Do you use coupons?

Mama uses coupons quite a bit but only on stuff we normally use.

Feel free to call me superstitious but I never pick up a coin, no matter what the denomination, if it's tails up......it's bad mojo.
 
I save about $200/yr using coupons. That's more than a few cents.
Even wealthy people who have a brain don't flush $200 down the toilet.
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The only kind of "coupons" that save the kind of money that you are referring to are the big ticket discounts for appliance stores, department stores, etc. And those are not really "coupons," they are discounts for card holders, special sales, etc. When I think of coupons, I think of the kind that come in the Sunday paper offering savings such as 50 cents if you buy three cans of soup. Those are the kind that I feel are not worth the trouble. Most "wealthy people with a brain" do not waste their time on that level of "savings," unless they are Ebenezer Scrooge. Otherwise, they would have to buy literally thousands of cans of soup every year. Do the math.

However, in my younger days, when my kids were small, I did use those coupons more often, as I bought a lot more food then. I think most of the food coupons are aimed at larger family groups, or people preparing to celebrate a special food-related occasion such as Thanksgiving or Super Bowl Sunday. And with stores such as Aldi and the big warehouse markets, I wonder if those piddly little coupons could hold up to comparison.
 

Sunny said:
The only kind of "coupons" that save the kind of money that you are referring to are the big ticket discounts for appliance stores, department stores, etc. And those are not really "coupons," they are discounts for card holders, special sales, etc. When I think of coupons, I think of the kind that come in the Sunday paper offering savings such as 50 cents if you buy three cans of soup. Those are the kind that I feel are not worth the trouble. Most "wealthy people with a brain" do not waste their time on that level of "savings," unless they are Ebenezer Scrooge. Otherwise, they would have to buy literally thousands of cans of soup every year. Do the math.

However, in my younger days, when my kids were small, I did use those coupons more often, as I bought a lot more food then. I think most of the food coupons are aimed at larger family groups, or people preparing to celebrate a special food-related occasion such as Thanksgiving or Super Bowl Sunday. And with stores such as Aldi and the big warehouse markets, I wonder if those piddly little coupons could hold up to comparison.
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Read the posts from terry123 and myself; neither of us said anything about appliances or "big ticket" items. In fact I wasn't even aware of coupons for appliances.
Math: $200/yr = $16/month.
Kroger. Free items. Bacon, eggs, Haagen Dazs. Free.
I've heard of Aldi's but never been there, not relevant.
I'm not acquainted with anyone who buys thousands of cans of soup, but if they do - with or without coupons, that's their prerogative.
I know some wealthy people but have no idea whether they use coupons or not. What i do know is they didn't get rich by flushing hundreds of dollars down the toilet.

Hope this clears up the confusion. If not, well, that's just the way it will have to be. :eek:nthego:
 
Sunny said:
Most "wealthy people with a brain" do not waste their time on that level of "savings," unless they are Ebenezer Scrooge.
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None of the wealthy people I know ever pay a penny more than they have to for anything including a can of soup.

IMO those small savings add up and can be used to help improve a person's life or the lives of others.

“Try to save something while your salary is small; it’s impossible to save after you begin to earn more.”– Jack Benny
 
Aunt Bea said:
None of the wealthy people I know ever pay a penny more than they have to for anything including a can of soup.

IMO those small savings add up and can be used to help improve a person's life or the lives of others.

“Try to save something while your salary is small; it’s impossible to save after you begin to earn more.”– Jack Benny
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The wealthy folks I know would not go near canned soup. :laugh:
 
terry123 said:
I use the digital coupons at Kroger. They do send good free ones. I used 2 today. Like apple said, they are free. I also check my receipt to be sure the ecoupons were applied.
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After seeing so many 'digital only' coupons in the weekly ads, I finally signed up with Safeway today to use them with my store card. They have the wild jumbo sea scallops for $5.99 a pound, and it's a one day sale, tomorrow only.

I looked on their website to see where that coupon was to add to my card, and I did not see it. I'm hoping it will be there tomorrow for me to load to my card so I can buy some of those scallops. In the case of a one day sale coupon, is that coupon only available to click online on the exact day of the sale??
 
Well, I checked the website this morning and the coupon did show today, the day of the one day sale. I was happy to see it there, my first digital coupon experience went smoothly at the store. :D
 
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A lot of the coupons are only for certain days and Kroger lists the days it will be on the website and what days it is good. They will have Friday and Saturday sales with the coupon being available only n those days. It is always on their web site and the flyer each week. I only load the ones I know I will use. I had 20.94 in digital coupons today. They had sent me a $30.00 check so I came out pretty good. My total bill was $45.25. Paid with the $30.00 check and a Kroger gift card my daughter got me for Christmas. She had given me a $100.00 Kroger gift card and a $300.00 Mastercard gift card for Christmas and my birthday combined. She knows not to give me anything else as I don't need or want anything else to dust, etc. Its easy for her and helps me with my everyday expenses. I still have good clothes from working and too many sets of dishes, etc that I do not use and have been donating to The Salvation Army and Goodwill. She and her sister have already taken what they wanted as I am downsizing. Sorry, got off topic of coupons. I check my coupons online and manage them each week.
 
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SeaBreeze said:
Terry, I don't understand, why did they send you a $30 check?
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I have the Kroger Visa credit card and you get points when you use it. I am going to pay it off each month anyway so I put all my car and house insurance payments on it for the points. I also charge my electric bill, phone, internet and cable bill to it. You get one point for each dollar charged and twice that for in store purchases. You are sent a check quarterly to be used at Krogers. So thru the year I usually get a check each quarter. The last quarter was for 3000 points as all my insurances were paid. Every little bit helps. I pay the card off each month so I never pay interest. I am going to pay these bills anyway so I might as well put them on the card for the points.
 
Never use coupons, too much trouble.

We use our Amazon Visa card for Amazon points, always useful since we spend a fortune with them every year.
 

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