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The extreme couponers in TLC's Extreme Couponing spend between 42 to 70 hours weekly of acquiring coupons, clipping coupons, organizing coupons, matching coupons to sales, and planning shopping trips according to the sales and coupons.
Here are some basic concepts of extreme couponing.
1. Wait until the grocery items goes on sale and then use coupon(s).
2. Use a store where there is not a limit on the amount of items that you can get.
3. Use a store loyalty card.
4. Multi-Stack on a sale item (Use manufacturer's coupon, in-store coupon, and additional money-back deals that might be involved).
5. Match high-value coupons to low-priced sales.
6. Use Rainchecks for any sales items that might be out of stock.
7. Send in Rebate forms to various manufacturers of various products and you will get money back from the "Rebates" for using the products.
8. Use "Buy One Get One Free" coupons.
9. Use a store that doubles or triples the coupon value. Example: If you have a store item that costs$1.50 and you have a coupon for .50 cents and if the store triples the coupon value, then you will only have to pay the sales tax only but not the retail price of the item.
10. Downsize to smallest size in order to pay the least amount of money or resulting in free product.
11. Try to use coupons in such a way that results in the store paying you overage on a sale item IF the store has a store policy that allows overage to be paid.
12. Use Rolling Catalinas.
13. Do multiple transactions if needed to maximize savings if there is a transaction limit or a discount limit on a singular transaction or on grocery items.
14. Forget brand loyalty.
15. Send in complaints or compliments to manufacturer(s) about a particular product which can result in a coupon for a discount on a product or even a coupon for a free product.
16. Send away in the mail for free samples of various products.
17. Buy in bulk to last you to the next sale.
18. Buy from the clearance aisle/clearance self and apply coupon(s) on the discounted items.
19. Use Happy Birthday Coupons and take advantage of Happy Birthday promotions at various businesses.
20. Buy cheap "Filler Items" that are on sale to put you over the sales threshold in order to get the sales discount on your entire purchase during an Instant-Savings deal or Catalina deal.
Here are some various ways that extreme couponers get coupons.
1. Coupon Clipping Services
2. Multiple Newspapers Subscriptions
3. Printable Internet Coupons
4. Dumpster Diving
5. Ask other people for coupons.
6. Ask local stores for unused newspapers at the end of each week.
7. Use coupons found in magazines.
8. Use weekly Grocery ads coupons.
9. Use Coupon Booklets.
10. Use Home Mailers Coupons.
11. Get coupons directly from companies.
12. Use Manufacturers Coupons
13. Use In-Store Coupons.
14. Use Instant Redeemable Coupons (IRCs) also known as "Peelies".
15. Use Tearpads Coupons.
16. Use Catalinas Coupons.
17. Use Hangtag Coupons.
18. Use Blinkies Coupons.
19. Use Digital Coupons.
If a person ends up with an extra surplus of items that they do not need, then the person CAN ALWAYS DONATE the surplus to a food bank or to other organizations that provides people with groceries.
