Couponing is a potentially lucrative hobby, but it's also a complicated one. Varying store policies, myriad sources, agonizing busywork and difficult-to-digest rules and restrictions tend to muck things up.
Writing at Ultimate Coupons, Alison breaks the hobby down to its simplest attributes, offering up a "lazy girl's guide to couponing."
Among her tips:
- Let someone else do the work. Find couponers who are so proud of their efforts that they blog about all their amazing finds, then take advantage of their deals. The offers will work just as well for you, with almost none of the commitment.
- Put the scissors away. Save time by just yanking out whole pages of coupon inserts rather than precisely cutting out each offer. Since you won't use many of the coupons that catch your eye, save the cutting for when it's absolutely necessary.
- Multi-task to power through the drudgery. Alison says she purges expired coupons for car trips in which her husband is driving. Sorting through old coupons isn't exciting, but it's more interesting than staring out the window.
If you're a couponer, what tricks do you use to make the hobby easier and more enjoyable?
The Lazy Girl's Guide to Couponing [Ultimate Coupons]
3 comments:
So glad to see a post about couponing. Since the show Extreme Couponing first aired, there has been some negativity towards those of us who use coupons, even if not in an "extreme" way. I have a blog of my own where I post weekly deals & would love to help others learn how to coupon as well. Google confe$$ion$ of a coupon queen to find me on the net & also Facebook!
Thanks Melissa. My daughter is having a ball couponing challenging herself to just how much she can save. I will pass this on to her and use it myself as well.
these people are crazy...in a good way..
some bubba with four kids saw me pick up some coffee and stopped me and went through his note book and gave me dollar off coupons and reminded me they were double
I was like.....thanks dude am I gonna see you on that TV show
the problem with that tv show it seems some of those people are hoarders and it is all boxed canned and bottled stuff you never see fresh veggies or meats I somehow think it maybe a value but not an ideal way to eat but in these times who an I too say
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