What's the biggest coupon saving you've ever had??

Former_MSE_Megan

Are you an extreme coupon-er? Does buying at full price make you shudder?

Martin featured Nectar points in the weekly email recently (which I'm a fan of!), and as a bit of a coupon-er myself I wanted to know from you guys, the experts, if I'm missing out on any tricks!

Where do you find your best coupons? Is it all online or do in-store ones still get you good results?

What's the biggest saving you've made using coupons? Ever been paid to take stuff out the store? Surely that's the dream! :T

torbrex

$190 off a helicopter flight in Arizona (effectively free flight) from a coupon magazine I picked up at the border information post on the freeway.

thelurch

Not anymore but when Tesco still had their policy to accept any coupon even if you hadn't bought the item, I estimate I got in the region of £11k worth of free shopping in 18 months, I would shop 2 or 3 or more times a day with a stash worth around £30 off and usually came out paying under 5p, a few times it added up exactly and paid nothing.Oh how I long for those days!

anotheruser

I had a coupon for some cakes, something like £1.50 off a pack. However, Tesco had them on for £1.25...
Not a huge saving by any means but still not bad!

surfsister

yes me too lurch one year i did all my xmas shop for just over two quid!! the place was heaving and i recognised the checkout boy as the trolley mover from the car park I'd chatted to. he said you're the coupon lady well give me all the coupons you have I don't want to be on this checkout again!!! result over fifty quid of food for hardly anything. those were the days!!

Spendless

F & B doubled the amount on a kids eat free voucher if 1 adult bought a main course, as a goodwill gesture for my daughter's recent birthday. They also gave her a £10 gift voucher for there.

Kim_13

I had a coupon for a free Mobile by Sainsbury's sim card with free £10 credit. I also got 22 nectar points (made sure I redeemed before they cut the points) on the above which cost me nothing as it was. It'll do nicely for a back up phone.

Best thing was it wasn't my coupon, it was hanging out of a self service machine when I went to pay for my shopping and it wasn't tied to a nectar card (the person before me must not use one) so I had it.