Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Oct 2012 07:58:10 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> > wrote:
>
>> No - I never overstock, and couponing is a royal pain, not to
>> mention that it doesn't really save you anything if you are stocking
>> up on junk food you'll never get thru. About the only coupons I
>> ever cut are for Tabasco and a certain brand of t.t. I'm gonna buy
>> this stuff anyway, so that's my rule of dumb on clipping coupons.
>>
>> I not only avoid overstocking, but I also get a laugh out of that ad
>> which says Americans throw out 500 dollars worth of food a year. I
>> sure don't. I use leftovers the next day, use green bags, keep a
>> freezer inventory etc. I doubt if I throw 20 bucks worth away a
>> year.
>
> Other than for cat stuff I have rarely seen a coupon for a product I
> use. I don't bother looking for coupons, for cat products I print
> from their web sites, and many I get by snail mail by registering at
> their web site, I get free samples too. For many foods, like frozen
> pizza, the best coupons can be printed from their web sites. With
> many of the national brand foods if you phone their toll free number
> and compliment their product they will send you coupons for free
> products... I've gotten enough coupons for free Hellman's mayo to last
> the rest of my life, and they keep coming... and all I did was call to
> complain about their inner lid seal being difficult to remove.

Yes. Compliments or complaints get you coupons. Daughter made a list of
everything we eat or use and I wrote to the companies. But I wasn't
necessarily able to use all of those coupons before the expired. The
problem? We already had all of that stuff and in some cases quite a lot of
it.