Well, I've heard that the sunday editions of most newspapers come with lots of coupons in them that you can use to save a ton of money at places like the grocery store. So I went a bought a San Antonio Express paper this sunday for $2.
The heading at the top of the paper read something like "$770 worth of savings in this newspaper!!!". Anyways, I read through all the coupons, and well, they just kind of sucked. There's a good amount of manufactures coupons, but most read as "50 cents off any two(2) of Overpriced Namebrand Fruit Juce".
So wtf, you gotta buy two of them to get the 50 cents off, or does that mean you can buy up to two and get 50 cents off each?
Second, it seems that with most of the coupons, the namebrand stuff is still going to cost more than the generic brand. I guess the only time you could come out ahead is if there's also a store coupon on the same item.
So the coupons I plan on using?
I think that's about it for the coupons I'm gonna use. I noticed one of the stores was doing some kind of free ink cartridges thing, where you pay full price and then do a MIR for the same price, so I might do that. Also I noticed that there were a crapload of toilet paper coupons, so I might have to take advantage of those in the future.
So is there anyone who regularly uses the sunday coupons?
The heading at the top of the paper read something like "$770 worth of savings in this newspaper!!!". Anyways, I read through all the coupons, and well, they just kind of sucked. There's a good amount of manufactures coupons, but most read as "50 cents off any two(2) of Overpriced Namebrand Fruit Juce".
So wtf, you gotta buy two of them to get the 50 cents off, or does that mean you can buy up to two and get 50 cents off each?
Second, it seems that with most of the coupons, the namebrand stuff is still going to cost more than the generic brand. I guess the only time you could come out ahead is if there's also a store coupon on the same item.
So the coupons I plan on using?
- There's a $1 off coupon on Brita Water Filters, and walgreens I think, they had the 3pack on sale for $14 I think. Only probelm is the coupon expires at the end of april, and I just bought a 3 pack of filters that will be good for the next 6 months.
- Some 50 cents off pillsbury brownie mix coupon. I've been staying cheap with my sweet food to begin with by buying brownie mix weekly for $1.30 instead of buying some real chocolate candy or already made brownies for $5. The generic mix is around $1.30 while the namebrand stuff is near $2.00, so it still might be cheaper to not even use this coupon.
- Some 25 cents off of Softsoap brand handsoap. It's a manufactureres coupon as all of these are. Hopefully Dollar Tree lets me use the coupon there. I already save $1.25 on the stuff because the normal grocery store HEB sells the soap for $2.25.
- $1 off a gallon of borden milk. I don't know how much more expensive borden milk is from any other milk. Shoot I'm not even sure of the price of cow milk cause I've been just buying soy milk for $2.50 per half gallon. The great thing about soy milk is that it doesn't go bad in 1 week. I dont use much milk so that's the main reason I buy it.
- 50 cents or something around that off of some kind of laundry detergent. I got a gigantic box of the stuff already from my parents when they upgraded their clothes washer, but whatever, soap doesn't go bad anyway so I might get some.
I think that's about it for the coupons I'm gonna use. I noticed one of the stores was doing some kind of free ink cartridges thing, where you pay full price and then do a MIR for the same price, so I might do that. Also I noticed that there were a crapload of toilet paper coupons, so I might have to take advantage of those in the future.
So is there anyone who regularly uses the sunday coupons?