"Omelet" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>
>> >I'm not complaining, but cutting out and organizing all those wisps
>> >of paper is kind of a hassle. And these people have books and
>> >books of them.
>>
>> Those people that spend all those hours collecting and sorting
>> obviously don't have a life. I rarely use coupons because like 99% of
>> them are for things I not only wouldn't use but wouldn't want them if
>> free... they're typically for some new over priced product that has no
>> redeeming value. About the only coupons I actually use are those I
>> get in the mail for pet products and they are for no big savings but
>> I'll still take 50¢ off on a $12 box of cat food. The only other
>> coupons I use are occasionally there'll be a stack of coupons on the
>> deli counter for $1 off a particular cold cut if you buy a pound, I'll
>> use those too, only because I'm buying the product anyway and I never
>> buy less than a pound of anything at the deli. I can't remember the
>> last time I actually snipped out a coupon, has to be at least 20 years
>> ago... I think that's about how long ago they stopped offering coupons
>> to snip for useful items, at least of use to me.
>
> I know exactly what you mean... I will always take advantage of "in
> store" coupons IF it is something I'm already purchasing such as tidy
> cat cat litter. The other day, they had a great deal in-store coupon.
> Purchase one of the smaller containers of Tidy Cat and get a free 4lb.
> bag of friskies kibbles and I mostly use friskies as the older cats seem
> to keep weight on better with it.
>
> I purchase tidy cat anyway, but usually in the buckets or larger tubs,
> but this worked out to be a $4.00 savings overall. I bought 3 of them.
>
> There were several more "in store" coupons that same day for stuff I
> normally do purchase. I got $19.00 off my bill that day. :-) About 25%
> of my total.
>
> A handy way to get coupons for stuff you use also is to e-mail the
> company with suggestions, compliments or even minor complaints.
> Go ahead and sign in with your address and get a nice prize in the mail
> a couple of weeks later. I've done that for pet food quite a bit and it
> works.

I had forgotten about that but I have e-mailed companies before and gotten
coupons that way. Most recently was the free gravy from Imagine.