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Coupon 101

E-Coupons FAQ: How and When to Use

March 10, 2010

I’ve had a number of questions on e-coupons and so I thought it’ll be useful to do an E-Coupon FAQ! You can also look at the faq from shortcuts and cellfire, this guide is meant to be a summary.
If you have a Safeway and affiliates stores (Safeway, Carrs, Dominicks, Genuardis, Pavilions, Randalls, Tom Thumb and [...]

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How to chase deals while being environmentally friendly

February 16, 2010

This is first of the Savvy Shoppers series.
BYOB (bring your own bag)

Safeway, Target and your local food co-op offer $0.05 to $0.01 bag credit.
CVS has a $1 “green tag“. Scan the tag and get $1 ECB every forth time you shop.
I also take this shopping basket (Container Store) to stores, farmers market [...]

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What is a Catalina & How to Get One

February 2, 2010

I found the letter from Catalina Marketing which would be perfect to explain Catalina with all the Safeway Catalina deals (Pillsbury deal valid till 2/21!)
What is a Catalina?
It is a coupon, either in dollars off purchase (e.g. the Safeway Pillsbury Catalina deal), which would be similar to a rebate, or dollars off a particular [...]

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Coupon Booklets By Mail: Pillsbury, Conagra, P&G

January 28, 2010

Roundup for all the coupon booklets available to request by mail – one of my favorite coupon sources!
$17 Conagra Coupon Booklet (Hunt, Snackpack, Banquet, etc). Copy and paste this address into your browser
http://startsampling.com/sm/101044/captureAddress.iphtml?item=101044&source=
$10 Pillsbury Coupon Booklet (new e-mail sign-ups)
$35 Refresh Your Nest Coupon Booklet (P&G Cleaning Products)

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I Made Money at Safeway Today and you could too! Fruit Snacks Deal Illustrated

January 21, 2010
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This is the transaction that I did at the S. Davis Safeway, using one computer, with the catalina and receipt scans. Total for the two transaction: 12 FREE boxes of fruit snacks and made $2.3. See the Safeway Fruit Snacks and others Deal post for more info. See tips at end of post. See other [...]

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Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs DVD: $3 off, Rebates, Coupon matchups at Target

January 4, 2010

Get Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs DVD at Target at a deal with 4 products adding on! Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs movie DVD is to be released on January 5. It’s selling for $15.99 at Target.com and in store, with rebates and coupons this is how the deal goes:
Buy the Following from [...]

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Home Made Simple: P&G $35 Coupon Booklet

December 31, 2009

Head to the Home Made Simple site to sign up for updates, coupons and samples from P&G brands cleaning products like Cascade, Dawn, Febreze, Mr. Clean Eraser, and Swiffer.
Also sign up for the “Refresh your Nest” coupon booklet (the box at right when you enter the site) to get coupons for popular P&G cleaning products! [...]

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CVS: Free (6) John Frieda Root Awakening & Receipt, ECB scan

December 18, 2009

John Frieda Root Awakening is one of the best hair product I’ve found, so I”m excited about this deal! Head to smartsource.com and print the $5 off 2 John Frieda Root Awakening product. Use the $5 off $20 from the Sacramento Bee last Sunday (till 12/19) or print it here.
Use these two deals from CVS:
1. [...]

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Sunday Paper Today: Great Coupons

December 13, 2009

Here are some great coupons included in today’s Sunday paper:

General Mills coupons (Pillsbury and GM Cereals more)
Red Plum coupons (Kelloggs, DVD/Blu-ray for Coraline, Mama Mia etc)
Smart Source coupons (Nabisco, Campbell’s, Vaseline more)
CVS: $5/$20 on the Sacramento Bee front page wrapper
Old Navy: 30% off one item
Bed Bath & Beyond: 20% off one item
Parade Magazine: $2/1 Viactiv [...]

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Free Olay Quench Body Lotion (rebate): Deal Ideas

December 12, 2009

There is a new mail-in rebate for Olay Quench Body Lotion here (purple bottle). Get up to two free lotions on this rebate, valid for purchases made fron 12/10 through 1/29/10. Combine with the Buy any Olay Body Wash, Get a Free Olay Lotion coupon from P&G 11/29/09 and you score a sweet deal. The [...]

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Coupon 101: What Could One Coupon do? How to Combine Coupon and Sales

December 3, 2009

As a continuation to the Coupon 101 series, I’m going to do some posts on specific examples of couponing techniques. This is a step-by-step guide on how to combine coupon and sale to save big, from the Rite Aid trip I did this week.

Coupon used: ONE buy 1 get 1 free (B1G1 Free) coupon [...]

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CVS Official Corporate Coupon Policy 2009

November 28, 2009

CVS/pharmacy®
Great news! I just received a response from CVS customer service regarding their coupon policy. Here is the pdf version of the e-mail Official CVS coupon policy that you can print and bring to the store.
Summary:

One CVS coupon and one manufacturer coupon per item is accepted. ExtraBuck coupons can be used with other [...]

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Sunday Coupon Product Search

October 21, 2009

I added a new search box at the right column, called “Sunday Coupon Product Search”, to search for a particular coupon from the Sunday Coupon inserts, courtesy of Taylor Town Preview. E.g. If you enter “snuggle” and hit “search”, you’ll see that on 10/4, there’s a $3 off snuggle coupon you could use on either the [...]

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5 Steps to Using Coupons without Fuss – Coupon Etiquette

October 3, 2009

This is part of the series on Coupon 101 to get you started. Read the entire “Coupon 101 – Common Hurdles to Couponing” series.
I’ve some friends who refuse to use coupons, because they’ve heard horror stories on how some stores refused to take coupons, and treat those who use coupons quite rudely. With cases [...]

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