MSE Blog: Couponing: my new MoneySaving obsession

Former_MSE_Helen

Hi all, this is a thread to discuss the MSE blog:
Couponing: my new MoneySaving obsession


"I have no shame. Ever since MSE Jenny introduced me to US show, Extreme Couponing, I’ve been hooked on saving money on groceries..."


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PRINCESSX87

My partner & I have recently started couponing too.

We too noticed the difference of saving thanks to extremecouponing TV show. However what makes me more disappointed is that we’re not aslucky with the open-ness of coupons in this country.

In the US their lucky enough to have leaflets, stores thatoffer overheads on coupons which in turn makes them a profit on their weekly /monthly food shops.



Here we’re lucky to have a handful on good websites (Best& main one being MSE )

Recently x2 of my best buys have been the free cloverbutter, £1 in store & £1 moc meaning freebie!

£0.15p loaf of bread.!

I am new to this, hopefully this will become as big here asit is in the US. Personally I believe many stuggerling families will notice ahuge difference!!

twinmom04

My biggest saving was a eighty pound shop, cost me four pounds something loads of coupons and a gift card for a complaint (twenty. Pounds). Hubby calls me the coupon Queen aswell, used to take the mick but you should have seen his face that day. Lol

miss_scrooge

Never thought about googling for vouchers thank you.I've been using coupons for years but half the time forget to take them to the shops or even cut them out etc have to start being more organised.

Aesop

today I bought this

http://www.boots.com/en/Fujifilm-FinePix-A650-16MP-5x-Optical-Zoom-2-7-inch-LCD-Compact-Digital-Camera-Purple_1328498/

and this

http://www.boots.com/en/SanDisk-4GB-SD-Ultra-ll-Card_921340/

and only paid £4.99:j:beer: :money::money:


how? recently I completed a survey where I was rewarded with a £20 Boots gift cards and I had saved up over £10 worth of Boots points on my Boots Advantage Card.

the camera in the boots I went into today was reduced to £24.99, the SD memory card was reduced as showing on line from £19.99.

I paid for the camera first with an additional 150 points for spending over £15 from the ACM and paid £4.99 cash after handing over the gift card.

I then used my Advantage card with the points to pay for the memory card.

so bargain!

LadyCoupon

Couponing - I love it, I wish there were more about for us to use. I also wish the till staff were a bit more easy going when taking them, some can be great, but you do get some that think you are giving them a time bomb or something when you hand over a coupon, calling over the supervisor, holding up the queue. My best shop to date is in Sainsburys, the bill came to £50 and I paid £2.97, but have saved loads over the last couple of years with coupons, I just wish there were more.

Former_MSE_Becca

Thanks for all the comments couponers! And don't forget to post any coupons that you find on the coupon forum thread

Happy couponing,
MSE Becca

Aesop

MSE_Becca wrote: »

Thanks for all the comments couponsters! And don't forget to post any coupons that you find on the coupon forum thread

Happy couponing,
MSE Becca

cough, cough, ahem, we are couponers.... lol

Former_MSE_Becca

Aesop wrote: »

cough, cough, ahem, we are couponers.... lol

Ahhhh, apologies Aesop. Will correct now

gallygirl

miss_scrooge wrote: »

I've been using coupons for years but half the time forget to take them to the shops or even cut them out etc have to start being more organised.

I cut them out as soon as I see them, paperclip together and put straight in purse, they are bulky and annoy me till I use them. But my best strategy is to 'save' the money straight away - if I have £2.20 worth of coupons I transfer it straight into my savings account, that way my purse owes me the money so I need to use the coupons to balance it out IYSWIM. Not even sure I understand that. but it works for me :rotfl:.

Aesop

What some of us couponers do, is buy coupon wallets....

wilkinsons sell lovely big concertina style plastic wallets. about A5 size.

they have pockets that you can label using the labels. you could have one pocket for boots coupons, another for tesco, another for asda, etc.

or by coupon and expiry date.

others use the small photograph wallets you can get in boots or tescos or other places.

another thing is to write on an envelope the expiry dates and each coupon and make a shopping list and take it with you, then you make sure you are using all your coupons before they expire.

if you check mysupermarket for the best offers, match with your coupons, and then make a shopping list, you shouldn't forget to use your coupons before they expire.