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Top 3 Tips for Coupon Clippers

By David Hall

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Coupon clipping is one of the best ways to save money on your everyday household expenses, groceries, eating out and more. By simply using coupons you can save 50% or even more on things you would normally buy anyway. However, many people do not use coupons to the best advantage. If you team your coupons with BOGO bargains and other deals then you and your pocketbook will reap the rewards. Check out the following tips to learn the insider secrets on effectively using coupons.

1. Organizing Coupons: It is vitally important to organize your coupons in an easy to use format. Find a system that works well for you and stay on top of it. Update your coupons as you get new ones. Put coupons for the same item together and group similar items in the same section. Use a small coupon holder that goes in your purse for quick stops at the store. When you are doing your weekly grocery shopping, you may want to opt for a bigger system, like a small box or a binder with see-through baseball card holders inside to make locating specific coupons a cinch.

2. Team Coupons with BOGO Bargains: Having enough coupons to get you the discounts you should get is very important; but go one step further to get bigger deals. Often BOGO deals combined with 2 coupons will get you the best price imaginable. Occasionally you'll even score some freebies this way. The easy way to do this is to pick up more than 1 newspaper. In fact, you can even check for online listings of how many coupon insets will be in each Sunday's paper. This will help you determine whether or not to get extras. Make sure you use a service that will find and send you the local BOGO sales at no fee, and you'll save time too.

3. Planning: Plan to use your coupons. Don't go grocery shopping without them, because you will inevitably spend more than you need to. Match up weekly sales and BOGO offers to the coupons you have on hand in order to get the best deals possible. By checking online blogs about coupon use you will find match-ups already done for you. Bloggers will provide you with a list of the sales, or at least the best sales, at big stores you regularly shop at. They will also list coupons you can use, when the coupon was distributed if it was an insert, links to printable coupons and other information about where to find coupons to lower the final price you pay.

If you are an organized coupon clipper, with multiple resources for finding and using coupons and one who plans grocery shopping before heading to the stores, you will find that you can save a lot of money on your grocery bill and on the things your family regularly uses. While using coupons wisely takes time, it costs very little (the price of a couple of Sunday papers) and the rewards to your family budget are substantial.

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