Sunday Newspapers ~
Most of the coupons that I collect come from the Sunday newspaper. If you purchase the newspaper from your closest, but Largest city, you'll find the most coupons. I live in Albany, Oregon; I do NOT get the Albany newspaper for coupons, I get the Oregonian out of Portland, Oregon. This paper has far more coupons than the Democrat-Herald, the Gazette-Times, or even Salem's Statesman Journal. In the beginning I had one of each delivered to my home and I would look through them every Sunday to decide which paper was best. And that's how I decided upon the Oregonian. I have also since been told by other coupon-clippers that the Oregonian is the best for coupons.
I purchase 10 newspapers each Sunday. I don't suggest that the newbie do this. When I first started, I tried to deal with the coupons from 10 Sunday newspapers and it just got to be overwhelming and I ended up not doing anything with my coupons, unless you count cussing while tossing them into the recycle bin when they expired because I didn't have a system for dealing with them. Then I got the great idea to get TWO newspapers each week and deal with those. When two stopped seeming like a challenge, I added two more. When four seemed very controllable I jumped to 7 newspapers and from there to 10.
Printable Coupons on the Internet ~
There are probably as many places to get coupons online as there are companies that produce products. If you have a preferred product and company (such as Kellogg's Cereal), go to that companies website and see if they have coupons (such as www.kelloggs.com).
But there are a few coupon sites that offer several different coupons each month. Several of these will ask for your zip code and give you different coupons based on your area. I like to give them my own zip code, then a larger city's zip code (Portland, in my case) and then an east coast zip code. This, I believe, gives me all the coupons available.
www.smartsource.com
www.coupons.com
www.boodle.com
www.couponloop.com
www.albertsons.com
www.safeway.com
www.fredmeyer.com
www.right@home.com
Many coupon websites require you to give them your email address in order to get their coupons. I suggest that you create a "junk" email address. Always use this same email address for anything having to do with coupons, freebies, rebates, etc. This will keep you from having all kinds of emails clogging up your "regular" email box.
"Buying" coupons ~
It is illegal to buy and sell coupons. But there are a couple of websites that I know where you can get extra coupons. What you actually do is to purchase the coupon clippers time and pay for shipping of these coupons. The average cost I have spent to "buy" these coupons has been about 8¢ to 12¢ each. This week there is a FREE coupon for a single can of Mighty Dog Dog Food, up to $1.00 value with no other purchase required for only 25¢ each at coupon clippers. So, you can see, these are some GREAT resourses for coupons!
www.coupons.com
www.boodle.com
www.couponloop.com
www.albertsons.com
www.safeway.com
www.fredmeyer.com
www.right@home.com
There is also a great database for coupons as well as forum for Safeway, Albertsons, and others. www.hotcouponworld.com
Many coupon websites require you to give them your email address in order to get their coupons. I suggest that you create a "junk" email address. Always use this same email address for anything having to do with coupons, freebies, rebates, etc. This will keep you from having all kinds of emails clogging up your "regular" email box.
"Buying" coupons ~
It is illegal to buy and sell coupons. But there are a couple of websites that I know where you can get extra coupons. What you actually do is to purchase the coupon clippers time and pay for shipping of these coupons. The average cost I have spent to "buy" these coupons has been about 8¢ to 12¢ each. This week there is a FREE coupon for a single can of Mighty Dog Dog Food, up to $1.00 value with no other purchase required for only 25¢ each at coupon clippers. So, you can see, these are some GREAT resourses for coupons!
www.thecouponclippers.com
www.thecouponmaster.com
www.thecouponmaster.com
Coupon Clippers also has a facebook page and they give status updates with new coupons that they have to offer and such. It's a great tool!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Coupon-Clippers/72259654869
You can also find coupons for trade on www.craigslist.org I have found these most often under the "for sale" section, but have also found them listed under "community", "personals", and "services". I just do a search for "coupon" for each area.
Blinkies ~ "Blinkies" are coupons distributed in stores by Smart Source Coupon Machines. The nickname "blinkie" refers to the machines blinking light designed to attract your attention while walking down the aisles. Machines typically provide a coupon directly in front of the product.
CoP ~ Often referred to on coupon sites simply as COP, these are Coupons on products in the store. These are coupons that are stuck to the product, on the box and you need to peel it off or wrapped around the top of a bottle and you need to slip it off.
CnP ~ This one is also referred to on coupon database sites as simply CnP... Coupon Next to Product. These you will find either as a "blinkie" or a "peelie" (not in a machine)
Free samples ~ When you get free samples, you will more often than not be given a coupon with the sample. I like to send for free samples in order to get these coupons. I have found that sometimes I can't find these coupons anywhere else.
Entertainment Book ~ The entertainment book has coupons for Safeway (possibly other stores that you use as well). The entertainment book goes on sale sometime around March when you can buy it for half price. You can then take out the Safeway coupons (and any other coupons you like) and sell it on Craigslist.org for half price... Free coupons!
Catalinas ~ Catalina coupons are those that comes out of the machine at the store register. It is a coupon triggered by the purchase of a particular item. These coupons are placed with the stores as a special promo by a particular manufacturer. For instance, when purchasing Lean Cuisine frozen dinners, Healthy Choice catalina coupons may print out. Sometimes the catalina is for money off a particular product. Sometimes the catalina is for money off your next shopping trip. We'll talk more about these later.
Magazines ~ One of the most prolific of all magazines for coupons is "All You Magazine". For the July 2009 magazine there are over $70.00 in coupons! This is very typical for All You. They also offer an e-newsletter that you can subscribe to (free) that will take you to their website and you can see what coupons are offered for the issue and decide whether or not to purchase it. It is available at Wal-Mart, or you can subscribe to it. It's, I think, $2.49 per issue if bought at Wal-Mart, and only $1.99 per issue with a subscription. Coupons can also be found in many of the other magazines that we read, just keep your eyes peeled for them.
Safeway's $10 off $50 Coupon ~ This coupon comes out on the first Tuesday of the month in the pages of the Oregonian and the Statesman Journal. If a month begins on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday, you will most likely find this coupon in the newspaper on the last Tuesday of the month before. It's confusing, I know!
You can also find coupons for trade on www.craigslist.org I have found these most often under the "for sale" section, but have also found them listed under "community", "personals", and "services". I just do a search for "coupon" for each area.
Blinkies ~ "Blinkies" are coupons distributed in stores by Smart Source Coupon Machines. The nickname "blinkie" refers to the machines blinking light designed to attract your attention while walking down the aisles. Machines typically provide a coupon directly in front of the product.
CoP ~ Often referred to on coupon sites simply as COP, these are Coupons on products in the store. These are coupons that are stuck to the product, on the box and you need to peel it off or wrapped around the top of a bottle and you need to slip it off.
CnP ~ This one is also referred to on coupon database sites as simply CnP... Coupon Next to Product. These you will find either as a "blinkie" or a "peelie" (not in a machine)
Free samples ~ When you get free samples, you will more often than not be given a coupon with the sample. I like to send for free samples in order to get these coupons. I have found that sometimes I can't find these coupons anywhere else.
Entertainment Book ~ The entertainment book has coupons for Safeway (possibly other stores that you use as well). The entertainment book goes on sale sometime around March when you can buy it for half price. You can then take out the Safeway coupons (and any other coupons you like) and sell it on Craigslist.org for half price... Free coupons!
Catalinas ~ Catalina coupons are those that comes out of the machine at the store register. It is a coupon triggered by the purchase of a particular item. These coupons are placed with the stores as a special promo by a particular manufacturer. For instance, when purchasing Lean Cuisine frozen dinners, Healthy Choice catalina coupons may print out. Sometimes the catalina is for money off a particular product. Sometimes the catalina is for money off your next shopping trip. We'll talk more about these later.
Magazines ~ One of the most prolific of all magazines for coupons is "All You Magazine". For the July 2009 magazine there are over $70.00 in coupons! This is very typical for All You. They also offer an e-newsletter that you can subscribe to (free) that will take you to their website and you can see what coupons are offered for the issue and decide whether or not to purchase it. It is available at Wal-Mart, or you can subscribe to it. It's, I think, $2.49 per issue if bought at Wal-Mart, and only $1.99 per issue with a subscription. Coupons can also be found in many of the other magazines that we read, just keep your eyes peeled for them.
Safeway's $10 off $50 Coupon ~ This coupon comes out on the first Tuesday of the month in the pages of the Oregonian and the Statesman Journal. If a month begins on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday, you will most likely find this coupon in the newspaper on the last Tuesday of the month before. It's confusing, I know!
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