(there are thousands) but I always check their rating before I purchase. I haven't had any problem so far

When I first read this, I was trying to think of coupons I might use. I admit I haven't been good about this lately and I tend to just look for what's on sale. But I have a few brands I really prefer (soap, detergent, shampoo, etc.) and that's where coupons help.

Thanks!

Last week, I got 2 coupons for 2 "free" Newman's Own products for $4. I used them yesterday and got a pizza ($7.00) and a frozen dinner for two ($8.50). It really helps me while working with a bare minimum budget

This takes alot of time but my ex-wife and I actually enjoyed planning a shopping trip.

For instance, my ex got a bunch of coupons that when one bought 4 boxes of General Mills cereal, one got a gallon of milk. I printed out coupons for a dollar off two boxes of General Mills cereal. The local store had a sale on Cheerios. 4 for $10.00. So we got 4 boxes of Cheerios and a gallon of milk for $8.00 (plus the cost of the coupons bought on e-bay).

We only used the coupons on products that were on sale at the time.

We often were able to walk out of the store and see on the receipt that we had saved more with the coupons and in store sales then what we spent. Roughly reducing our shopping cost by 40% when one factors in the cost of the coupons bought on e-bay.

can save you a lot! I do that too.

My local stores quit accepting home printout coupons, but they take regular newspaper coupons, including the ones I get on Ebay. They are newspaper or magazine coupons.

The cost of coupons on Ebay are usually minuscule. For example, you can spend as low as .99 cents for (20) 1.00 coupons, so the savings far outweighs the cost. You just have to shop around.

It's better to call ahead and find out that way then to be at the check-out with a overflowing shopping cart and a binder full of applicable print out coupons they did not accept.

One shouldn't be afraid to buy in quantity for non-perishable items, those with a long shelf life and frozen items. My ex and I still have a few bottles left of All laundry detergent we bought many months ago. The local store chain was having a clearance sale on that item and my ex got a bunch of coupons off of e-bay for All detergent. As the coupons were good only up to a quantity of 10 and we had 30 such coupons, I broke up that purchase in three separate shopping trips. Yes, it cost us some money up front to do this but the coupons combined with the clearance sale price, we saved a bunch in the long run.

Hi,
Don't forget double value days at food stores. And the discount racks........