Good Tips Daily
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Happy Friday to everyone who observes Fridays.
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life:
Not originally published in LIFE. The Apollo 11 astronauts and their families pose with a scale model of the moon, spring 1969.
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Photo reply the inevitable shitshow your weekend will disintegrate into.
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This was your Tumblr dashboard 43 years ago today.
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Astronaut you are drunk.
1. Get familiar with store couponing policies.
Does your store allow double couponing or using more than one coupon per product? Find out. Each store has a different coupon policy so it pays to know. For instance, did you know that Trader Joe’s accepts coupons? And Walgreens only allows 1 coupon per item.
2. Work with couponing policies.
So what do you do when Walgreens only allows 1 coupon per item? Buy a “filler” item, which is a cheap item like a 5 cent pencil, that will allow you to use that extra coupon.
3. Know what a good deal is.
Start a grocery price book. Compare apples to apples when it comes to deals. Make sure you compare the per unit price to see if you’re really getting a good deal. You can do this by dividing the price by the number of items in the package. For example, with diapers you would divide $27.99 by 192 = $.14 per diaper.
4. Be aware of the coupon expiration date and exclusions.
Sunday paper coupons usually expire within 30 days. And with the popularity of TLC’s Extreme Couponing show, there are limits now on how many of the same coupons you can use per transaction and how many products you can buy with the coupon. With CVS, since the coupons are loaded on your card, they place a cap on how many times you can take advantage of an in-store coupon or sale.
5. Shop at more than one store.
The way extreme couponers are able to save 90% or more on their purchases is because they shop at multiple stores, multiple times. To save the most money, be willing to go to the store with the best sale for toilet paper. Don’t be loyal to only one store.
6. Make multiple transactions.
Extreme couponers will make multiple transactions to maximize savings, depending on the coupon. This would allow you to maximize savings if there is a limit of coupons per transaction. You can do this by asking the cashier if it’s ok to do so, if the line is short, or be willing to go to the back of the line or come back another time. Some extreme couponers will do their grocery shopping separately from their sales runs.
7. Plan out your shopping trips.
Instead of just heading out to the store, plan ahead to see what’s on sale and which coupons you can use. When you have a plan of what to buy and which coupons to use, shopping trips will be faster. And you won’t be stuck figuring things out at the store.
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