I’m pretty much snowed in today. Fortunately I was able to find all the coupons from today’s Sunday paper on eBay for $2 including shipping.  I will gladly pay an extra 50 cents to not have to try to shovel my way out of here today.

The reason I went on there in the first place was because I was on a mission to find one certain coupon. Two different stores had cool discounts going on recently that you can combine with coupons.  If you keep your eyes open, these deals really pay off. 

For example: Right now there is a $4 off coupon for a certain razor, AND CVS and Walgreens had their own specials on those products, so you could get the razor for free and event MAKE money with a rebate from Walgreens. Right now CVS is offering a $6 coupon to CVS when you buy this razor. That means the razor is free when you combine with the coupon!  This is good through 3/15/08.

You need to have a CVS extra card for this–do it!  I had this card for years before I understood it, and it’s easy.  Certain products spit out a coupon at you when you buy them. The coupon is for $$$ off at CVS, not like those other stores that give you a coupon for some product you “might like” since you got a similar one.  It’s easy to shop at CVS and get $5 off your next CVS trip. Worth it, especially when you come with manufacturers coupons in hand!

Of course all my local CVS’s were out of the razor so I had to get a rain check. But that turned out to be a good thing, because I originally had a $2 off coupon before the $4 off coupon was circulated.  I imagine the people out scooping up those razors at such a steal are the same people who are selling them on eBay. I searched for the coupon there and found many of the real deals.  Some of them were the same price as if I were to go out myself and buy. Some of them would be considered “on sale” if you do the math.

Combining coupons and sales is really the key to saving. I know many people feel they don’t have time to clip coupons for 50 cents off this and 10 cents off that, but the little ones really add up, especially if you have a store that doubles coupons like Giant Eagle. And the large coupons can often be combined with sales to get items for well over %50 off, sometimes, free, and sometimes you MAKE money.  Imagine if you found one or two rebates per week. In a few weeks you’d be getting $1-$10 checks coming to your mailbox every week!

Here are some of my favorite coupon resources:
http://www.thecouponclippers.com (best for stockpiling; you get multiples of the same coupon)
http://www.coupons.com (easy to use, fast and free, print yourself)
http://www.mygrocerydeals.com/  (this is free, and it is kind of similar to http://www.thegrocerygame.com which I only recommend using for about a month or so if you are a newbie and want to figure out how this all works. After that, cancel and do it on your own for free.)

Ohio links:
North East Ohio Couponers
Joe the Coupon Guy (he actually holds classes!)

If you know other good (preferrably free) resources please comment!

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