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Date Posted: 13:54:26 01/24/12 Tue
Author: mj
Subject: When I'm stateside, every now and then, I find coupons that actually makes sense to my purchase needs for that month -- for example, if there is $2.00 off a purchase of 2 6-pack rolls of toilet paper that is from a competetively-priced brand, then I will go for it. This is because I KNOW we will all be at our beach place for a few weeks and the rolls WILL be regularly used up, especially if we have beach visitors (which we ALWAYS do!). inside....
In reply to: The Chief 's message, "Couponing...." on 20:26:25 01/23/12 Mon

There's also often coupons for soft drinks -- bulk purchases -- bu, again, we can go through several cans of diet drinks -- people like to bring cans in a cooler to the beach when they go down -- so if I can save a few dollars -- I'll do it! Otherwise, I notice that, in general, coupons are a pure marketing tool aimed to fool the buyer into thinking you will save oodles of $$. Like you've all already said, if it's stuff you wouldn't ordinarily buy, stock up on, or need -- it's pure fantasy to save $$ through 'couponing'.

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[> I do some couponing, but not as much as I used to do. Part of it is probably that we're empty nesters, and there's no kid stuff to buy, but it also seems that there are fewer useful coupons in general. I'm not interested in buying two or three packages of a product I've never tried, or of something I can't use up. I am very conscious of how much I would really save over what I'd usually buy. (inside) -- Deemus, 16:26:06 01/24/12 Tue [1]

I still usually have four or five coupons when I do a weekly food shopping, but I used to have fifteen or twenty regularly. My closest store, instead of doing their own coupons, now has specials that automatically register when you use the store card. They also do double coupons, up to a dollar, but most of them are now at least a dollar. The store keeps a running total of savings, which includes sale prices as well as coupons, and even with just the two of us here, I usually save close to $1,000 in a year.


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