Friday, August 01, 2008

Here's an Example and Some Sites

Here are a few sites that we use to find out the latest and greatest deals (but really Lindy should get the credit....I just follow her lead)...

www.hotcouponworld.com

http://forums.slickdeals.net/

http://scavengerhuntoncrack.blogspot.com/


And here is an example of one of the great deals from last night:
Oil of Olay body wash was 3 for $10 at Walgreens. Lindy bought coupons off eBay that gave $2 off per bottle (yes, people sell coupons!) for like $ .10 each. But then, if you bought six bottles, the register would spit out a $7 Register Rewards (which is like cash at Walgreens). So it would go like this:

$20 for 6 bottles of Oil of Olay
-$12 in manufacturer coupons = $8
-$7 in Register Rewards=
like paying $1 for six bottles of body wash!

In other examples:
  • Pert Plus has a $4.99 rebate, so it's free!
  • Oust candle on clearance for $2, then with a $2 rebate it's free!
  • Loreal Shampoo, coupon for Buy One Get One Free, then coupon for $1 off, then rebate for $1 ea makes it $1 a bottle.
  • One Touch Blood Glucose Monitor on sale for $29.99 (reg $70). I had a $20 off coupon, making it $10 out of my pocket. But then there was a rebate inside for the purchase price, so I will actually make $20 off this one.
  • And then yesterday, all day long, Walgreens honored a coupon for $5 off a $20 purchase, so I did all of this in 5 transactions and used it every time....giving me a total of $25 off just for the heck of it.
  • It really does make your brain hurt when you're there though, and you should really do it kid-less.

1 comment:

Melvin and Carly said...

Wow! It takes time and energy to coupon clip and shop like that! I'm not sure I'm up to the challenge.

Our public library has a little "coupon exchange" basket where you can put unwanted coupons (or take those you DO want). I don't remember anything like that in the library there, but you might look into it or suggest having one.