Text 7652, 71 rader
Skriven 2011-02-25 10:50:24 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Dave Drum
Ärende: RE: Couponing
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Hey Dave!

-> County Market sends out a booklet in a Mail South mailer that hits my 
-> mailbox around the first of every month. There are usually two or three 
-> coupons in it for really good prices on things I use anyway. So, the 
-> first time I go to one of their stores for something else - I burn 
-> through the coupons. This month I got two medium-size bottles of ALL 
-> liquid detergent for less than a single the large size - 50% more soap 
-> for 25% less $$$. I like deals like that. They regularly have coupons 
-> for milk, eggs, juice, bratwurst, bacon, etc.
-> 
Our local stores also send out mailers
with the sales of the week listed. No
coupons, but the sales prices are listed
so you can plan your purchases for the week
or stocking up. 

-> hn> Anne and I do zero couponing...because
-> hn> most 90%+ at least are for things we 
-> hn> do not have on our shopping list. We 
-> hn> usually buy fresh veggies, not canned 
-> hn> or frozen (although at times we DO get
-> hn> frozen). Only two types of cereal Cheerios
-> hn> and Fiber One. If I do see a coupon for 
-> hn> either of those I grab it...but that's the
-> hn> 10% (grin). Fresh meats and poultry, which
-> hn> I've very seldom seen coupons for. Other
-> hn> than that our regular staples (salt splenda
-> hn> half and half etc.)again which I seldom see
-> hn> coupons for...and around here there's no
-> hn> such thing as "double coupons"..must be
-> hn> an east coast  thing! 
-> hn> Do you usually realize much of a 
-> hn> savings from using coupons?
-> 
-> If you can't save $$$, what's the point. Beyond time wasting and fooling
-> yourself, that is.   Bv)=
->
Yep, our point exactly. 
 
-> If I am in a checkout lane behind someone with a purse or wallet bulging
-> with coupons (they are usually obvious) and more than a few items in the
-> trolley - I look for another checkout lane. Those old trout take lots of
-> cashier time (the cashiers get paid for it) and more than reasonable 
-> time from those behind the couponer in line (those folks do *NOT* get 
-> paid or compensated for the time lost).
->
Never have seen that happen here...perhaps
because we don't have the 
double coupon things going on at all. 
 
-> There is also an outfit called "Red Plum" which does coupons in the 
-> local fish-wrapper on Sundays. They, I found, are wider than just my 
-> local area. Last Sunday there were coupons for McD's, Popeyes, and Long 
-> John Silver - all places I will visit ... especially if I have a coupon 
-> to save some gelt. I read the Popeye's coupons and they were "Good at 
-> all Chicago-land Popeyes Chicken and Biscuits locations". 
-> 
-> However, I found I had two iterations of the Red Plum pamphlet - one 
-> from the Chicago Tribune. But, my local version didn't have the Popeyes 
-> coupons. It did have Mickey D's, LJS, and Steak & Shake (which are not 
-> AFAIK in Chicago). And the coupons for the Sign of the Clown and the 
-> Fishy joint are nationwide -- double sets for me.   Bv)=
-> 
If we did find coupons that worked 
for us we'd use them...but so far
no luck!
chat with you soon!
hap 
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