First coupon success!!

PixiePie

Sorry if this isn't the done thing around here, but just back from Sainsbury's and so so chuffed as got an extra £2.80 off our shop that we strictly speaking shouldn't have lol. It's my first time trying to use coupons when I haven't brought the item on it, so really happy.

I had a £1 voucher from Muller and brought a load of Mullerlights (which are already on 1/2 price anyway, with double nectar points as well) and the guy peered and peered at the voucher when we went to pay (it was direct from Muller for some reason or other, can't remember now) but eventually scanned it in and it came up with the discount. Then we put our second lot of shopping through (we do it in £10 loads to get as many nectar scratch cards as possible) and I had a £3 voucher from Unilever for writing and enquiring about their PG Tips special blend and if it was limited edition or not, a £2.49 off some cider from the front of Good Food mag from mum and a 30p off nestle cereal coupon as well (which we hadn't brought, but had brought Sainsbury's own label cereal hehe). Wasn't going to chance the cider and nestle coupons after the Muller interrogation, but half way through the SA swapped with another guy, so I handed him all three of them (we had brought some PG Tips) and got £5.79 off the total! HURRAH!!

Feel like a right bargain hunter (even if the mince I wanted they wouldn't reduce grrrr lol). Yeah me!:D

cazian14

hiya pixiepie well done you! yay! im new at this too and i did my 1st on tuesday only a small one as i have always been 'afraid' of coupons/vouchers,but it workrd a treat in tesco and i ended up with 2 tubes of mcleans whitening toothpaste and a bottle of tesco kids shampoo for just 70p!! i even used a coupon for coco pops!! i was so proud of me yay so i have been in another two times each time getting more daring lol and today i used lots and lots in one go the only one that wouldnt go through was a colgate 40p one-even though it did go through when i went and did my 1st shop for the mcleans? mmm! this time i used a variety if bogofs and coupons and saved £20 and a few pence and gained an extra 50 points too with one,so for me this was a major shopping acheivement. :beer: im becoming addicted already,i may not be using them in the manor others have honed to a t but im having a bloody good go at it! well done us!!

Harrietxxx

Well done to both of you. Pixie pie, you were lucky in Sainsbury I think as they don't tend to take coupons unless you have bought the product. I always stick to Tesco now and try to avarage 50% off of my shop. I always do smallish shops of about £20 at a time so I am not giving them too many coupons in one go and I always try to find a younger, preferably male cashier and try to steer clear of the midle aged females who know more what they are doing. It's not that I trying to cheat or anything, it's just less hassle with the younger ones. I personally do not use coupons that I know they cant get the money back for as I think this may put the whole coupon thing in jeopardy, and besides, there are plenty of legitimate coupons out there.

Enjoy your couponing, it is very addictive :T

susan1

yes great feeling - well done! have just used my mills and boon voucher at the asda self service check out, was on tenterhooks but it went through ok.
will have to buy some more magazines as it is a good one for £2:j

cazian14

hiya susan,where is the mils and boon one from? i have read this somewhere but i cant remember-im having one of my blonde days (nearly most days lol).
it is SO addictive-we are going away tomorrow and just nipped to tesco and used a self serve till for the first time (first time in that tesco too)i had a few items we needed in my basket and lots of beauty/toiletry bogof's and i did so well it turns out that this was my best so far (3rd time lucky) i havent payed a penny for 2 lynx shower gels 2 parmolive handwashes 2 toothbrushes kids toothpaste and nivea cream now im soooooo chuffed! what am i going to do all week when im away!!lol i used a mixture of quits and hb's with a few others thrown in and an extra points one too,thought id been rumbled though as the till asked for authorisation and a till lady came over and i said it was fine coupon went through asked me to deposit it and then beeped after i did? she said oh its ok then i said well i have one more and she put that through too!!

Coupon-mad

There is just the one £2 coupon off Mills & Boon books in this week's Real People magazine (costs 65p). Scans fine & is acceptable in Tesco and Asda as they do stock these books. Some of us have bought ten copies or more already, there's a good profit to be had here!

I posted the info on the magazine thread here, and MBN has included it in the first or second post along with lots of other good coupon info:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=455046

HTH

susan1

cazian14 wrote: »

hiya susan,where is the mils and boon one from? i have read this somewhere but i cant remember-im having one of my blonde days (nearly most days lol).
it is SO addictive-we are going away tomorrow and just nipped to tesco and used a self serve till for the first time (first time in that tesco too)i had a few items we needed in my basket and lots of beauty/toiletry bogof's and i did so well it turns out that this was my best so far (3rd time lucky) i havent payed a penny for 2 lynx shower gels 2 parmolive handwashes 2 toothbrushes kids toothpaste and nivea cream now im soooooo chuffed! what am i going to do all week when im away!!lol i used a mixture of quits and hb's with a few others thrown in and an extra points one too,thought id been rumbled though as the till asked for authorisation and a till lady came over and i said it was fine coupon went through asked me to deposit it and then beeped after i did? she said oh its ok then i said well i have one more and she put that through too!!

hi
coupon-mad beat me too it! we don't have a self service till at tesco's and the sa kicked up such a fuss when i tried to use it there so i tried asda and bingo. the young w/e till assistant put it through too. i went back to buy some more magazines with vouchers, he did look at me as if i had a screw loose when i bought 12 :rotfl:

Unintended_Muse

LOL. If a magazine has a good coupon in it, I buy 3 or 4 at a time, but several times over the week. I am still using up Weight Watchers free meal coupons from the Womans Weekly.

Last night my shopping came to just under £7. I handed over my coupons and the sa pointed out she could only take 5. I told her that was all I had given her, so she scanned them all. The total came to £1.27 and she seemed somewhat bemused by that.. she kept looking at the pile of coupons and didn't actually tell me the total. I took pity on her, handed her the right money and promptly left the scene.. :rotfl:

Best bit is, I bought another copy of Real People in that bagful of shopping, so theoretically I am 73p in credit..

ladsmadd

well done with your shopping and using the coupons.

can you just use the coupons from the magazine even though you have not got that item with your shopping,if so which shops, sorry to ask but still learning from this website
thanks

cazian14

hiya yes you can use them even if you havent brought it-e.g - i brought toothpaste and used a 30p off coco pops coupon! i have only tried tesco though,give it a go it feels great!!

ladsmadd

cazian14 wrote: »

hiya yes you can use them even if you havent brought it-e.g - i brought toothpaste and used a 30p off coco pops coupon! i have only tried tesco though,give it a go it feels great!!

thank you, have got loads of coupons that give to friends that use them .i will give it ago this week and see how it feels :T