you ever forget your coupons while shopping, just bring them back to the store along with your receipt, and an employee should be able to take them off retroactively and hand you the difference in cash. Here’s an even easier savings tip – if you work at the store, take off the value of[Read More…]
Over the past month or so, sharp-eyed couponers have been all abuzz about new wording recently added to Procter & Gamble coupons that appears to take aim at overage – the cash back you can score at some stores, if your coupon is worth more than the price of the product you’re using it on. Turns out, the wording isn’t[Read More…]
What better way to commemorate one of the most tragic days in modern memory, and honor the thousands of lives lost in the worst terrorist attack ever on American soil, than by offering an incredibly insensitive coupon to go golfing on 9/11 for the low price of $9.11? For real. A Wisconsin golf course is getting hammered, after offering the[Read More…]
