^when i was building up my coupon collection, I got a ton of coupons from Ebay for like $1.50

Also Coupon Clippers is a good website...They let you pick out what coupons you want. It is a little pricey, each coupon counts about $.08 or $.10 and the minimum you can spend is $3.00 w/o the administrative and "handling" fees...I got 16 coupons for about $3.60.

I like using ebay because it is cheaper but you can run into problems. Some of the sellers send coupons for products that NC grocery stores don't carry.

11/11/2007 5:12:32 PM

http://stores.ebay.com/CLIP-4-U-COUPONS

The ebay store above is run by a woman who lives near Winston Salem. I have ordered from her and she was fast and reliable.

11/11/2007 10:10:58 PM

I spent $26 and saved $70 last Thursday at Harris Teeter triple coupons. Finally some good sales. I didnt get a ton of food items, but I got a lot of stuff I needed that normally costs a lot.

11/12/2007 10:57:47 AM

heard that lowes food is going to do triples once more before the end of the year and then thats it, no more lowes food triples

11/15/2007 9:44:01 AM

no more this year or no more ever?

11/15/2007 9:50:54 AM

one more this year and then no more ever for lowes foods

11/15/2007 10:17:55 AM

man wtf...they must have been losing too much money on it

11/15/2007 10:20:04 AM

They must have some bean counter making that decision. They may lose some money on it but darned if they don't get a bunch of word of mouth advertising from it.

I know I have talked about or heard from other people about triple coupons for years but last Saturday was the first time I ever actually took advantage of it (talking about HT). I didn't do so hot. I think the triple coupon limit was 20 and we just didn't have any really wonderful coupons saved up. We ended paying $60 for $95 worth of groceries.

-- Dave

11/15/2007 10:27:40 AM

Thats fine. I dont care too much about the triple coupon policy. Its rare that I end up getting a lot of consumables from triples. If they change their double policy, I'll never shop there again.

11/15/2007 11:08:06 AM

i dont get how they can double them...i know yall talked about it before but pretty much all the coupons i see say "do not double" in the fine print

[Edited on November 15, 2007 at 11:11 AM. Reason : or "may not be reproduced"]

11/15/2007 11:11:05 AM

^ No they don't. The type you find in the grocery store on those little pop-up things or that come attached to a product say that, but most of the ones you find in the newspaper and such don't say so.

Reproduced means you can't photocopy the coupon and use the copies, not that you can't double it.

[Edited on November 15, 2007 at 11:19 AM. Reason : .]

11/15/2007 11:19:12 AM

For manufacturer coupons, the manufacturer will only reimburse for the face value of the coupon, so I'm not sure why they say 'don't double'. I believe any change in price because of doubling or tripling is picked up by the store. Maybe the manufacturers want to make it clear to stores that they aren't responsible for reimbursing anything except for the face value of the coupon.

I used to program Point of Sale software and got my fill of dealing with coupons.

Interesting tax fact:
The store is supposed to charge tax on the full value of an item if it is paid for with a manufacturers coupon. The store is eventually going to be reimbursed for the coupon amount by the manufacturer and the state wants its cut of the total amount of the sale.

For store coupons (paper coupons or electronic stuff like VIC of MVP) the store is supposed to charge tax only on the adjusted price of the item because they are forgiving that discount at the time of the sale and will never see that income in the future.

-- Dave

11/15/2007 11:24:37 AM

Swinkle, I have a lot of coupons, and many (not most) do actually say not to double. But the store owners dont pay attention to that. Probably has to do with the manufacturers not having their product images cheapened.

[Edited on November 15, 2007 at 12:58 PM. Reason : .]

11/15/2007 12:58:10 PM

^, hence

Quote :

"most of the ones you find in the newspaper"

I never said none of them say that.

11/15/2007 1:39:39 PM

coupons that have barcodes starting w/ a 5, they will double/triple. Coupons starting with a 9 barcode will not double/triple

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/takingstock/index.php

I go there for all my couponing questions

[Edited on November 15, 2007 at 1:54 PM. Reason : f]

11/15/2007 1:53:23 PM

I hit up Harris Teeter and Lowes Foods today.

Total Bill: $210.00
Total Paid: $101.58
Total Savings: $108.42
% Saved: 52%

Coupon Savings: $25.90
Double Coupon Savings: $8.90
Rewards/VIC Savings: $73.62

11/18/2007 3:59:49 PM

sunday paper had good coupons in it today

12/16/2007 7:04:51 PM

rumor of triples @ harris teeter next thurs, fri, sat

12/27/2007 12:58:03 PM

^ YURP
http://blogs.newsobserver.com/takingstock/index.php?title=triples_rumor_1&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

12/27/2007 1:57:09 PM

^word...i cant wait til wednesday when she puts out her list of good deals to get from the flyer

12/27/2007 2:37:34 PM

beat me to it :-)

12/27/2007 10:08:23 PM

ooh - and I need to shop, too!

I also clip coupons - why in the hell should I pay full price when I can get it for half off (or even better, free!)?

I'm a fairly healthy eater so I seem to save the most on meats and ingredients in the "inside" of the store (i.e. - not produce) - stuff like chicken stock, canned veggies, peanut butter, etc. just becuase you eat a lot of healthy food doesn't mean coupons can't save you money!

12/27/2007 11:25:22 PM

yeah, a lot of the coupons are for processed foods

but i stock up on paper goods, cleaning products, shampoo, etc during triples

12/28/2007 7:28:46 AM

sue stock is changing her blog's web address

it is now...

http://takingstock.newsobserver.com

12/29/2007 3:16:24 PM

if someone knows a place where schick quatro is on sale let me know...i got 4 off a razor and 4 off catridges, and would love to use these at a place that has a sale going to save even more...been saving them for a few weeks but havent seen them go on sale anywhere

12/31/2007 1:07:23 AM

^ dont they have somthing like that at CVS and what not?!?!

12/31/2007 1:39:14 AM

idk i just looked in their flyer online and didnt see it

12/31/2007 2:09:54 AM

i just sold 5 schick quattros on ebay two days ago.

12/31/2007 3:29:53 AM

for how much if you dont mind me asking

12/31/2007 3:30:49 AM

like 12 bucks including shipping

12/31/2007 3:34:10 AM

did they each come with one refill?...if so thats normally like 40 dollars NIB with no coupons from foodlion

12/31/2007 3:36:53 AM

No, no refills. Just one cartridge with each.

12/31/2007 3:39:30 AM

my goal is to find like mvp 2 dollars off or something and then use the 4 off coupons and get the shit for like 2 or 3 after tax, so about 4-6 on razor and 5 cartidges plus the one thats already on it

12/31/2007 3:41:51 AM

so how often does HT do triple coupons?

can you get multiple items per coupon?

12/31/2007 8:57:33 AM

So are all of the coupons in the Sunday paper?

I have never had a weekly newspaper delivered to any house i've lived in

12/31/2007 9:43:34 AM

^^^In the past HT has done triples 4 times a year. Recently, it has been every couple of months. You have to have one coupon per product. With this rule, you can really save money with BOGO items b/c you can use 2 coupons but are only paying the price of one. You are only allowed 3 identical coupons per a trip.

^^ The majority of my coupons come from the Sunday paper. On occasion I order them from the internet, but that is usually only before a triples sale.

12/31/2007 6:57:16 PM

I did a quick run this morning

the deals really aren't that great. Very few coupons match up with VIC specials.

Got 2 betty crocker cookie mixes, 2 betty crocker frostings, 2 mrs. dash's marinades, 2 mrs. dash's seasonings, one baker's joy cooking spray, one no yolk noodles, one package of duracell AA batteries


BC: 29.99
OOP: 6.64

Really not great. I need to get my coupon stock back up since mostly all my coupons expired on 12/31/2007.

1/3/2008 8:53:56 AM

wow, there are some hella good coupons in this week's newspaper... 3 booklets! of stuff i actually eat!

1/6/2008 10:04:13 PM

i got 6 inserts in my N&O yesterday

1/7/2008 7:11:28 AM

if anybody out there is not going to use their $2.25 electrasol coupon from yesterday's paper, let me know

i am willing to trade. let me know what you want.

1/7/2008 4:34:46 PM

http://tinyurl.com/2y4rb6

1/23/2008 8:46:14 PM

I've got a lot of cosmetic/personal care and pharamacy dept coupons.

Anyone is welcome to them.

1/31/2008 6:47:28 PM

I've been thinking of subscribing to that coupongame website. Does anyone know if it's still worth it given the existence of this N&O blog?

2/2/2008 3:01:29 PM

^ I love the website. I easily make the money back I pay for in subscriptions, and I use 2 of their lists.

Its easy to use, you can print the list in the order of the store layout, its about 95% accurate for me, and I save a ton of money. Typically 60-70% on my grocery bill.

2/2/2008 6:09:52 PM

Sweet.. I think I'll subscribe to it whenever Financial Aid decides to give me my $

2/2/2008 6:50:24 PM

there's a woman who works for N&O named Sue Stock that does pretty much the same thing as Grocery Game

She puts up a list of all the good deals for each grocery store on Wednesdays and which coupons match up

best of all its free

http://projects.newsobserver.com/taking_stock

2/2/2008 6:53:34 PM

^ I can't figure hers out. Just looks like a giant database of coupons. Do you have to check the circular and then try to match them yourself.

The beauty of the grocery game is every Sunday morning you print out a complete list of everything on sale and want coupon to price it with. Gives you the final price and the % saved. All on a printable grocery list. Maybe the N&O lady does that too, but I can't find it.

I went to Lowes Food this morning:

Total Bill before Savings: $79.46
Total Spent: $23.57

List:
6 boxes of Wheat Thins
2 boxes of Triscuits
4 bags of Cheerios Snack Mix
3 bags of Chex Snack Mix
3 boxes of Pop Secret Popcorn
3 packages of Kraft Cheese Snacks
3 boxes of frozen Cordon Bleu sandwiches

2/3/2008 3:50:52 PM

hers is under "wednesday deals" on her blog

she tells you what is on sale at each store and what coupon to use with it to get the best savings. the database of coupons is just to see when the coupon came out and such.


here's the link to this week's deals:
http://projects.newsobserver.com/taking_stock/wednesday_deals_6


She posts the deals on Wednesdays b/c that is when the new deals come out.

She also posts deals for drug stores

[Edited on February 3, 2008 at 4:26 PM. Reason : f]

2/3/2008 4:25:20 PM

i get this chicken at a grocery store here, everytime I get it I get a dollar off coupon...it is sooooooooooooooooo good!

Way back in the day I worked at Lowes Foods, that is when they just started that program....probably lost a good amount of money. They are pretty expensive anyways.

[Edited on February 3, 2008 at 5:30 PM. Reason : w]

2/3/2008 5:27:31 PM

Quote :

"i got 4 off a razor and 4 off catridges,"

target has them on clearance, the gift packs that is.

i got a dozen or so razors, each with 4 refills, and shave gel.

i paid less than .99 for each gift pack including tax. the store nearest you might have some.

[Edited on February 3, 2008 at 6:08 PM. Reason : e]

2/3/2008 6:07:44 PM