Myth 1: There are never any coupons for what I usually purchase!
Fact: How many Sunday Coupon Circulars have you actually looked at? It is true that you will not see your favorite products every week but they do come eventually and the trick is to have enough coupons to stock up on those products until they come out again in the circulars. The best thing to do though is to focus on items that you are not brand specific to such as health care items and toiletries.
Check out this post on the topic!
Check out this post on the topic!
Myth 2: How can I save the Sunday Coupons for later store sales when they expire soon?
Fact: Many people think that since coupons come out every week that they expire after one week. This is not true. Every manufacturer has different expiration dates for their coupons. In fact, some coupons are good for months at a time!
Myth 3: I can't save much of anything when the coupons are usually only a dollar or less!
Fact: Here is an important thing to remember....Most grocery stores allow two coupons! They allow one coupon from the manufacturer of the product and one store coupon. In fact some stores allow competitor coupons that you can use as a "store" coupon. Example: Most Publix Supermarkets allow comptetitor coupons from Target and Winn Dixie (allowed competitor coupons varies by location). Recently I purchased some light bulbs using a Target coupon and a General Electric manufacurer coupon at Publix. The other trick is to combine your coupons with store sales. Those light bulbs were on sale "buy one get one" (BOGO). So....using one "store" coupon plus one manufacurer coupon plus the store sale I got a bunch of those light bulbs for free because the value of the coupons exceeded the store's sale price!
Myth 4: It is too time consuming!
Fact: Modern couponing is not like it was when our mothers did it. Now we have computers and internet and a ton of people that have already done most of the leg work for us! There are various websites which I will mention in my upcoming Couponing Instruction Post. Most of the work consists of finding all available coupons for a product and matching those up with upcoming store specials and sales. This is the stuff that is already done for us and posted online. Our job just consists of making a grocery list like we do every week, cross referencing that with the online "match-ups", choosing any other "match-ups" that you find interesting, and then cutting coupons from the specific circulars that you are told to cut from.
Myth 5: People who use coupons are cheap and it will be embarrasing.
Fact: You may feel embarrased the first time you use a large amount of coupons but the reactions you get from the cashier and the people who are in line envying you will take the embarrasment away real fast. It actually becomes fun and exciting to see the reactions of everyone when your bill drops 50%, 60%, 70%, and more!
If you find that you have more questions or other myths please let me know. I would be glad to answer them and debunk any myths that you may have!
