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Do you realize if you saved just $100 per
month in coupon and refund savings, in 30
years, you could have an extra $349,496.41
for retirement?! (compounded annually at
12%) Ok, well, maybe not in today's economy,
but hey, if you saved $100 a month using
coupons and submitting refunds, without
investing it, you'd have $1200 at the end of
the year! If nothing else, it's a
great holiday fund!
Here are a few
incredible deals!
In the last
few months, we've had an amazing amount of
deals. Most were Catalina deals!
A Catalina Coupon is a checkout coupon.
After you've purchased your items, a coupon
will print out of a separate printer
(separate from your receipt) for a free
product, a certain amount of money off your
next order, movie tickets, or whatever other
promotion is currently going on!
SOLO plates
is a great example of this! Solo
plates were on sale for $2.50 each. In
the Sunday newspaper, there was a coupon
good for $2 off solo plates. There was
also a Catalina deal: For every four
plates I purchased, I'd receive a Catalina
coupon for $4 off my next shopping trip.
This $4 could be used on anything, with the
usual exceptions of tobacco, alcohol, etc.
I buy four
plates at $2.50 each. My total is $10
before tax.
I use four
$2 coupon taking off $8, so my total is now
$2.
After tax, I
paid $2.75 for every four plates. BUT,
I received a coupon for $4 off my next
shopping trip! I PROFITED $1.25 for
every four packages of plates!
Here's an example
of a great deal just using coupons! Our local grocery store
had band-aids on sale for $1. There
were recent $1 coupons, so you only paid tax!
A few cents for a package of band-aids,
especially in a household with three small
children is a goldmine! ::grin::
Two years
ago, a department store & a health & beauty
manufacturer collaborated and offered a $5
Kmart gift card when the consumer purchased
any three Pfizer products. Halls is a Pfizer
product, and each bag regularly sells for
99¢. For every three bags of Halls I
purchased, my out of pocket expense was
approximately $3. But, I earned a $5 Kmart
gift card with each purchase of three bags
of halls.
So, for every three bags of halls I bought,
I received my purchase price back of $3,
plus an additional $2 profit! This was an
unlimited deal, and when it was all over, I
had received more than 60 bags of halls for
free, and a $40 profit!
There are soooo many amazing deals.
This is one of my favorite hobbies. It
allows me to stockpile items my family uses
all the time, it allows me to help supply
our local shelters, and it allows me to have
items on hand that friends and extended
family members may need. With our
current economy, our outrageous gas prices,
and our concern over raising costs, using
coupons is a huge blessing!
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can also take advantage of the amazing
deals!
Warmly,
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