The Coupon Crash Course
Do you get stressed out at just the THOUGHT of having to use coupons? What is a store coupon? What is a manufacturer coupon? How many coupons can I use? Do I buy 200 Sunday papers or 1? Well, this is the class for you. We are even going to throw in a “cheat sheet” at the end of this course that you can print out and take with you in case you fall asleep while studying. Okay, are you ready? Let’s get started!
This is a manufacturer coupon. Notice at the top it says “manufacturer”. This coupon comes from the “maker” of this product. See, easy I told ya!
These are store coupons. Notice at the top it doesn’t say “manufacturer”, it has the store name. Target, Walgreens, and Publix. These coupons are put out by STORES, not the product manufacturer.
The majority of all stores will allow you to use ONE manufacturer and ONE store coupon PER item purchased. Cool, huh? This is called “stacking” in the coupon world. Get it? You can stack two coupons on top of each other. See, this isn’t so hard.
Okay, moving right along.
Where in the world do you FIND these coupons?
You can find coupons in several places. First, you can find coupons in your local Sunday paper. The coupon inserts are normally put out by redplum, smartsource, and P&G. These WILL vary by region.
You can also find coupons in magazines like ALL YOU.
You can find coupons ON product, these are called peelies and hangtags.
You can find coupons in stores on tearpads and blinkie machines.
The internet is a great place to find coupons. These are called “internet printables”. The majority of all stores accept these coupons. You can find printable coupons on manufacturer websites, coupons.com, smartsource.com, redplum.com and many other sites.
You will notice we have links on our sidebar so you can easily print those coupons. You can typically print a coupon twice per computer. For example, you go to coupons.com and print a ziplock coupon, you can print that one additional time. You can do that by hitting the backspace on your internet browser. Please understand, it is NOT okay to photocopy these coupons. Each coupon has a unique number associated with it. There are plenty of deals out there, no need to cheat the system.
Store coupons can be found on “store” websites. You can also find coupon flyers and booklets IN stores. We will talk more about this in our ”Store Specific” Classes.
There are some stores that accept “competitor” coupons. That would mean they accept ANOTHER store’s STORE coupon. We will talk about that later in the ”Store Specifics” Classes as well.
Finally, there are just a couple of terms that you will see A LOT on this site. Let’s go over those real quick.
BOGO means Buy One Get One (free).
B2/G1 means Buy Two Get One (free).
Stores vary on the way they ring these up. We will go over this in the ”Store Specifics” Classes.
Yay! You made it to the end of ”The Coupon Crash Course”. We are going to take baby steps. No need to make saving money stressful! Now go take a breather, stretch your legs, jog around your block and come back for a relaxing”Fireside Coupon Chat”.
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