Archive for Extreme Couponer 101

Legality Part 1 - Answers

Posted on Apr 24 2009 | By Jenny · Comments (16)

You guys had a lot of great questions about the first part of “Keeping it Legal” and I want everyone to catch the answers.
Target & Food Lion coupons.
You are able to print more than one coupon with Target and Food Lion coupons you can print to pdf.  Target and Food Lion both have written on [...]

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Keeping it Legal… part 1

Posted on Apr 24 2009 | By Jenny · Comments (45)

There are lots of opportunities or ways to bend the rules with couponing so I want to take moment to list two rules that should not be broken.  I know sometimes there are gray areas, but these two are black and white.
Only use one manufacturer coupon per item.
If you slip in more manufacturer [...]

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I’m Calling Corporate

Posted on Apr 09 2009 | By Jenny · Comments (48)

If you have a problem or issue with a store the best thing you can do is to call the corporate office. It only takes a minute to lodge a complaint but it can solve some serious headaches for you in the future. Odds are it will take you less time to call the corporate [...]

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Walgreens Tips & Tricks

Posted on Mar 24 2009 | By Jenny · Comments (37)

Lately there have been lots of issues for folks shopping at Walgreens. Let me try to give some tips to make it easier for you.  Hopefully this will also clear up some errors I have seen in your tips for others in comments.
If you are new to Walgreens shopping go here first and [...]

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Extreme Couponer 101: Meat

Posted on Mar 16 2009 | By Jenny · Comments (15)

I get asked a lot if my family buys meat.  I guess it is assumed to have a budget of $50 per week for all expenses that we must vegetarians. We are not! Though you will rarely find coupons for meat there are ways to cut your costs. Since most of these tips are about [...]

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Extreme Couponer 101: What’s a Good Price?

Posted on Feb 17 2009 | By Jenny · Comments (24)

One of the biggest parts to saving on groceries is to know what a stock up price is for the products you buy.  Prices for each item will vary week by week at the grocery store, and your goal is to only buy them when they are the lowest price the store is going to [...]

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Extreme Couponer Workshop - Atlanta

Posted on Feb 12 2009 | By Jenny · Comments (9)

A new workshop is available!!  Thanks to 3 great readers, I will be heading to Atlanta March 14th for a workshop in the Midtown area.
To get more information about workshops or to sign up go HERE.
Note: This location has limited space and will fill up quickly.
**Update:  The first class is almost full,  I have just [...]

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Extreme Couponer 101: Other’s Wisdom

Posted on Feb 02 2009 | By Jenny · Comments (3)

There are lots of great bloggers out there that have posts we can all learn from.  Here are a few that I’ve seen this week…

Having issues with coupons at Walgreens? - Mercedes has a post about Understanding the Walgreens Register.

FiveCentNickel (one of my favorite finanical blogs) did a great post on the behind the scenes [...]

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Percentage of Coupon Use

Posted on Jan 29 2009 | By Jenny · Comments (11)

Sariah asked a question in comment to the last post about my number of 10% of people coupon.  That was my rough estimate.
Searching for exact numbers for an answer I found this and found it very humorous.  Because of the “average weekly savings” reported I’m sticking with my 10% coupon number…  these folks don’t coupon, [...]

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Extreme Couponer 101: Coupon Redemption

Posted on Jan 29 2009 | By Jenny · Comments (58)

I get a lot of comments and questions every week asking if the stores are going to get reimbursed for a certain coupon or if they will lose money on a deal. It is also becoming a peeve of mine to see people say that we should not get free items because we are going [...]

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