Shopping 101WATCH THE REGISTER I made the mistake on my first trip of not watching the register and 4 of my coupons didn't double up all the way. I lost about .40 per coupon and even though it only adds up to about 1.60 loss on my part, it is still a loss. You want to make sure everything rings up the right way cause you don't want to have to come back.SCOPE OUT THE CASHIER I'm stealing this tip from The Krazy Coupon Lady. She says that while it isn't nice to profile people, she will scope out cashiers and go with the younger male cashier. * Take note that I tried this advise at Harris Teeter and it didn't work out so well for me. But I do tend to go to the younger staffed cashiers cash they actually tend to argue the coupon policy less. DON'T LEAVE YOUR BINDER AT HOME When you go shopping don't just take the coupons you are going to use. Stores have closeout prices and clearance items all the time. If you see an item on closeout or clearance and you know you have a coupon for it, what good is it if you left your binder at home? Just remember though that coupons are meant to stack with sales. Don't use a coupon just cause you have it! SIZE DOES MATTER When shopping look at the unit sizes and beware of the value sizes because it may not be the value. Smaller sizes can offer that amazing coupon effect we love - Free Products. ONE COUPON PER PURCHASE This does not mean you can only use one coupon per transaction like some like to argue. This actually means you can only use one manufacturers coupon per item purchased. You can also still stack store coupons with this coupon. PICTURES ARE NOT THE END ALL Just because the coupon has a certain product pictured on the coupon, it doesn't mean that you can only purchase that item. Read the coupon and if it says ANY such and such brand then it means you can purchase ANY of that brand. Make sure you also check size amounts and if it excludes trial size. |
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