Few helpful hints for the beginning couponer

I thought I would re-post this previous entry for anyone who did not get a chance to read it yet.



I would consider myself a beginning couponer but trying to learn quickly. I wanted to share some helpful hints I have learned recently.

These are several of the most popular websites for printing coupons:

Coupons.com
This is a great site to print coupons. There is a limit per print per computer and also a total print limit for each coupon available. Coupons limits get reset throughout the month and everything is reset on the first of each month. You need to put in your zip code for the town you live. For whatever reason, if you put in the zip code for Beverly Hills (90210) there seems to be better coupons...try it for yourself.

Redplum.com and SmartSource.com are both good sites to print coupons on your home printer.

Proctor and Gamble.com
This is a site you need to register for but you get coupons and free samples in the mail. You can also register your Kroger plus shopper's card and your Tom Thumb Reward card with P&G. By doing this, you will be able to utilize the P&G eSAVER. You may choose your own coupons to load onto your grocery store card and also print a list of the items you choose for your shopping trip (these seem to have a two month expiration date).

AllYou.com
All You is a magazine that you can subscribe to or can purchase at Walmart. There is frequently $70.00-$90.00 worth of coupons. Their website also has printable coupons available.

These sites are useful for clipless coupons:

Upromise.com
We actually signed up with Upromise as one of the ways to save for college over four years ago when we had our first child. We have close to $2,000 in our Upromise account without doing anything special...just shopping with our credit card. Check out the site if you haven't done so already. You can load coupons on your Upromise credit card and the amount is not saved on the item but put into your account instead. Many popular retail online shops give a percentage of the total amount purchased towards your Upromise account.


*A really helpful hint that I recently learned:* If you are are on a blog or site that takes you straight to something that has a button for a coupon for a specific product then after the first coupon prints make sure you press the back button then refresh button and it should automatically print another coupon for you. This was especially helpful recently when Smithfield bacon was on sale for 2 for $6.00. I had (2) $3.00 Q and I was able to get both packages for FREE at Tom Thumb!

A friend of mine said she recently got a virus on her computer when she went to a site to print coupons. We have not any problems with viruses. It would be a good idea to have your virus protection software up-to-date just in case.

It is a good idea to learn from my mistake and keep a file or sheet of paper with all of your login and password information. As you start signing up for more sites it gets harder to remember all of the passwords.