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What kind of products or services do you use coupons for the most often?

I generally use the most coupons for food at grocery stores or for dining out. Sometimes I will use a coupon for automotive services and books. As a second part to the question, what is the most unusual coupon you have used?

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ariashley | 1 year, 9 months ago
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I frequently use coupons for all kinds of goods and services. Personally, I find little opportunity to use traditional coupons on food, since I purchase very little that comes in a box. The co-op where I shop offers a monthly $3.75 off "coupon" and also offers member specials (which are really just extra off an item). The co-op also gives discounts for bringing your own grocery bags. Also, they sell an insane amount of stuff in bulk - peanut butter, cocoa butter, saffron, crazy stuff and put it on sale regularly.

I use coupons and shop sales most often for items I keep on hand and use up - like toothpaste, deoderant, razors, shampoo, laundry detergent, dishwasher detergent. I also keep a price list for groceries and personal care items and cleaning products so I can tell when something is a good price. Since I buy "natural" cleaning products and personal care items (I'm severely sensitive to many chemicals), I will keep an eye on the company's web sites, check weekly/monthly sales at the co-op, to look for coupons or deals. I'm not going to find a coupon for Restore laundry detergent in the paper.

I have a coupon card for the local auto repair shop that I purchased. It gives me free oil changes and discounts on services. My car is old, and when I bought it, I needed 3 of the services from the card immediately (which were worth more than the price of the card).

I use coupons for restaurants. I've used coupons to buy windows, get my carpets cleaned, get free gift cards. I can buy discounted gift cards to buy gas through my gym's web site, as well as for Blockbuster, Costco, drugstore.com, and other places. Also, I subscribe to the mailing lists for any favorite products or stores, so I get the regular coupons. I almost never pay full-price for a book, DVD, CD, or anything that can be bought online.

My grandmother used cereal box tops to get me an entire set of towels - free - when I moved out on my own 12 years ago. They were even nice towels. I used those towels for at least 5 years and still have pieces of them used as cleaning cloths. That's probably the best coupon I've ever heard of.

For me, saving is at least partly about not being wasteful. If I make my own chicken or vegetable broth from the ends of vegetables I would otherwise throw away, I save $1.29 for every quart. It's not a coupon, but it's savings.

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f1osof2 | 1 year, 9 months ago
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I just got into using coupons for groceries.
But i've been using coupons for on-line purchases for a while. Before i shop anything on line, i look for coupons. Bestbuy, rental cars, amazon, etc.
Lowes has been my good friend lately with their easy to get 10% off coupon.

But now-a-days, diapers! thats what i use the most.

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shewolfsilver | 1 year, 9 months ago
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I love coupons! I don’t use or come across as many as I would like but when I do I am sure to use them. There are good savings to be made from coupons and I know a lot of us could do with them at this time. It is nice to have a small helping hand when on a tight budget.

I do use coupons at some restaurants. The local pizza places often run coupon specials and I have no qualms about using those. Also, I sometimes see coupons in some of my favorite magazines that offer 20% the bill, off or half-off an entree with the purchase of another, and I use these in restaurants I'd frequent with or without a coupon.
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amybrowne | 1 year, 9 months ago
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I usually use coupons for food items I prepare in my home, and I use coupons for cleaning supplies, paper goods and just about anything, that is used in a home. It’s the only way for a family who is on a budget can survive. I try to save money wherever possible with coupons. When I do go out occasionally with the kids I will use a coupon for a restaurant if I have one, but usually we eat at buffets for lunch where it’s only a few bucks per person.

I do not use coupons for services such as vets as they are not offered locally. I do not use coupons for automobile places, as I do not have an automobile at this time.
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christinerosser08 | 6 months ago
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I actually use to buy coupon for my shoes, bags, cloths accessories even for my health and beauty and Spas, what I really assure is that the online site that I got is really established and has a good reviews just like http://www.wikifashionista.com

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meyermv | 1 year, 9 months ago
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I use coupons for just about everything I can, for clothes, oil changes, food, paper products. I regularly save a net of 30% off of retail price. Often I save 50% (yesterday I got a George Foreman grill for $40, originally at $80, and 60% off plastic tubs). For clothes and some househould items I regularly save 60%+ each time I go shopping. I wait for a sale on clearance items at JCP or Kohls, then wait for a coupon to go on top of that savings. I often buy clothing at 90% off, brand new. Once I spent $50, and saved well over $200.

I guess this isn't really unusual: I wanted to clean my vacuum. It was $10 off or something like that. We then decided that $75 was too much to spend to just clean a vacuum cleaner, when $150 would buy a brand new one. So we went to look at used one, we found a 2 year old Kirby, and bought it for $200! That baby will last us many years. So the coupon itself wasn't really unusual but the situtation isn't very common.

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mrcal | 1 year, 9 months ago
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For me, the highest volume of coupon use is definitely for things like groceries or household goods. We cut the coupons that we get in the Sunday newspaper and then use those during the week when we buy items at our local grocery store or Target.
The other major thing we use coupons for is anything we purchase online. We regularly use ebates to get cash back on purchases and also always look for at least a free shipping coupon when we shop for things like shoes, books or electronics. Given the high number of coupons available, it seems to us that there is always at least some coupon that will provide value.
Probably the oddest thing we have used a coupon for is for a mailbox (it’s probably also the oddest thing we’ve bought online). Like I said, there’s a coupon for just about everything…mailboxes included.
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beebear | 1 year, 9 months ago
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The things that I use coupons the most to purchase are:
Fast food Delivery, such as pizza, sub sandwiches, chicken tenders, chinese food and salads. I am also in search of coupons for Gluecerna products like the glucerna bars and drinks. Other products that I use coupons for are, Charmin bulk packs equivalent to 48 rolls, Viva paper towels, Arm and Hammer laundry detergent, Dawn dish detergent, Diabetic supplies, including glucose testing strips for my wife’s Prodigy glucose meter, lancets and alcohol prep pads. I also use coupons for clothes, bath and body works Wild Honeysuckle body wash and foaming hand soaps, Pantene shampoo for thin hair with volumizing qualities that enhance curls. With my wife having special needs for multiple health conditions, I try to find as many helpful money saving coupons as I possibly can find. The most odd coupon that I have used is one for Alligator meat.

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