Comments on: 4 Tips for Avoiding Extra Spending Just Because You Have a Coupon

By: bluesauger

bluesauger — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:16:14 +0000

I often don’t want to take the time to actually sift through coupons and find the useful ones. Instead, they usually accumulate and then, once the number of cuopons lying around the home is bordering on insanity, I simply throw them all away. Something else to improve on, …

By: William Maxwell

William Maxwell — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:54:44 +0000

When I have coupons–and I use them copiously–which are about to expire or which are for items I reject, perhaps because of ingredients or price, I frequently slip them, one or several, underneath or between the items the coupons discount. If someone else finds them useful–Wheee….

Silver Bill, Missouri

By: Free Arcade Games

Free Arcade Games — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:50:47 +0000

I tend to keep coupons, but sadly I never use it or they expire when I need them

-Mike

By: Andrew @ Financial Services

Andrew @ Financial Services — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:32:07 +0000

Isn't that the purpose of coupons. It's a way to make people buy stuff. Of course coupons are not evil, you just have to use them when you really intend to spend fast cash stuff you are really intent on buying. But I think it's better to give it away that to throw it away though.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:42:55 +0000

My saying is this, “How are saving me money by spending money?” But that being said, my wife and I are as frugal as they get and do use coupons.
We have noticed in our hometown, that the coupons coincide with the sales that week in the store. So it makes it a lot easier to use them because you are saving even more money.

By: Dale Harries

Dale Harries — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:32:36 +0000

Coupons work when you need them but how often does it really happen? That problem is obvious when you see all the people on the forums asking for a voucher code or something for specific things.

By: James

James — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:47:22 +0000

Looks like my wife isn’t the only one. She’s gotten better as time went on though. I guess having limited space and all those junk piling up helps.

Good luck in your convo with your wife.

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:40:10 +0000

My wife is bad about getting it because it has a coupon and a good deal. It’s bad because some of the stuff we will not consume because we don’t like that item. She’s got to focus on only buying what we will eat or use in the next 30 days. Looks like we will be talking about this soon.

By: marci

marci — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:15:12 +0000

Rarely do I use a coupon…. because coupons are RARELY for basics,
and that’s about all I buy

I do check the weekly newspaper flyers tho – and the grocery store coupons for eggs and basic stuff will get used – sometimes.

By: MoneyNing

MoneyNing — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:42:02 +0000

I usually do a quick pass whenever I receive the coupons to figure out which ones I need and which ones I won’t. The ones I don’t need go straight to the garbage can. Actually, I throw them out BEFORE they even get into the house.