In our crazy economy, when prices are going up on everything and when income is staying the same or decreasing for many families, it's necessary to find ways to save. Let's face it - most of us have little say in the price of gasoline, electricity, or groceries. A homeowner has to find ways to save money when possible. This is why many shoppers find coupons a necessity.
Most us have great war stories about much we saved at Macy's when the store offered a %-off coupon. For those of you who have studied and mastered the art of using them, coupons can save a bundle. Turn on your local TV station or peruse the Internet - there's always a story about someone who saves $100 week on their grocery bill or feeds a family of eight on a stack of coupons and $20.
The big savers with coupons are the people who collect them, use them (in contrast to those who clip them but don't think of using them until after they expire), and maximize their effectiveness by using multiple offers that might be available. For example, if bacon is on sale for 2/$4.99, a savvy customer might use two $1.00 coupons to reduce the cost per pound to $1.50. In cases where the store doubled or tripled coupons, the cost would fall to $0-.50 per pound. If the sale was to buy a pound of bacon, get a dozen eggs free, you would pull out a coupon for the bacon. If the store had a coupon dispenser that offered the bacon coupons, if you take a few and the expiration date of the coupons is in the future, you can reduce the cost of your bacon purchases for months to come. By expanding this approach to a variety of products in your home, you could realize major savings.
Traditionally, people clipped coupons from their local newspaper or received coupons in the mail. Now that most people have internet access, many coupons can be printed online for use at a "brick and mortar" store or used for online shopping. Online coupons are a bonanza for people who intend to use them but forget to bring them or forget to cut them out.
Say you want to know if a store you are planning on shopping has any coupons available. By typing in, for example, "Bed Bath and Beyond coupons" you might come up with several sites that offer the coupons. In fact, Google search brought up 323,000 sites where you might find coupons. If you want to buy a DVD recorder, you could type in "dvd recorder coupon" and Google would offer you 1,320,000 matches. You could further search by brand to arrive at a more manageable number. Many of the coupons might be expired or have conditions to them, but it's likely you will find some that will help you. Because retailers have to follow a procedure to get their money back, most are careful about accepting expired coupons or ones you try to apply to the wrong product.
Since lots of people have picked up the trick of "Googling for savings." there are numerous websites devoted to offering online coupons. Popular sites include Coupon Cabin, Retail Me Not, Coupon Mountain, Dealtaker, Yahoo Coupons - the list goes on.
Regardless of how you get your coupons and how often you use them, the process can save you money and add a bit of adventure to shopping. When you're shopping for your new Parker Colorado home, you probably won't find coupons but a good Realtor® can tell you where the deals are in the Denver Metro area. At Bandy Homes, we are dedicated to finding you an affordable home. Marianne Bandy Relocate to Denver
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