There are tons of places to find coupons:
Sunday Paper- most of your coupons will come from the Sunday paper. A normally week will have at least 2 inserts of coupons. Occasionally there will be more and very rarely there will be 1 or less(holidays).
Mailing list- you can sign up for individual manufacturers mailing list by going to their websites. Most stores also mail out coupons to shoppers that have an address linked to their shopper's card.
Product Samples- When you sign up for free samples they usually(but not always) include a coupon.
On the product- these are called "peelies" and "wine tags". Peelies are found as stickers you peel off the product and wine tags are found on the neck of bottles.
Inside the box- sometimes you can find coupons inside the packaging of products. Always check before you through your boxes away!
In the store- you can find "blinkies" in those little machines in the aisle of stores that have blinking lights. You may also find tear pads and pamphlets in your store with coupons in them. Keep you eyes open when you are shopping!
Ebay or Clipping services- You can buy multiples of coupons for the items you use a ton of.
From coupon printing sites- like coupons.com or smartsource.com. I have a list of printables sites on my sidebar for your convenience . You can sometimes find printables on the manufactures sites too.
Mail in for coupons- occasionally there are offers where you mail in something for coupons. Last year Post Honey Bunches had a mail in offer were you mail in 5 ceral coupons from another maker and they would send you a coupon for a FREE box of honey bunches of oats. Other offers ask you to mail in 10 UPC codes from the product to get a free item coupon.
At the register- most stores have catalina machines next to the register. They print coupons that you can use in the store on your next trip. They are usually triggered by something you purchase. Some are also printed no matter what you buy and others are printed based on you shopping history(if the store has a shopper's card).
Trades- you can trade coupons you don't need for ones you do on sites like hotcouponworld.com
Consumer review sites- Bzzagents.com and Vocalpoint.com are two that send you coupons to try things and give your opinion the product in return. Bzzagents.com ask that you write a report after you buzz others about the product. In return you get points you can redeem for gift cards. Vocalpoint.com is more lax. They have short surveys they send in emails but you will not be "punished"(sent fewer offers of dropped) for not participating.
Just ask- Contact the maker of the product and see if they will send you some coupons. Most of the time they will be more than happy to.
Loyalty Programs- Nature made vitamins offers a program where you enter codes from their products and you get points. Once you reach the pay out amount (500 points last time I was there) you get a coupon for $7 off one product. Other manufactures offer similar rewards.
Want to know if there is a coupon available for a specific item? Check the hotcouponworld.com database here.
Is it safe to install the printing software most printable coupons sites require you to have?
I am not a computer tech or even close. I can only tell you about my experience with this software.I have them installed on my computer and don't have any issues. If I run a spyware program it will identify it as a "threat" and I either uncheck the box so it doesn't remove it or I let it remove it and reinstall next time I need a coupon printed. I don't get pop ups from having the software nor does my computer lag because of it. If you have an updated firewall, anti virus and ad ware remover on your computer(you should if you are on the internet!) I wont think you would have anything to worry about when using the printing software.
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2 comments:
Very nice comprehensive list! Thanks for posting it.
Another great post :)
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