Coupon exchange discussion and general coupon questions

Robin · Guru

Coupon exchange discussion and general coupon questions

Corey · Guru

you can use a blinkie anywhere--walmart is just notoriously coupon unfriendly.

apies · Guru

robin, can you tell me which glade q's you have and how many?

i might be interested! stocking up for gift baskets. :)

3s_a_crowd · Guru

if you have a ton of glade id like a few if you want to toss them back. If not april can have them No biggie.

Robin · Guru

I have 2 of each of the following:

Save $1.50 on any two Glade 4-oz. jar candles exp. 12-31-09

Save $4.00 on any Glade Sense & Spray starter kit exp. 3-31-10

Save $1.00 on any two Glade Sense & Spray refills exp. 3-31-10

Save $3.00 on any two products from The Fragrance Collection by Glade exp. 1-16-10

Save $1.50 on any Glade Scented Oil candle exp. 12-31-09

Save 75c on any two Glade sprays exp. 12-31-09

Buy any Glade Plugins Scented Oil refill, get a warmer FREE exp. 12-31-09

Robin · Guru

I remembered another question I was going to ask. Which magazine have you found has the MOST coupons?

Glen's grandmother offered me her last few month's Better Homes and Gardens, and they had some coupons.

Just curious. Thought I might ask my mom for a subscription for Christmas.

April - Do you still shop at Target often? I have several Target coupons but it seems like you just can't get as good a deal anywhere that doesn't double coupons.

apies · Guru

Robin wrote:

I remembered another question I was going to ask. Which magazine have you found has the MOST coupons?

Glen's grandmother offered me her last few month's Better Homes and Gardens, and they had some coupons.

Just curious. Thought I might ask my mom for a subscription for Christmas.

April - Do you still shop at Target often? I have several Target coupons but it seems like you just can't get as good a deal anywhere that doesn't double coupons.

robin, you can go ahead and send those glade q's to tracy. tysm for offering them to me!

i do shop at target. they're good for stacking store & man q's. tonight, for example, they had the krusteaz (sp?) boxed sugar cookie mixes 2/$3 - i had $1 off q's for each, so i got them for 50c. i also stacked store & man q's for pepp farms crackers & cookies to get them all for less than $1 each.

sorry, that was my long answer to say YES! what do you have?

Robin · Guru

apies wrote:

Robin wrote:

I remembered another question I was going to ask. Which magazine have you found has the MOST coupons?

Glen's grandmother offered me her last few month's Better Homes and Gardens, and they had some coupons.

Just curious. Thought I might ask my mom for a subscription for Christmas.

April - Do you still shop at Target often? I have several Target coupons but it seems like you just can't get as good a deal anywhere that doesn't double coupons.

robin, you can go ahead and send those glade q's to tracy. tysm for offering them to me!

i do shop at target. they're good for stacking store & man q's. tonight, for example, they had the krusteaz (sp?) boxed sugar cookie mixes 2/$3 - i had $1 off q's for each, so i got them for 50c. i also stacked store & man q's for pepp farms crackers & cookies to get them all for less than $1 each.

sorry, that was my long answer to say YES! what do you have?

I've just been cutting out ALL coupons in the inserts I get and the ones that my mom gives me, and there are usually some Target store coupons in there. I know I have some for different m&m's (premiums and all-one-color) and more. I already took them back to my bedroom or I'd look through them now. Not feeling well so if I go in my room, I'll be going to sleep instead of coming back to the computer. Tomorrow.

Corey · Guru

All You is pretty well known for having the largest quantity of coupons, robin.

apies · Guru

Robin wrote:

apies wrote:

Robin wrote:

I remembered another question I was going to ask. Which magazine have you found has the MOST coupons?

Glen's grandmother offered me her last few month's Better Homes and Gardens, and they had some coupons.

Just curious. Thought I might ask my mom for a subscription for Christmas.

April - Do you still shop at Target often? I have several Target coupons but it seems like you just can't get as good a deal anywhere that doesn't double coupons.

robin, you can go ahead and send those glade q's to tracy. tysm for offering them to me!

i do shop at target. they're good for stacking store & man q's. tonight, for example, they had the krusteaz (sp?) boxed sugar cookie mixes 2/$3 - i had $1 off q's for each, so i got them for 50c. i also stacked store & man q's for pepp farms crackers & cookies to get them all for less than $1 each.

sorry, that was my long answer to say YES! what do you have?

I've just been cutting out ALL coupons in the inserts I get and the ones that my mom gives me, and there are usually some Target store coupons in there. I know I have some for different m&m's (premiums and all-one-color) and more. I already took them back to my bedroom or I'd look through them now. Not feeling well so if I go in my room, I'll be going to sleep instead of coming back to the computer. Tomorrow.

ok, great! thanks robin! we don't get target Qs in our mailers. i can print them online, but that's it.

CoffeeQueen · Guru

this is going to sound like a really dumb question, but how are coupons doubled and how do you know who doubles them?

I am doing small runs still and do not know how to do multiple transactions yet, so I am slowly starting. Like I got the Dawn dish soap free at CVS and stuff like that. I just do not know how many transactions I am allowed to do and htat.

apies · Guru

CoffeeQueen wrote:

this is going to sound like a really dumb question, but how are coupons doubled and how do you know who doubles them?

I am doing small runs still and do not know how to do multiple transactions yet, so I am slowly starting. Like I got the Dawn dish soap free at CVS and stuff like that. I just do not know how many transactions I am allowed to do and htat.

it's mostly the grocery store chains that double. the mass merchants like cvs, walgreens, target, etc do not.

what are your local grocery stores?

unless the Q says "one per customer" or "one coupon per transaction" they can't limit you. check the fine print and then go at it! :)

Corey · Guru

melissa,

some groceries double them. they take the loss on that amount. so if it were a .50 coupon at my grocery store, the manufacturer would pay the .50 then the store would take a loss on the other .50

if your store doubled, they would advertise so and on your receipt it would probably say something like coupon .50
double coupon .50

hth.

Corey · Guru

actually, my grocery store does limit them.

they will only double 6 of the same coupon and their policy is that they are allowed to limit any amount of coupons as they see fit. most of the stores in my chain just limit all coupons to 6 like, doubled or not.

apies · Guru

Corey wrote:

actually, my grocery store does limit them.

they will only double 6 of the same coupon and their policy is that they are allowed to limit any amount of coupons as they see fit. most of the stores in my chain just limit all coupons to 6 like, doubled or not.

wow, that's interesting!

dyk if cvs or wags limit?

that's what i was thinking of with her deal.

my grocery store just limits to 4 free items per transaction. i've not had it be an issue for me yet.

CoffeeQueen · Guru

apies wrote:

CoffeeQueen wrote:

this is going to sound like a really dumb question, but how are coupons doubled and how do you know who doubles them?

I am doing small runs still and do not know how to do multiple transactions yet, so I am slowly starting. Like I got the Dawn dish soap free at CVS and stuff like that. I just do not know how many transactions I am allowed to do and htat.

it's mostly the grocery store chains that double. the mass merchants like cvs, walgreens, target, etc do not.
what are your local grocery stores?
unless the Q says "one per customer" or "one coupon per transaction" they can't limit you. check the fine print and then go at it! :)

Kroger is where I shop. So if I have two items and one coupon then they will double? I guess I do not understand? Does that mean multiple of the same coupon?

apies · Guru

CoffeeQueen wrote:

apies wrote:

CoffeeQueen wrote:

this is going to sound like a really dumb question, but how are coupons doubled and how do you know who doubles them?

I am doing small runs still and do not know how to do multiple transactions yet, so I am slowly starting. Like I got the Dawn dish soap free at CVS and stuff like that. I just do not know how many transactions I am allowed to do and htat.

it's mostly the grocery store chains that double. the mass merchants like cvs, walgreens, target, etc do not.
what are your local grocery stores?
unless the Q says "one per customer" or "one coupon per transaction" they can't limit you. check the fine print and then go at it! :)

Kroger is where I shop. So if I have two items and one coupon then they will double? I guess I do not understand? Does that mean multiple of the same coupon?

no.

if you have a Q for 50c off 1 box of kleenex, you buy 1 box of kleenex. the manufacturer credits you 50c off for the Q (to the store directly) and the store matches it and gives you another 50c off. so you get a total of $1 off for the box.

does that make sense?

and yes, kroger doubles - at least the one at my in-laws house does.

Robin · Guru

CoffeeQueen wrote:

apies wrote:

CoffeeQueen wrote:

this is going to sound like a really dumb question, but how are coupons doubled and how do you know who doubles them?

I am doing small runs still and do not know how to do multiple transactions yet, so I am slowly starting. Like I got the Dawn dish soap free at CVS and stuff like that. I just do not know how many transactions I am allowed to do and htat.

it's mostly the grocery store chains that double. the mass merchants like cvs, walgreens, target, etc do not.
what are your local grocery stores?
unless the Q says "one per customer" or "one coupon per transaction" they can't limit you. check the fine print and then go at it! :)

Kroger is where I shop. So if I have two items and one coupon then they will double? I guess I do not understand? Does that mean multiple of the same coupon?

I do 85% of my grocery shopping at Kroger. My Kroger doubles coupons up to 60 cents. So if I have a coupon for 35 cents off of one package of Bounty paper towels, Kroger will take 70 cents off of my one package of paper towels. In the coupon section of your receipt, it will have on line that says something like Manufacturer Coupon -35, then the next line will say Kroger Plus Savings -35. If I had a coupon for 75 cents off of something, it would only take 75 cents off, and there would be no extra line under the coupon section.

Idk if my Kroger limits the number of same coupons, like if I bought 5 packages of paper towels and had 5 coupons. I've never had more than 5 of the same coupon in one transaction. I also asked the poor guy working the self-check the other day if my coupons were beeping because I had too many, and he said they didn't have a limit on total number of coupons. (But I think they do really; he just didn't know. 30 coupons per transaction, I think.)

Before I go to bed, I wanted to add that you can look up your Kroger's weekly ad at Kroger.com, and it should say at the bottom of the first page the amount to which your store doubles. Some lucky people's Krogers double up to $1, and some people even get times when they triple. Lucky, lucky, lucky.

-- Edited by Robin on Tuesday 1st of December 2009 10:12:10 PM

Corey · Guru

robin,

many stores make it so self check out beeps once your coupons are $5+ total. it is just a fraud prevention measure so an associate knows to come over and make sure you put them all in the coupon slot.

Corey · Guru

apies wrote:

Corey wrote:

actually, my grocery store does limit them.

they will only double 6 of the same coupon and their policy is that they are allowed to limit any amount of coupons as they see fit. most of the stores in my chain just limit all coupons to 6 like, doubled or not.

wow, that's interesting!
dyk if cvs or wags limit?
that's what i was thinking of with her deal.
my grocery store just limits to 4 free items per transaction. i've not had it be an issue for me yet.

i am pretty sure that at cvs and wags it is at the manager on duty's discretion.