My daughter and I use coupons all the time---one of the best ways to save. Last time we went grocery shopping, she saved $109 in coupons alone. Now I must say we shop for groceries about evey 2 1/2 months, so we spent a lot, but still it was way worth the time to have clipped those coupons in the first place.
I have found that coupons are a great help when buying brand-name items (hair color, Q-tips, Toothpaste come to mind). However, for many other items, the store brand (items that you find have equal quality) is cheaper than the brand name, even using a coupon!! You have to check it all to make sure you are saving money. Most brand names are greatly overpriced. They have to pay for all that advertising.
I stopped clipping coupons for three basic reasons:
~because the supermarket I usually shop at has "clipless" coupons plus
~there was too much build up of papers because usually the huge Sunday paper was where we got coupons from. If I find them elsewhere and feel I can really use them, I'll clip them.
~I started buying store brands for most things and most others we get from Costco where they don't take coupons.
I did find them helpful though when I used to use them, especially on double and triple coupon days.
just out of high school, i was grocery shopping and one of the lady's at check out told me to forgo
name brand and get store brand to save money, been doing that ever since. cept when name brand
has a sale and is cheaper than store brand.
I went to the site and printed out some coupons. That was a helpful site. I'm wondering if I'll have a problem with cashing them in. There is no barcode.
