{"id":186617,"date":"2015-03-24T04:00:13","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/getrichslowly.org\/blog\/?p=186617"},"modified":"2020-12-12T18:47:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T02:47:53","slug":"how-to-use-coupons-effectively","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/how-to-use-coupons-effectively\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use coupons effectively"},"content":{"rendered":"

I like saving money — but it has to be easy. And spending hours clipping and organizing coupons, or planning epic shopping trips based on my coupon stash is not <\/em>easy. Most of the time — if I clip coupons at all — they end up floating around the bottom of my purse, expired. Instead, I usually choose to save in other ways.<\/p>\n

Yet, there are coupons. And there are people who use coupons. And then there are the people who USE coupons \u2026 in a big way. No matter what our method, there is room for all of us to save with the coupon game and then to put those savings in our savings account<\/a> to go to work on our next goal.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Why (and why not) use coupons<\/span><\/h2>\n

Why use coupons?<\/strong> To save money. Simple.<\/p>\n

Even if you won’t be using the items, you can still use coupons to buy more of these items if you were planning to donate. Homeless shelters, churches, and even your favorite college student, could benefit from the toiletries you purchase with coupons.<\/p>\n

Why not use coupons?<\/strong> Not so simple.<\/p>\n

First, is it something you need? You shouldn’t buy anything you weren’t planning to buy and use just because you have a coupon.<\/p>\n

Second, if it is something you were going to buy eventually, do you need to buy it now<\/em>? Do you have space to stockpile? Do you have an organizing system to tame your stockpiled goods (or at least to keep your coupons from multiplying in the bottom or your purse or overflowing your wallet)?<\/p>\n

<\/span>Where to find coupons and codes<\/span><\/h2>\n

While I still imagine couponers sitting in their living rooms as they cut coupons out of the Sunday newspaper, that is so 1990s. This is the age of digital coupons.<\/p>\n

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So where should you look?<\/p>\n

Paper coupons:<\/strong><\/p>\n